Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2624 2666 2668

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.7%
Allow Rate
+4.7% vs TC avg
622
Total Applications
+20.1%
Interview Lift
1216
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 606 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.7%
§101 Eligibility
8.4%
§102 Novelty
60.8%
§103 Obviousness
10.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18157100 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, LEARNING APPARATUS, IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, LEARNING METHOD, IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY-COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17709573 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT BASED VIDEO ORGANIZATION, PRIORITIZATION, AND RETRIEVAL Non-Final OA BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
18355788 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH FRAME CLASS IDENTIFICATION Non-Final OA Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
18108749 CAMERA-RADAR DATA FUSION FOR EFFICIENT OBJECT DETECTION Non-Final OA Waymo LLC
18562285 IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHM EVALUATING APPARATUS Final Rejection THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
18498951 PROCESSING AND CONTEXTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF VIDEO SEGMENTS Non-Final OA Roku, Inc.
18194520 PERFORMING ACTIONS BASED ON EVALUATION AND COMPARISON OF MULTIPLE INPUT PROCESSING SCHEMES Final Rejection Verdant Robotics, Inc.
18807216 METHOD FOR IMPROVED BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION Non-Final OA TRINAMIX GMBH
18803214 DIGITAL COLOR ASSESSMENT Non-Final OA Graftek Imaging Inc.
17941917 GENERATING A TEMPORARY IMAGE Final Rejection Siemens Healthcare GmbH

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