Listed by the USPTO as WELCH, DAVID T
Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2613 2615 2617 2628 2678
This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases
WELCH, DAVID T is a USPTO patent examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2613. The record includes 322 resolved cases, with an 81.4% allowance rate. The median time to allowance is 1110 days. Interviews show a 26.7% lift, indicating that direct discussion can further improve a generally favorable allowance profile. A focused interview may be especially useful for resolving technical distinctions without unnecessarily narrowing the claims.
The listed companies are NVIDIA Corporation, Adobe Inc., and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. The leading firms are Artegis Law Group, LLP, BROADVIEW IP LAW, PC, and FOLEY & LARDNER LLP. The company mix reflects computing, software, and electronics. Practitioners should combine strong initial claim construction with interview preparation that addresses the specific technology represented in the cited references.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19052973 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | Non-Final OA | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
| 19045641 | CONTEXTUAL INTERFACES FOR 3D ENVIRONMENTS | Non-Final OA | Apple Inc. |
| 18739365 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18682810 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Final Rejection | Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
| 18835353 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Non-Final OA | Sony Group Corporation |
| 19036981 | MOTION VECTOR ESTIMATION BY REFRACTIVE SURFACES USING LIGHT TRANSPORT SIMULATION | Non-Final OA | NVIDIA Corporation |
| 18808376 | IMMERSIVE ANIMATED CONTENT FROM STATIC IMAGES USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | Final Rejection | Nvidia Corporation |
| 19105738 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | Non-Final OA | DAIKIN INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
| 19107519 | DYNAMICALLY CHANGING AVATAR BODIES IN A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE | Non-Final OA | Roblox Corporation |
| 18773279 | LAPAROSCOPIC IMAGE MANIPULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | Non-Final OA | OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH |
| 18515153 | SINGLE PASS RENDERING FOR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS | Non-Final OA | Imagination Technologies Limited |
| 19086426 | SEMANTICALLY SELECTING OBJECTS IN VECTOR-BASED DESIGNS | Non-Final OA | Adobe Inc. |
| 18947407 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RELIGHTED IMAGE GENERATION | Non-Final OA | ADOBE INC. |
| 18625894 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING MATTES FOR IMAGES | Non-Final OA | NETFLIX, INC. |
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Build Your Strategy81.4% of resolved applications examined by David T Welch were allowed (322 resolved cases), compared with 68.8% across Art Unit 2613 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +26.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by David T Welch took 1,110 days on average from filing to allowance.
David T Welch examines applications in Art Unit 2613 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).
