Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: THOMAS, SOUMYA

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2664 3682

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.0%
Allow Rate
+23.0% vs TC avg
28
Total Applications
+33.3%
Interview Lift
995
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 4 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.7%
§101 Eligibility
7.6%
§102 Novelty
71.7%
§103 Obviousness
7.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18647643 AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE FOR PROVIDING GUIDE FOR USER'S ACTIVITY, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18512728 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19029374 PERSON SEARCH APPARATUS AND PERSON SEARCH METHOD Non-Final OA JVCKENWOOD Corporation
18820206 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING INFORMATION OF REGIONS OF INTEREST Non-Final OA SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
18587853 MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, HEPATIC SEGMENT DIVISION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18502065 ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, OPERATION METHOD OF ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND PROCESSOR Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18851806 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, LEARNED MODEL, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING LEARNED MODEL Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18730381 LEARNING DATA GENERATION APPARATUS, PRODUCT COUNT CONFIRMATION APPARATUS, LEARNING DATA GENERATION METHOD, PRODUCT COUNT CONFIRMATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18498237 METHOD OF OUTPUTTING PATTERN IMAGE, PROJECTOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18817753 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR MAPPING PET PRODUCT PERFORMANCE Non-Final OA Mars, Incorporated
18910907 TRAINING A PRE-TRAINED OBJECT DETECTION MODEL FOR DETECTING NEW OBJECT CLASSES Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18415541 HIT-AND-RUN DETECTION FOR VEHICLES Final Rejection Rivian IP Holdings, LLC
18951500 AUTOMATED EVALUATION OF RIGHT ATRIAL PRESSURE VIA MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
18705142 Alignment of Point Clouds Representing Physical Objects Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18920258 Object Recognition Apparatus and Object Recognition Method Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18226542 METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING PARTICLES USING IMAGES BASED ON FILTERED LAYERS AND MACHINE LEARNING MODELS AND SYSTEMS FOR SAME Non-Final OA Becton, Dickinson and Company
18893571 AUTOMATIC IMAGE CROPPING USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.
18543234 Template-Based Behaviors in Machine Learning Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
18415615 AREA INFORMATION ESTIMATION METHOD AND SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection HTC Corporation
18792766 METHOD FOR IMAGE ENHANCEMENT IN AN IMAGING DATASET OF AN OBJECT COMPRISING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT PATTERNS AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM, COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH

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