Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: VARNDELL, ROSS E

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2611 2631 2634 2666 2668 2674 2877

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Analysis

Ross E. Varndell works in Art Unit 2611 of Tech Center 2800 and has 632 resolved cases. The examiner has a high allowance rate of 84.7% and a relatively fast median days to allowance of 833. This profile is very favorable for applicants seeking quick and successful results among the 632 resolved cases. The examiner's efficiency and high rate of grant suggest a streamlined prosecution process that benefits well-prepared applications.

The interview lift is 13.3%, which adds to the already strong 84.7% baseline. While the high allowance rate might suggest that interviews are less critical, the data shows they still provide a notable benefit. The 13.3% lift is a useful tool for resolving any final objections and ensuring a clear path to grant. Given the 833-day median pendency, the overall prosecution environment is efficient, and the 632 resolved cases provide a robust basis for predicting continued success in this art unit. Practitioners should find this examiner to be highly accessible and the prosecution process to be relatively predictable and fast.

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

Performance Statistics

84.7%
Allow Rate
+16.7% vs TC avg
668
Total Applications
+13.3%
Interview Lift
833
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 632 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.9%
§101 Eligibility
6.2%
§102 Novelty
67.0%
§103 Obviousness
12.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18945107 MULTI-CAMERA DEVICE AND METHODS FOR REMOVING SHADOWS FROM IMAGES Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18679253 QUANTUM WATERMARKING OF BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS Non-Final OA American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
18865380 CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS, TRAINING APPARATUS, CLASSIFICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18833505 CLASSIFICATION APPARATUS, CLASSIFICATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18754610 CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
19012447 PRESENTATION INFORMATION GENERATION APPARATUS AND PRESENTATION INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
18809990 FEATURE POINT REGISTRATION DEVICE, FEATURE POINT REGISTRATION METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
18227701 Image-Assisted Segmentation of Object Surface for Mobile Dimensioning Final Rejection ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18650706 METHOD OF PRODUCING STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PERFORMING ANOMALY DETECTION IN OBJECT WITH MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Final Rejection BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18787616 Attribute Recognition with Image-Conditioned Prefix Language Modeling Final Rejection Google LLC
18411542 IMPORTANCE-AWARE MODEL PRUNING AND RE-TRAINING FOR EFFICIENT CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18527490 3D OBJECT RECOGNITION USING 3D CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK WITH DEPTH BASED MULTI-SCALE FILTERS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18810313 LESION DETECTION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING LESION DETECTION PROGRAM Final Rejection Fujitsu Limited
18993382 LIGHT SPOT TRACKING METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
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 Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18706829 CONTROL DEVICE, FOREIGN SUBSTANCE REMOVAL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA FUJI CORPORATION
19012842 CLASSIFYING REGION VEGETATION USING VEGETATION INDEX SIGNATURE CURVES Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18801852 IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA SK hynix Inc.
19063301 HETEROGENEOUS THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBSERVATION REGISTRATION BASED ON DEPTH PHASE CORRELATION METHOD, MEDIUM AND DEVICE Non-Final OA ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
18453248 TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING IMAGES OF OBJECT INTERACTIONS Final Rejection NVIDIA CORPORATION
18219969 CHILD PRESENCE DETECTION FOR IN-CABIN MONITORING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18942011 STYLE TAILORING LATENT DIFFUSION MODELS FOR HUMAN EXPRESSION Non-Final OA META PLATFORMS, INC.
18678100 DEEP LEARNING DRIVEN ADAPTIVE OPTICS FOR SINGLE MOLECULE LOCALIZATION MICROSCOPY Final Rejection Purdue Research Foundation
18874989 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPLYING POWER TO CONSUMERS IN AN ELECTRICAL POWER LINE NETWORK Non-Final OA HERE Global B.V.
19017788 METHOD FOR DETECTING IMAGE BOUNDARY USING GAN MODEL, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIA, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA Winbond Electronics Corp.
19054322 MODEL IMAGE GENERATION USING RECAPTIONED IMAGES Non-Final OA OpenAI Opco, LLC
18863355 METHOD FOR PROCESSING 3D IMAGING DATA AND ASSISTING WITH PROGNOSIS OF CANCER Non-Final OA UNIVERSITE PARIS-SACLAY

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