Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: TAYLOR, MEREDITH IREENE DUPAI

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2671 3795

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Analysis

Meredith Ireene Dupai Taylor serves as an examiner in Art Unit 2671 of Tech Center 3700. The examiner has 60 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 68.3 percent, which indicates the frequency of grants within this docket. The median days to allowance is 1255, providing a timeframe for the duration of the examination process for successful applications. This 1255-day figure is a metric for applicants to consider when planning their prosecution timeline.

The data shows an interview lift of 54.3 percent. This 54.3 percent figure represents the change in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted. Practitioners can compare this lift to the 68.3 percent baseline allowance rate to evaluate the impact of direct communication. With 60 resolved cases, the metrics provide a basis for evaluating the examiner's historical performance. The median and the baseline allowance rate are the primary factors for applications in Tech Center 3700. The interview lift provides a data point for strategy development.

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

Performance Statistics

68.3%
Allow Rate
-1.7% vs TC avg
85
Total Applications
+54.3%
Interview Lift
1255
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 60 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.2%
§101 Eligibility
15.7%
§102 Novelty
64.2%
§103 Obviousness
7.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18524905 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STYLE TRANSFORMATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
17952134 TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTION/NOTIFICATION OF PACKAGE DELIVERY AND PICKUP Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18982612 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND MEMORY MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18854193 Artificial Intelligence Model-Based Abnormality Diagnosis Method, and Abnormality Diagnosis Device and Factory Monitoring System Using Same Non-Final OA LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
18561541 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
17939706 CODING CONNECTIVITY IN VERTEX REORDERING METHODS FOR MESH COMPRESSION Non-Final OA Tencent America LLC
18562771 LOCATION ESTIMATION DEVICE, LOCATION ESTIMATION LEARNING DEVICE, LOCATION ESTIMATION METHOD, LOCATION ESTIMATION LEARNING METHOD, LOCATION ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND LOCATION ESTIMATION LEARNING PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18493706 CONTRAST ENHANCED BREAST IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18453439 CROSS-MODAL SELF-SUPERVISED LEARNING FOR INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
17532480 IMAGE ANNOTATING METHOD, CLASSIFICATION METHOD AND MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINING METHOD Final Rejection LEMON INC.
17895793 GENERATING TEXTURED MESHES USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Nvidia Corporation
18765513 ENDOSCOPIC CONTROL APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, MEDICAL SYSTEM, AND ENDOSCOPIC CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP.
18373772 SENSOR TIMING CORRELATION Final Rejection Alarm.com Incorporated
18360074 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC IHC MARKER-HER2 SCORE Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
18351276 RADIATION THERAPY DEVICE, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, RADIATION THERAPY METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
18970739 ROUGHNESS DETERMINATION Non-Final OA Applied Materials Israel Ltd.

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