Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WELCH, DAVID T

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

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.5%
Allow Rate
+19.5% vs TC avg
332
Total Applications
+27.2%
Interview Lift
1169
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 303 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.6%
§101 Eligibility
20.6%
§102 Novelty
47.4%
§103 Obviousness
12.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18798199 DISPLAY APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18375166 METHOD OF CONTROLLING DISPLAY MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING THE METHOD Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18835353 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18739365 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18391983 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18730741 VIRTUAL OBJECT GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18598676 Polygon Processing Methods and Systems Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18610048 IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE Final Rejection JVCKENWOOD Corporation
18423226 IMAGE GENERATING APPARATUS, DEEP LEARNING TRAINING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS TO PERFORM THUMBNAIL GENERATING METHOD Non-Final OA POSTECH RESEARCH AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
18441832 Parametrization for Voxelizing Triangles in Point Cloud Coding Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18608007 DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING AGE VERIFICATION Final Rejection Altria Client Services LLC
18592229 APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN EFFECTS RENDERING PIPELINE, INCLUDING MAKEUP EFFECTS Final Rejection L'Oreal
18515153 SINGLE PASS RENDERING FOR HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAYS Final Rejection Imagination Technologies Limited
18477886 TEMPORAL SHADING RATE CONTROLLER FOR DECOUPLED SHADING Final Rejection ATI Technologies ULC
18439209 BACKGROUND OVERLAY ALPHA FADING Non-Final OA Axis AB
18475901 HIGH QUALITY TRANSCODE-EFFICIENT TEXTURE FORMAT Non-Final OA Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
18435873 DIGITAL MODEL GENERATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18373102 THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL GENERATION FOR TUMOR TREATING FIELDS TRANSDUCER LAYOUT Non-Final OA Novocure GmbH
18816612 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENTS Non-Final OA NAVER WEBTOON LTD.
18773279 LAPAROSCOPIC IMAGE MANIPULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Final Rejection OLYMPUS Winter & Ibe GmbH
18644124 METHOD FOR GENERATING AUDIO-BASED ANIMATION WITH CONTROLLABLE EMOTION VALUES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAME. Final Rejection FluentT Inc.

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