Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: VANCHY JR, MICHAEL J

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2624 2666 2668

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

66.8%
Allow Rate
+4.8% vs TC avg
625
Total Applications
+20.1%
Interview Lift
1213
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 608 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.1%
§101 Eligibility
2.6%
§102 Novelty
92.9%
§103 Obviousness
1.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18158950 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING IMAGES CAPTURED AT A PRODUCT STORAGE FACILITY Non-Final OA WALMART APOLLO, LLC
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
18308936 DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR GAMIFICATION OF VIDEO ANNOTATION Non-Final OA L'Oreal
18562285 IMAGE PROCESSING ALGORITHM EVALUATING APPARATUS Final Rejection THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO
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
18525501 DOCUMENT ROTATION DETECTION AND CORRECTION Non-Final OA Intuit, Inc.
17709573 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT BASED VIDEO ORGANIZATION, PRIORITIZATION, AND RETRIEVAL Non-Final OA BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
17941917 GENERATING A TEMPORARY IMAGE Final Rejection Siemens Healthcare GmbH

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