Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: STATZ, BENJAMIN TOM

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2611

This examiner grants 29% of resolved cases

Analysis

Benjamin Tom Statz is an examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2611. The examiner has 7 resolved cases in the current data set. The allowance rate is 28.6 percent, which indicates that a minority of applications reach issuance. This rate suggests a rigorous examination process where many cases result in abandonment rather than a grant.

The interview lift is 30.0 percent. This significant lift indicates that conducting an interview with the examiner correlates with a much higher likelihood of securing an allowance. Practitioners can use this 30.0 percent figure to justify the resources spent on direct communication, as it represents a measurable improvement in the probability of success. This impact is a notable feature of the examiner's historical data.

The median time to allowance is 1054 days. This duration represents the typical timeframe for successful applications to move from filing to issuance. With 7 resolved cases as the basis for these metrics, the profile provides an indication of the timeline and success rates expected in Art Unit 2611. These figures help practitioners manage expectations regarding the duration of the process in Tech Center 2600.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

28.6%
Allow Rate
-33.4% vs TC avg
39
Total Applications
+30.0%
Interview Lift
1054
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 7 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.5%
§101 Eligibility
7.7%
§102 Novelty
67.7%
§103 Obviousness
11.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18984536 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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.
19193355 FACIAL SYNTHESIS METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19178595 RESOURCE CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18724629 DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
18207614 POINT CLOUD OPTIMIZATION USING INSTANCE SEGMENTATION Final Rejection Tencent America LLC
18988520 METHOD FOR SCENARIO PROCESSING, TERMINAL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18793732 COMIC IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18725679 WORD GENERATION METHOD, AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18681836 NEURAL NETWORK-BASED ENVIRONMENT REPRESENTATION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18785665 GENERATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-BASED IMAGES USING LARGE LANGUAGE MACHINE-LEARNED MODELS Final Rejection Maplebear Inc.
18736340 Token Pruning for Image Generation Non-Final OA ADOBE INC.
18487577 PERSONALIZED MACHINE-LEARNED MODEL ENSEMBLES FOR RENDERING OF PHOTOREALISTIC FACIAL REPRESENTATIONS Non-Final OA Charter Communications Operating, LLC

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