Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: SPINKS, ANTOINETTE T

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2622 2637 2639 2663 2698

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.8%
Allow Rate
+9.8% vs TC avg
956
Total Applications
+20.3%
Interview Lift
1008
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 920 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.7%
§101 Eligibility
9.2%
§102 Novelty
81.9%
§103 Obviousness
3.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18394992 IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18460976 METHOD OF CONTROLLING CAMERA DEVICE BY POLLUTION DETECTION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18693425 RECORDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Honor Device Co., Ltd.
18801889 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, MOVABLE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18768967 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18760252 IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18598161 DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18524759 FOCUS CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18871492 SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18863200 IMAGING ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17909732 SOLID-STATE IMAGE CAPTURING ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18525087 ACCESSORY DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18707444 IMAGING DEVICE Final Rejection NIKON CORPORATION
17370353 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE HAVING PIXELS EACH WITH MULTIPLE PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTERS Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
18755920 Sensor Unit and Method for Assembling Same Final Rejection Aptiv Technologies AG
18483937 IMAGE PREVIEW METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Douyin Vision Co., Ltd.
18549074 VIDEO CAPTURE Final Rejection Mo-Sys Engineering Limited
18403200 VIDEO CONFERENCING TRANSPARENT MONITOR WITH AN INTEGRATED BEHIND-DISPLAY CAMERA Non-Final OA Pathway Innovations and Technologies Inc.
18212644 VISUAL INSPECTION METHOD OF A CURVED OBJECT Non-Final OA Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., LTD.

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