Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WELLS, HEATH E

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2664

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.3%
Allow Rate
+13.3% vs TC avg
123
Total Applications
+18.1%
Interview Lift
1257
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 77 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

17.8%
§101 Eligibility
2.4%
§102 Novelty
62.8%
§103 Obviousness
13.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18614145 PATTERN MODELING SYSTEM AND PATTERN MODELING METHOD Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
18117890 METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DIGITAL IMAGE ENHANCEMENT ON DISPLAY Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
17889988 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR LOW LIGHT MEDIA ENHANCEMENT Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18691899 VIDEO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYING Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18420705 DATA CREATION APPARATUS, STORAGE DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA CREATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18170532 AUTOMACTIC LESION MASK CREATION FOR NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18373675 VEHICLE AND OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD OF THE SAME Final Rejection Kia Corporation
18469670 On Head Detection based on Simulated Proximity Sensor using IR Cameras Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18699826 Adjustment of Pixels Non-Final OA Purdue Research Foundation
17548891 IMAGE SORTING METHOD, DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection Lenovo (Beijing) Limited
18439322 TILE-BASED IMAGE UNDERSTANDING IN VISION AND LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18360233 STREAMING WITH RESOLUTION ESCALATION FOR REDUCED LATENCY IN MEDIA CONTENT STREAMING APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Google LLC
18604855 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18629010 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
17425579 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING IMAGE HAVING ANIMAL FACE Final Rejection BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18277361 CRANKSHAFT SHAPE INSPECTION METHOD, ARITHMETIC UNIT, PROGRAM, AND SHAPE INSPECTION APPARATUS Non-Final OA NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION
18629023 COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM FOR PULMONARY NODULE ANALYSIS USING PCCT IMAGES Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18604879 METHOD FOR X-RAY IMAGING, X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18476355 SELF-SUPERVISED TRAINING AT SCALE WITH WEAKLY-SUPERVISED LATENT SPACE STRUCTURE Final Rejection Siemens Healthineers AG
18610453 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING TRACKING PROGRAM, TRACKING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18628702 METHOD FOR PREDICTING TRAJECTORIES OF ROAD USERS Non-Final OA Aptiv Technologies AG
18653184 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STABILIZING BOUNDING BOXES FOR OBJECTS IN A VIDEO STREAM Non-Final OA Axis AB
18653343 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A CHANGE OF RATIO OF OCCLUSION OF A TRACKED OBJECT Non-Final OA Axis AB
18599180 Metrics and Event Detection Using Multi-Modal Data Non-Final OA AURIS HEALTH, INC.
18276411 DATA PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection MEDIT CORP.
18629096 DEFORMATION ANALYSIS DEVICE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
18586533 IMAGE DATA PROCESSING AND TARGET STRUCTURE TRACKING FOR RADIATION THERAPY Non-Final OA SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS INTERNATIONAL AG
18700448 SKIN DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON IMAGE ANALYSIS USING DEEP LEARNING Non-Final OA Amorepacific Corporation
18551047 SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE PATH OF MOVING OBJECTS Non-Final OA Aldoria
18341316 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF OBSTRUCTIVE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE Non-Final OA National Taiwan University Hospital

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