Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2613 2615 2617 2628 2678
This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases
David T. Welch is an examiner in Tech Center 2600, specifically Art Unit 2613. His historical data includes 320 resolved cases. The allowance rate for Welch is 81.3 percent, which is quite high. This rate suggests that applicants have a strong likelihood of securing a patent when their applications are assigned to this examiner, indicating a favorable environment.
The interview lift for Welch is 26.7 percent. This significant positive lift indicates that direct communication is a beneficial strategy for further increasing the probability of success. Even with an 81.3 percent baseline allowance rate, the 26.7 percent lift suggests that interviews are a productive way to resolve any remaining issues. Practitioners should consider this a useful tactical option for the 320 resolved cases analyzed.
The median days to allowance is 1111. This figure represents the typical time required to reach a successful resolution. The combination of an 1111-day median and an 81.3 percent allowance rate suggests a standard and successful prosecution process in Art Unit 2613. The data shows that both a high probability of success and the effectiveness of interviews are characteristic of Welch's examination process within Tech Center 2600.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19052973 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF | Non-Final OA | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
| 18375166 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING THE METHOD | Non-Final OA | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. |
| 19045641 | CONTEXTUAL INTERFACES FOR 3D ENVIRONMENTS | Non-Final OA | Apple Inc. |
| 18949681 | Visual Object Consistency in Image Generation Models | Non-Final OA | Google LLC |
| 18739365 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18835353 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Non-Final OA | Sony Group Corporation |
| 18475901 | HIGH QUALITY TRANSCODE-EFFICIENT TEXTURE FORMAT | Final Rejection | Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC |
| 18730741 | VIRTUAL OBJECT GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
| 18682810 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Final Rejection | Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
| 18955806 | CONTROLLABLE IMAGE SYNTHESIS FOR TRANSFORMER-BASED IMAGE GENERATION MODELS | Non-Final OA | ADOBE INC. |
| 19036981 | MOTION VECTOR ESTIMATION BY REFRACTIVE SURFACES USING LIGHT TRANSPORT SIMULATION | Non-Final OA | NVIDIA Corporation |
| 18926779 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Final Rejection | OLYMPUS MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORP. |
| 18773279 | LAPAROSCOPIC IMAGE MANIPULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | Non-Final OA | OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH |
| 18608007 | DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING AGE VERIFICATION | Final Rejection | Altria Client Services LLC |
| 18625894 | TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING MATTES FOR IMAGES | Non-Final OA | NETFLIX, INC. |
| 18515153 | SINGLE PASS RENDERING FOR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS | Non-Final OA | Imagination Technologies Limited |
| 18477886 | TEMPORAL SHADING RATE CONTROLLER FOR DECOUPLED SHADING | Non-Final OA | ATI Technologies ULC |
| 18373102 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL GENERATION FOR TUMOR TREATING FIELDS TRANSDUCER LAYOUT | Final Rejection | Novocure GmbH |
| 18816612 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS | Non-Final OA | NAVER WEBTOON LTD. |
| 18827984 | Hygiene Compliance System Using Augmented Reality | Non-Final OA | OP-HYGIENE IP GMBH |
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