Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: WELCH, DAVID T

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2613 2615 2617 2628 2678

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.2%
Allow Rate
+19.2% vs TC avg
337
Total Applications
+26.8%
Interview Lift
1120
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 309 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.2%
§101 Eligibility
8.0%
§102 Novelty
81.7%
§103 Obviousness
4.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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 Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18391983 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18610048 IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE Final Rejection JVCKENWOOD Corporation
18608007 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING AGE VERIFICATION Final Rejection Altria Client Services LLC
18773279 LAPAROSCOPIC IMAGE MANIPULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Final Rejection OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH
18592229 APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN EFFECTS RENDERING PIPELINE, INCLUDING MAKEUP EFFECTS Final Rejection L'Oreal
18625894 TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING MATTES FOR IMAGES Non-Final OA NETFLIX, INC.
18477886 TEMPORAL SHADING RATE CONTROLLER FOR DECOUPLED SHADING Non-Final OA ATI Technologies ULC
18679225 Human-body-aware visual SLAM in metric scale Final Rejection Adobe Inc.
18515153 SINGLE PASS RENDERING FOR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS Non-Final OA Imagination Technologies Limited
18475901 HIGH QUALITY TRANSCODE-EFFICIENT TEXTURE FORMAT Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
18435873 DIGITAL MODEL GENERATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18373102 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL GENERATION FOR TUMOR TREATING FIELDS TRANSDUCER LAYOUT Non-Final OA Novocure GmbH
18644124 METHOD FOR GENERATING AUDIO-BASED ANIMATION WITH CONTROLLABLE EMOTION VALUES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME. Final Rejection FluentT Inc.
18701437 TERMINAL, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection POPOPO INC.

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