Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: SPINKS, ANTOINETTE T

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

This examiner grants 72% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

71.6%
Allow Rate
+9.6% vs TC avg
952
Total Applications
+20.4%
Interview Lift
1020
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 913 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.8%
§101 Eligibility
27.9%
§102 Novelty
49.0%
§103 Obviousness
14.5%
§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.
18834763 CAMERA SWITCHING METHOD AND RELATED ELECTRONIC DEVICE Final Rejection HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
18693425 RECORDING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Honor Device Co., Ltd.
18768967 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18751621 SHOOTING CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, SHOOTING CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18669610 PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, MOVABLE APPARATUS, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18644469 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR GENERATING DISPLAY IMAGE DATA FOR LIVE VIEW DISPLAY Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18524759 FOCUS CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18640766 Moving Target Detection Method, Apparatus, and Device Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
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
18768678 OPTICAL ELEMENT DRIVING MECHANISM Non-Final OA TDK CORPORATION
18707444 IMAGING DEVICE Final Rejection NIKON CORPORATION
18104936 IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATES Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
17370353 IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE HAVING PIXELS EACH WITH MULTIPLE PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTERS Non-Final OA NIKON CORPORATION
18212644 VISUAL INSPECTION METHOD OF A CURVED OBJECT Non-Final OA Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co., LTD.
18483937 IMAGE PREVIEW METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Douyin Vision Co., Ltd.
18866519 LENS FOCUSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA HUIZHOU TCL MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18760729 ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA Quanta Computer Inc.
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.

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