Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: TEKLE, DANIEL T

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2481 2482 2621 2872

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.4%
Allow Rate
-4.6% vs TC avg
783
Total Applications
-6.7%
Interview Lift
1309
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 741 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
28.9%
§102 Novelty
64.3%
§103 Obviousness
0.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18928234 VIDEO TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18726875 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18866612 REMOTE MACHINE MANIPULATION SYSTEM, VISUAL PRESENTATION APPARATUS, AND VISUAL PRESENTATION METHOD Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18819455 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18783653 PORTABLE DEVICE Final Rejection MAXELL, LTD.
18906173 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18751752 IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
19055684 SYNCHRONIZING IMAGE DATA WITH EITHER VEHICLE TELEMATICS DATA OR INFRASTRUCTURE DATA PERTAINING TO A ROAD SEGMENT Non-Final OA STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY
18745479 CONTENT PLAYBACK CONTROL Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18518472 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND VIDEO CLIP EXTRACTION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Acer Incorporated
18351207 METHODS FOR ADDING VIDEO STREAMS FROM ON-DEMAND CAMERAS THAT ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM BY THIRD PARTIES Final Rejection Honeywell International Inc.
18807085 AUTOMATED CLASSIFICATION AND INDEXING OF EVENTS USING MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection WHP Workflow Solutions, Inc.
18738768 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING STATUS OF DRIVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Yinwang Intelligent Technologies Co., Ltd.
18916869 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIGITALLY SIGNING AUDIO AND VIDEO DATA Final Rejection Axis AB
18917149 STORAGE MANAGEMENT FOR A VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM Final Rejection Genetec Inc.
18743623 INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection SUMITOMO CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
18906359 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING DIGITAL REAR VIEW MONITORING AND IMAGE RECORDING IN VEHICLE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES AND OPERATING METHODS OF THE SAME Final Rejection THINKWARE CORPORATION
18970290 IN-VEHICLE DISPLAY OF EXTERIOR IMAGES TO MITIGATE BLIND SPOTS Final Rejection CenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
18856804 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POST-REPAIR INSPECTION OF A WORKSURFACE Non-Final OA 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
18852844 TOOTHBRUSH MANUFACTURING CONTROL USING KINETIC IMAGING Final Rejection Colgate-Palmolive Company
18687193 RENDERING IMAGE CONTENT Non-Final OA Mo-Sys Engineering Limited
18738837 TARGET DETECTION METHOD, VEHICLE, COMPUTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Tusen Zhitu Technology Co., LTD.
18647910 360° MANHOLE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD Final Rejection ENVIROSIGHT LLC
18541728 Electronic Monitoring System and Method Having Dynamic Activity Zones Non-Final OA Arlo Technologies, Inc.
18122659 TEETH CLEANING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA Grin Labs, Inc.

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