Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: WELCH, DAVID T

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

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.3%
Allow Rate
+19.3% vs TC avg
345
Total Applications
+26.8%
Interview Lift
1113
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 315 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.7%
§101 Eligibility
21.2%
§102 Novelty
49.0%
§103 Obviousness
12.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
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.
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
18610048 IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE Final Rejection JVCKENWOOD Corporation
18949681 Visual Object Consistency in Image Generation Models Non-Final OA Google LLC
18935026 DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18730741 VIRTUAL OBJECT GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18455647 AR CONTENT DISPLAY SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18625894 TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING MATTES FOR IMAGES Final Rejection NETFLIX, INC.
19036981 MOTION VECTOR ESTIMATION BY REFRACTIVE SURFACES USING LIGHT TRANSPORT SIMULATION Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18435873 DIGITAL MODEL GENERATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18955806 CONTROLLABLE IMAGE SYNTHESIS FOR TRANSFORMER-BASED IMAGE GENERATION MODELS Non-Final OA ADOBE INC.
18637563 GRAPHICS PROCESSING Final Rejection Arm Limited
18477886 TEMPORAL SHADING RATE CONTROLLER FOR DECOUPLED SHADING Non-Final OA ATI Technologies ULC
18892184 Graphical User Interface for Flow Rate Extraction from Angiographic Information Final Rejection AngioInsight, Inc.

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