Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Hai Tao Sun, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SUN, HAI TAO

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2614 2615 2616

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Analysis

Sun, Hai Tao works in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2614. The profile includes 497 resolved cases and reports a 73.6% allowance rate. The record supplies practitioners with a substantial foundation for evaluating likely prosecution behavior and preparing claims for the relevant technology area.

The interview lift is 24.0%, supporting interviews as a useful element of prosecution strategy. The median time to allowance is 923 days. The listed companies are Qualcomm, InterDigital, and Samsung Electronics. The listed firms include CHRISTENSEN O'CONNOR JOHNSON KINDNESS, COATS & BENNETT, and Condo Roccia Koptiw. Counsel can use the profile when deciding how to sequence written and oral advocacy.

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

Performance Statistics

73.6%
Allow Rate
+11.6% vs TC avg
542
Total Applications
+24.0%
Interview Lift
923
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 497 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.4%
§101 Eligibility
1.5%
§102 Novelty
67.6%
§103 Obviousness
16.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18678533 METHOD FOR EDITING CONTENT BEING PLAYED IN DISPLAY DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18458192 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19014399 VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE AND VEHICLE DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18941907 INTERACTIVE INSURANCE INVENTORY AND CLAIM GENERATION Final Rejection State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
18669213 IMAGE SYNTHESIZING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19185888 METHOD, SERVER, AND CAPTURING DEVICE Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18887018 REMOTE SENSOR ASSISTED EXTENDED REALITY Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18669132 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL HUMAN-BODY MODEL ESTIMATION AND REFINEMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
19015406 GRAPHICS ARCHITECTURE INCLUDING A NEURAL NETWORK PIPELINE Final Rejection Intel Corporation
19111095 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR IMMERSIVE VIDEOCONFERENCE Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18835413 A METHOD AND AN APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING A 3D MESH Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18602034 FOVEAL REGION PROCESSING FOR ARTIFICIAL REALITY DEVICES Non-Final OA Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
19193617 Gamut Mapping Using Luminance Parameters Non-Final OA Imagination Technologies Limited
18812113 NEURAL ARCHITECTURE SEARCH FOR IMAGE GENERATION MODELS Non-Final OA ADOBE INC.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Hai Tao Sun's allowance rate?

73.6% of resolved applications examined by Hai Tao Sun were allowed (497 resolved cases), compared with 66.9% across Art Unit 2614 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Hai Tao Sun?

This examiner's interview lift is +24.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Hai Tao Sun take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Hai Tao Sun took 923 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Hai Tao Sun work in?

Hai Tao Sun examines applications in Art Unit 2614 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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