Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: WELLS, HEATH E

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2664

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

78.4%
Allow Rate
+16.4% vs TC avg
131
Total Applications
+9.0%
Interview Lift
1183
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 97 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

14.7%
§101 Eligibility
2.3%
§102 Novelty
71.0%
§103 Obviousness
9.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18539721 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED MULTI-FRAME DEBLURRING Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18469670 On Head Detection based on Simulated Proximity Sensor using IR Cameras Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18420667 ASSIGN AN AUDIO PRESET BASED ON LOCATION AND A MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18691899 VIDEO COMMUNICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAYING Final Rejection BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18778776 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18420705 DATA CREATION APPARATUS, STORAGE DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA CREATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGING APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJIFILM Corporation
18629023 COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM FOR PULMONARY NODULE ANALYSIS USING PCCT IMAGES Final Rejection Siemens Healthineers AG
18581720 SPECTRAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY WITH DISENTANGLED REPRESENTATION Final Rejection GE Precision Healthcare LLC
18610453 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING TRACKING PROGRAM, TRACKING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJITSU LIMITED
18778610 AI-BASED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18646105 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WATERMARKING IMAGES, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A WATERMARK IN AN IMAGE Non-Final OA City University of Hong Kong
18535171 MOTION VECTOR FIELD GENERATION FOR FRAME INTERPOLATION Final Rejection ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
18934117 MULTIMODAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD BASED ON VISION-LANGUAGE MODEL Non-Final OA UIF (UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION), YONSEI UNIVERSITY
18473947 ARTISTICALLY CONTROLLABLE STEREO CONVERSION Non-Final OA ETH Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich)

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