Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2675 3796

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.6%
Allow Rate
+8.6% vs TC avg
40
Total Applications
+24.1%
Interview Lift
1059
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 28 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.0%
§101 Eligibility
28.1%
§102 Novelty
56.3%
§103 Obviousness
8.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18730956 Image Processing Method, Image Processing Apparatuses and Readable Storage Medium Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18794164 CLASSIFICATION WITH IMPROVED FOCUS ON THE TASK AT HAND Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18691374 METHOD FOR SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION OF AN IMAGE, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18408967 PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR MULTIMODAL DATA Final Rejection Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18907452 IMAGE CUTOUT SUPPORT APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CUTOUT SUPPORT METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18843116 LEARNING APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18962191 DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
18906181 SYSTEM, METHOD, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR GENERATING DEPTH MAPS Non-Final OA Japan Display Inc.
18895013 VISUALIZATIONS FOR DENTAL DIAGNOSTICS Non-Final OA Align Technology, Inc.
17944586 PROVIDING MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES FOR VIEWING LOSSLESS TRANSMISSIONS OF VR SCENES Final Rejection T-Mobile Innovations LLC
18641225 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPLEMENTING IMPROVED GENERALIZABILITY, TRANSFERABILITY, AND ROBUSTNESS THROUGH MODALITY UNIFICATION, FUNCTION INTEGRATION, AND ANNOTATION AGGREGATION Non-Final OA Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
18934108 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBJECT-CENTERED REPRESENTATION LEARNING THROUGH UNSUPERVISED SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION Non-Final OA UIF (UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION), YONSEI UNIVERSITY
18919023 SYSTEM FOR COSMETIC APPLICATION SKILL IMPROVEMENT Non-Final OA ELC MANAGEMENT LLC

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