Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: TSAI, TSUNG YIN

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

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.7%
Allow Rate
+11.7% vs TC avg
1015
Total Applications
+10.9%
Interview Lift
1076
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 984 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.6%
§101 Eligibility
22.8%
§102 Novelty
58.5%
§103 Obviousness
4.3%
§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.
18629421 APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
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 Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18282679 PREDICTING VELOCIMETRY USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection BROWN UNIVERSITY
18562513 FEATURE EXTRACTION DEVICE, FEATURE EXTRACTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA RIKEN
18542589 VIEWFINDER IMAGE SELECTION FOR INTRAORAL SCANNING Non-Final OA Align Technology, Inc.
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
17374384 IMAGE ANNOTATION USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Nvidia Corporation
18573744 METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PROCESSING POSITIONING INFORMATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Tsinghua University
18216607 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING HORMONE RECEPTOR STATUS Final Rejection National Central University
18689636 Inference Device, Information Processing Method, and Recording Medium Non-Final OA Anaut Inc.
18623870 METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A COMMON MEASUREMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE ASSEMBLY UNITS Non-Final OA Instrumental, Inc.
18623890 METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING A COMMON MEASUREMENT ACROSS MULTIPLE ASSEMBLY UNITS Non-Final OA Instrumental, 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
18412591 STATISTICAL RECONSTRUCTION METHOD BASED ON A CONTINUOUS-TO-CONTINUOUS DATA MODEL WITH ITERATIVE COORDINATE DESCENT OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY FOR EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY Non-Final OA CZESTOCHOWA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
18376111 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTITATIVE PHENOTYPING OF BIOLOGICAL FIBRILAR STRUCTURES Non-Final OA PharmaNest LLC
18280369 CAPILLARY ANALYSIS Non-Final OA ODI MEDICAL AS
18116364 MIXED-FORMAT LABELS FOR PATHOLOGY DETECTION AND LOCALIZATION IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE (MR) IMAGING Final Rejection Covera Health
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.

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