Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2675 3796

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Analysis

Alexander Joseph Vaughn works in Art Unit 2675 of Tech Center 3700, with 31 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 77.4%, and the median days to allowance is 1060. This indicates a favorable prosecution environment for the 31 resolved cases. Applicants have a high probability of success, and the timeline for reaching a grant is relatively standard for this tech center.

The interview lift of 26.1% suggests that interviews are an effective way to further improve the 77.4% baseline. This 26.1% lift shows that the examiner is responsive to direct engagement and technical discussions. For the 31 resolved cases, the data supports the use of interviews to secure an allowance and resolve any outstanding issues. The 1060-day median pendency is standard, and the combination of a high success rate and positive lift makes this a productive environment for applicants. Practitioners should consider interviews as a valuable tool to ensure a smooth path to grant. As the examiner resolves more cases, these metrics will provide a more robust picture of the prosecution experience in Art Unit 2675.

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

Performance Statistics

77.4%
Allow Rate
+7.4% vs TC avg
46
Total Applications
+26.1%
Interview Lift
1060
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 31 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.3%
§101 Eligibility
23.4%
§102 Novelty
64.3%
§103 Obviousness
7.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18962197 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18907452 IMAGE CUTOUT SUPPORT APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CUTOUT SUPPORT METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18934108 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBJECT-CENTERED REPRESENTATION LEARNING THROUGH UNSUPERVISED SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION Non-Final OA UIF (UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION), YONSEI UNIVERSITY
18794164 CLASSIFICATION WITH IMPROVED FOCUS ON THE TASK AT HAND Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18878592 Open-Vocabulary Object Detection Based on Frozen Vision and Language Models Non-Final OA Google LLC
18878679 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18889591 GENERATION METHOD, LEARNING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, GENERATION APPARATUS, EVALUATION APPARATUS, FILM FORMING SYSTEM, AND ARTICLE MANUFACTURING METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18962191 DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, DYNAMIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
18895013 VISUALIZATIONS FOR DENTAL DIAGNOSTICS Non-Final OA Align Technology, Inc.
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
17944586 PROVIDING MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES FOR VIEWING LOSSLESS TRANSMISSIONS OF VR SCENES Non-Final OA T-Mobile Innovations LLC
18919023 SYSTEM FOR COSMETIC APPLICATION SKILL IMPROVEMENT Non-Final OA ELC MANAGEMENT LLC
18287911 SELF-SAMPLING MANAGEMENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SELF-SAMPLING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO PERFORM THE METHOD Non-Final OA SEEGENE, INC.

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