Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 18, 2026

Examiner: WOLFSON, ETHAN NOAH

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2666 2673 3666

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.0%
Allow Rate
+23.0% vs TC avg
26
Total Applications
+100.0%
Interview Lift
877
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 4 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.8%
§101 Eligibility
12.1%
§102 Novelty
67.5%
§103 Obviousness
12.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18876656 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD, BITSTREAM TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18537452 HYBRID AUTO FOCUS TRACKING METHOD AND HYBRID AUTO FOCUS TRACKING DEVICE Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18696292 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TARGET NODULE IDENTIFICATION Final Rejection Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
18817161 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, LEARNING PROGRAM, AND DISCRIMINATIVE MODEL Non-Final OA FUJIFILM CORPORATION
18950593 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELIMINATING REFLECTED ARTIFACTS IN AN IMAGE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18935359 SCENARIO REPRESENTATIONS FOR ONLINE SAMPLING OF SCENARIOS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18645803 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18892888 ADVANCED PULMONARY NODULE ANALYSIS SYSTEM WITH MALIGNANCY-WEIGHTED DETECTION AND CUSTOMIZED VISUALIZATION Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18905280 AUTOMATIC MULTI-MODALITY SENSOR CALIBRATION WITH NEAR-INFRARED IMAGES Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18893037 EFFICIENT TRANSFORMER-BASED PANOPTIC SEGMENTATION Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18851719 COMBINED RIB AND SPINE IMAGE PROCESSING FOR FAST ASSESSMENT OF SCANS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18911263 LANE-DIVIDING LINE RECOGNITION APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE Non-Final OA SUBARU CORPORATION
18892949 Generating Information About Baled Plant Material Non-Final OA AGCO Corporation
18696662 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR SKIN COLOR DETERMINATION Final Rejection FITSKIN INC.
18639037 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING POSITION OF OBJECT SENSED BY RADAR USING SPATIAL VOXELIZATION Final Rejection KOREA ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE

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