Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: VARNDELL, ROSS E

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2611 2631 2634 2666 2674

This examiner grants 84% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

84.5%
Allow Rate
+22.5% vs TC avg
648
Total Applications
+13.2%
Interview Lift
829
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 619 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.4%
§101 Eligibility
2.8%
§102 Novelty
89.3%
§103 Obviousness
5.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18528407 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING SUBSURFACE HYDROGEN ACCUMULATION Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
18558132 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING SUBSURFACE HYDROGEN ACCUMULATION Non-Final OA Ohio State Innovation Foundation
18484110 RECOGNITION OF HANDWRITTEN TEXT VIA NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA ABBYY Development Inc.
18033192 A Computer Software Module Arrangement, a Circuitry Arrangement, an Arrangement and a Method for Improved Object Detection by Compensating the Confidence Determination of a Detected Object Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18379874 RECEPTION METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR NON-UNIFORM CONSTELLATION MODULATED SIGNALS Final Rejection SATURN LICENSING LLC
18674563 IMAGE ANALYZER Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18411542 IMPORTANCE-AWARE MODEL PRUNING AND RE-TRAINING FOR EFFICIENT CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18527490 3D OBJECT RECOGNITION USING 3D CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK WITH DEPTH BASED MULTI-SCALE FILTERS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18372490 ATTRIBUTING PREDICTIVE UNCERTAINTIES IN REAL-WORLD CLASSIFICATION WITH ADVERSARIAL GRADIENT AGGREGATION Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18433240 DETERMINING BIOMARKERS FROM HISTOPATHOLOGY SLIDE IMAGES Non-Final OA TEMPUS AI, INC.
18621016 COMPUTING DEVICE INSTALLED IN OR MOUNTABLE ON A SHOPPING CART Non-Final OA Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
18254067 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLASSIFYING IMAGES OF SOLAR BATTERY CELLS Non-Final OA HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18453248 TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING IMAGES OF OBJECT INTERACTIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
18219969 CHILD PRESENCE DETECTION FOR IN-CABIN MONITORING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18479806 TRANSFER LEARNING Final Rejection AUTOBRAINS TECHNOLOGIES LTD
18434094 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING MIMO AND MODE-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING Non-Final OA NxGen Partners IP, LLC
18234191 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC IDENTIFICATION OF A SURGICAL TRAY AND THE ITEMS CONTAINED THEREON Non-Final OA Ortelligence, Inc.

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