Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: YODER III, CHRISS S

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2485 2622 2638 2664 2697 2699 3795

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

75.1%
Allow Rate
+5.1% vs TC avg
704
Total Applications
+21.7%
Interview Lift
991
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 688 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.6%
§101 Eligibility
24.3%
§102 Novelty
49.0%
§103 Obviousness
14.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18999632 PULSE-WIDTH MODULATION PIXEL SENSOR Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18848310 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
19104276 LIGHT DETECTION ELEMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18997324 SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE Final Rejection Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation
18954017 IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Final Rejection SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
18996822 PERISCOPE CAMERA MODULE, OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION METHOD, AND RELATED DEVICE Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19087656 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19065047 IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, ITS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19052846 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19037408 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18964460 FRAME SYNCHRONIZATION IN A DUAL-APERTURE CAMERA SYSTEM Final Rejection Corephotonics Ltd.
18941061 APERTURE MODULE AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
18951882 DAMPING TYPE UNIVERSAL ARM SUPPORT Non-Final OA Shenzhen Digital Slow Shutter Technology Co., Ltd

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