Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: STATZ, BENJAMIN TOM

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2611

This examiner grants 33% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

33.3%
Allow Rate
-28.7% vs TC avg
39
Total Applications
+25.0%
Interview Lift
999
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 6 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.6%
§101 Eligibility
8.6%
§102 Novelty
65.7%
§103 Obviousness
10.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18984536 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18494686 Mesh Compression Texture Coordinate Signaling and Decoding Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18724629 DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18996994 DISPLAY DEVICE, HANDWRITING DISPLAY METHOD, AND HANDWRITING CONTOUR DETERMINATION METHOD Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18565364 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CHART Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18255062 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING SYNTHETIC INDICATORS IN A USER INTERFACE FOR A ROBOT-ASSISTED SYSTEM Non-Final OA INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
18988520 METHOD FOR SCENARIO PROCESSING, TERMINAL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18725679 WORD GENERATION METHOD, AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18625365 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18306055 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18487577 PERSONALIZED MACHINE-LEARNED MODEL ENSEMBLES FOR RENDERING OF PHOTOREALISTIC FACIAL REPRESENTATIONS Non-Final OA Charter Communications Operating, LLC
18979444 DISTILLING NEURAL RADIANCE FIELDS INTO SPARSE HIERARCHICAL VOXEL MODELS FOR GENERALIZABLE SCENE REPRESENTATION PREDICTION Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
18619334 System and Method for Bounding Volume Hierarchy Construction Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18520611 WRONG PHRASE REPLACEMENT Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation

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