Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: TSAI, TSUNG YIN

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2612 2624 2656 2663 2667 2668 3796

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.7%
Allow Rate
+11.7% vs TC avg
1,020
Total Applications
+11.0%
Interview Lift
1034
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 995 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.8%
§101 Eligibility
21.7%
§102 Novelty
69.2%
§103 Obviousness
1.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18536174 HIERARCHICAL WORKFLOW FOR GENERATING ANNOTATED TRAINING DATA FOR MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED IMAGE SEGMENTATION Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
18431760 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA PFU LIMITED
18368120 METHOD FOR GENERATING SALIENCY MAP, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL OBJECT Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18562513 FEATURE EXTRACTION DEVICE, FEATURE EXTRACTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA RIKEN
18542547 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SHARPENING MEDICAL IMAGES Final Rejection Stryker Corporation
18276275 IMAGE DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT DEVICE, IMAGE DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHOD, REMOTE DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND NET CONTRACT SERVICE SYSTEM Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18689636 Inference Device, Information Processing Method, and Recording Medium Non-Final OA Anaut Inc.
18282679 PREDICTING VELOCIMETRY USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection BROWN UNIVERSITY
18216607 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING HORMONE RECEPTOR STATUS Final Rejection National Central University
18318394 CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING SUPPORT SYSTEM, CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING SUPPORT METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM CARRYING CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING SUPPORT PROGRAM, AND SMARTPHONE BUILT WITH SMARTPHONE APPLICATION CARRYING CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING SUPPORT PROGRAM Non-Final OA SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
18697975 METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ARRANGEMENT OF PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS ON AREAS OF A TERRITORY Non-Final OA TotalEnergies One Tech
18623870 METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A COMMON MEASUREMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE ASSEMBLY UNITS Final Rejection Instrumental, Inc.
18613562 DENSLEY-PACKED ANALYTE LAYERS AND DETECTION METHODS Non-Final OA Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.
18412887 MEDICAL IMAGE DENOISING BASED ON LAYER SEPARATION Non-Final OA Shanghai United Imaging Intelligence Co., Ltd.
18581206 IMAGE PROCESSING OF AERIAL IMAGERY FOR ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SITE STATUS ANALYSIS Non-Final OA SOURCEWATER HOLDINGS LLC
18272777 Imaging Based Assay Accuracy Improvement Through Guided Training Non-Final OA Essenlix Corporation
18138688 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING IMAGES USING CONTRAPOSITIVE MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection 2692873 Ontario Inc.
18116364 MIXED-FORMAT LABELS FOR PATHOLOGY DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR) IMAGING Final Rejection Covera Health

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