Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SONNERS, SCOTT E

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2613 2617 2628 2678

This examiner grants 69% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

68.8%
Allow Rate
+6.8% vs TC avg
400
Total Applications
+12.0%
Interview Lift
1158
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 375 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.9%
§101 Eligibility
29.4%
§102 Novelty
39.2%
§103 Obviousness
14.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18026472 ALIGNING REPRESENTATIONS OF 3D SPACE Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18656045 VIRTUAL CAMERA AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM Final Rejection Snap Inc.
18081666 SIMULATING DIGITAL TWINS IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
18752178 Systems and methods for automatically grouping design elements Non-Final OA Canva Pty Ltd
18773091 IMAGING METHOD FOR VIDEO CONFERENCE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND VIDEO CONFERENCE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Acer Incorporated
18361608 Generation of 3D Content Moment from Captured Gameplay Video Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18463538 DISPLACEMENT VECTOR CODING FOR 3D MESH Final Rejection Tencent America LLC
18205322 AUTOMATIC REMOVAL OF LIGHTING EFFECTS FROM AN IMAGE Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
18670416 DEPTH-BASED VEHICLE ENVIRONMENT VISUALIZATION USING GENERATIVE AI Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
18650726 TRAINING-FREE CONSISTENT TEXT-TO-IMAGE GENERATION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18654788 DIGITAL NIGHT VISION SYSTEM Final Rejection GALVION LTD.
18658496 METHOD FOR CREATING SYNTHETIC DATA FOR AI MODEL TRAINING Non-Final OA KARL STORZ SE & Co. KG
17847867 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESPONSIVE AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT Non-Final OA SHOPIFY INC.
18745884 AUGMENTED REALITY VISUALIZATION EMBARKATION METHOD AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
18421710 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMPLIFIED FACIAL CAPTURE WITH HEAD-MOUNTED CAMERAS Non-Final OA Digital Domain Virtual Human (US), Inc.
17996981 A Computer Implemented Method of Simulating a 3D Object Final Rejection Robotify Labs Limited
18087805 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERACTIVELY DEPICTING UNDERWATER ACTIVITY IN MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS Final Rejection Global Broadband Solutions, LLC

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