Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: YILMAKASSAYE, SURAFEL

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2639 2899

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

50.0%
Allow Rate
-18.0% vs TC avg
65
Total Applications
+33.6%
Interview Lift
936
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 34 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

2.4%
§101 Eligibility
34.3%
§102 Novelty
58.7%
§103 Obviousness
4.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18925220 IMAGE SENSOR AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18150010 ELECTRONIC DEVICE HAVING A PLURALITY OF LENSES AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18839683 IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM Final Rejection Sony Group Corporation
18393276 COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18172725 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18557466 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18251310 IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18668720 Light Source Module with Adaptive Illumination Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18322264 AUTONOMOUS ROTATING SENSOR DEVICE AND CORRESPONDING DATA PROCESSING OPTIMIZATION METHOD Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
18421798 FOCUS PIXEL AIDED CHROMATIC ABERRATION CORRECTION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18189362 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING LIGHT COMPENSATION TIME OF CAMERA MODULE Non-Final OA SHENZHEN YINWANG INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18505351 IMAGE SYSTEM Final Rejection SigmaStar Technology Ltd.
18465578 IMAGE SENSOR Non-Final OA VisEra Technologies Company Limited
18563185 UNCONSTRAINED IMAGE STABILISATION Final Rejection Opteran Technologies Limited

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