Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2624 2666 2668

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Analysis

Michael J. Vanchy Jr. has resolved 611 cases in Art Unit 2624. The allowance rate is 66.8 percent, and the median days to allowance is 1212. These metrics describe the prosecution landscape in Tech Center 2600. The 611 cases offer a significant sample size for understanding the examiner's tendencies.

The interview lift is 20.1 percent. This 20.1 percent lift suggests that interviews are a helpful strategy for securing an allowance. For the 611 cases resolved, the 20.1 percent lift and 1212-day timeline are key considerations for applicants. Leveraging the 20.1 percent lift can help improve the 66.8 percent allowance rate and manage the 1212-day median pendency more effectively.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

66.8%
Allow Rate
+4.8% vs TC avg
632
Total Applications
+20.1%
Interview Lift
1212
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 611 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.8%
§101 Eligibility
8.8%
§102 Novelty
63.2%
§103 Obviousness
9.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18867593 NON-VISIBLE-SPECTRUM LIGHT IMAGE-BASED TRAINING AND USE OF A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
18687572 Processing System, Processing Unit and Processing Method for Processing Object Detection Results Based on Sensor Visibilities Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18849458 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18838616 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18348002 FRAME-ANOMALY BASED VIDEO SHOT SEGMENTATION USING SELF-SUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING (ML) MODEL Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18873871 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
18792034 GATED SPECTRAL STATE SPACE MODEL FOR IMAGE ENCODING Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18872877 INCOMPATABILITY DETECTION DEVICE AND INCOMPATABILITY DETECTION METHOD Non-Final OA Hitachi High-Tech Corporation
18108749 CAMERA-RADAR DATA FUSION FOR EFFICIENT OBJECT DETECTION Final Rejection Waymo LLC
18796229 Voice Coil Winding Real-Time Quality Control Method, System, And Corresponding Apparatus Final Rejection AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
18355788 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH FRAME CLASS IDENTIFICATION Final Rejection Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
18838336 IMAGE STANDARDIZATION METHOD AND OBSERVATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.
18867001 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTORTION ADJUSTMENT DURING INSPECTION Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
19004870 FOLDABLE MOBILE DEVICE CAMERA AND FACE DETECTION Non-Final OA Motorola Mobility LLC
18822615 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LEARNING KEY POINT OF BASED NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection DEEPBRAIN AI INC.

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