Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: TEKLE, DANIEL T

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2481 2482 2621 2872 4100

This examiner grants 63% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

63.1%
Allow Rate
+3.1% vs TC avg
789
Total Applications
-6.4%
Interview Lift
1301
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 753 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.9%
§101 Eligibility
32.5%
§102 Novelty
46.9%
§103 Obviousness
3.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17916227 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON PICTURE SPLIT INFORMATION AND SUBPICTURE INFORMATION, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18973427 IMAGING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18829687 CONTROL OF CAMERA MONITORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Volvo Truck Corporation
19288749 SCREEN RECORDING CAMERA MODE Non-Final OA Snap Inc.
18664375 PROCESSING DATA WITH NEURAL NETWORKS ON LIMITED HARDWARE RESOURCES Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
19150380 OUTPUTTING VISUAL CONTENT CONSIDERING SMARTGLASSES FRAME DEFORMATION Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18607201 Posterior Preference Optimization Non-Final OA Google LLC
19224481 VIDEO GENERATING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18539410 PIPELINE EVALUATION DEVICE, PIPELINE EVALUATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18023899 ABDUCTIVE REASONING APPARATUS, ABDUCTIVE REASONING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18745479 CONTENT PLAYBACK CONTROL Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18866612 REMOTE MACHINE MANIPULATION SYSTEM, VISUAL PRESENTATION APPARATUS, AND VISUAL PRESENTATION METHOD Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
19240170 Annotated Incident Recreation Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
17710228 OBJECT DISTANCE ESTIMATION WITH CAMERA LENS FOCUS CALIBRATION Final Rejection Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

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