Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ZAK, JACQUELINE ROSE

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2666 2668

This examiner grants 64% of resolved cases

Analysis

Jacqueline Rose Zak has 36 resolved cases in Art Unit 2666 of Technology Center 2600. The allowance rate is 63.9 percent. The interview lift is 12.7 percent, and the median days to allowance is 1169. With 36 cases resolved, the data indicates the environment for applicants. The 63.9 percent allowance rate provides a baseline for success in this docket.

The 12.7 percent interview lift suggests that direct communication can be helpful in moving cases toward grant. The 1169-day median pendency is the timeline metric for this examiner. Practitioners should note that the 63.9 percent allowance rate is an indicator of the examiner's tendencies. The 12.7 percent lift offers an advantage during prosecution. The 1169-day timeline is the duration for the 2600 technology center. This data suggests that the examiner grants patents and responds to technical arguments.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

63.9%
Allow Rate
+1.9% vs TC avg
64
Total Applications
+12.7%
Interview Lift
1169
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 36 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.0%
§101 Eligibility
17.5%
§102 Novelty
60.6%
§103 Obviousness
13.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18213211 CAMERA-ALIGNMENT-BASED FAULT DETECTION FOR PHYSICAL COMPONENTS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18633611 SCANNING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING SCANNING PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING OUTPUT MATTER Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18739384 DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECT Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18486423 STOP LINE SEARCHING DEVICE Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18280818 SIMULATED ROAD GENERATION SYSTEM, SIMULATED ROAD GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREON PROGRAM FOR CAUSING COMPUTER TO PERFORM SIMULATED ROAD GENERATION PROCESS Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18021659 PICKUP SUPPORT DEVICE, PICKUP SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18331722 METHOD FOR PROVIDING IMAGE RECORDINGS IN A VEHICLE Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18156862 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A SIGNAL STATE OF A LIGHT SIGNAL SYSTEM Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18484063 Autonomous Vision System for Monitoring Cargo Non-Final OA The Boeing Company
18165163 DEPTH COMPLETION USING IMAGE AND SPARSE DEPTH INPUTS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18527206 X-RAY BASED DENTAL CASE ASSESSMENT Final Rejection Align Technology, Inc.
18857248 FORESTRY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND FORESTRY MANAGEMENT METHOD Non-Final OA Komatsu Ltd.
18870771 MONITORING SUPPORT APPARATUS, MONITORING SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA KYOCERA Corporation
17977884 TECHNIQUES FOR WEAKLY SUPERVISED REFERRING IMAGE SEGMENTATION Non-Final OA NVIDIA CORPORATION
18860072 AUTOMATED OBJECTS LABELING IN VIDEO DATA FOR MACHINE LEARNING AND OTHER CLASSIFIERS Non-Final OA VIRGINIA TECH INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, INC.
18070744 MODELING FOR INDEXING AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEFECT IMAGE RETRIEVAL Final Rejection APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
18908435 A WEARABLE DEVICE USING VISION-BASED TACTILE SENSORS TO DETECT OBJECT FIRMNESS Non-Final OA Khalifa University of Science and Technology
18472077 HIGH SPATIOTEMPORAL FIDELITY MRI SYSTEM UTILIZING SELF-SUPERVISED LEARNING WITH SELF-SUPERVISED REGULARIZATION RECONSTRUCTION METHODOLOGY AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE Non-Final OA THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI
18100826 METHOD OF MEDICAL CALIBRATION Final Rejection Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

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