Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: VAUGHN JR, WILLIAM C

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2400 2444 2451 2453 2481

This examiner grants 29% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

29.4%
Allow Rate
-28.6% vs TC avg
63
Total Applications
+54.2%
Interview Lift
1267
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 51 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.5%
§101 Eligibility
22.5%
§102 Novelty
59.6%
§103 Obviousness
5.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18606178 ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18523432 PACKET PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18713242 OBSTACLE DETECTION APPARATUS, OBSTACLE DETECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC CORPORATION
18634611 Generating A Unified Virtual Background Image For Multiple Video Conference Participants Final Rejection Zoom Communications, Inc.
18124512 SECURE VIRTUAL MEETING VAULTS TO PROTECT USER PRIVACY Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation

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