Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ZHAI, KYLE

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2611 2612 2628 2677 2679

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Analysis

Kyle Zhai is an examiner in Art Unit 2611 of Tech Center 2600. He has 496 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 75.0 percent. This 75.0 percent rate suggests an environment for patent applicants and a probability of success. The median days to allowance is 1047. This 1047-day figure is a duration for this art unit. Practitioners should communicate this metric to their clients for planning purposes in Tech Center 2600.

The interview lift is 18.5 percent. This 18.5 percent lift shows that interviews are a way to resolve issues and secure an allowance. This increase is a metric for strategy planning and suggests that direct engagement is beneficial. With 496 resolved cases, the 75.0 percent allowance rate is an indicator for practitioners. The 18.5 percent lift indicates that the examiner is open to discussion. The 1047-day median is a reference point for pendency in Art Unit 2611. The data points to a predictable path.

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

Performance Statistics

75.0%
Allow Rate
+13.0% vs TC avg
514
Total Applications
+18.5%
Interview Lift
1047
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 496 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.2%
§101 Eligibility
7.1%
§102 Novelty
62.3%
§103 Obviousness
13.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18677779 SMOOTH VIDEO/IMAGE SIGNAL COMPRESSION Final Rejection Apple Inc.
19012014 Orthopedic Treatment Device Co-Display Systems and Methods Non-Final OA Stryker European Operations Holdings LLC
19103500 FAST MSAA TECHNIQUES FOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17972032 INCREMENTAL NEURAL REPRESENTATION FOR FAST GENERATION OF DYNAMIC FREE-VIEWPOINT VIDEOS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18778292 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING INTELLIGENT EMBODIED INTERACTIVE AGENTS WITH SPATIAL UNDERSTANDING Final Rejection JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
18963918 MONITORING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A PATIENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE MONITORING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
17925571 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18176668 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF GENERATING CUSTOMIZED IMAGES Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18215068 VIRTUAL REALITY (VR) ENVIRONMENT BASED ON AN INDUSTRIAL FLOOR Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation
19011300 MEMORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18876189 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS IN 3D REPRESENTATIONS OF SPACES Non-Final OA INTERAPTIX INC.
18990059 EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF OPACITY MICRO-MAPS Non-Final OA Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
18655580 REAL-TIME EXTRACTION OF 3D ANIMATION INFORMATION FROM PREDICTED SPEECH Non-Final OA Charter Communications Operating, LLC
18640524 SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY SIGNALS Non-Final OA Oticon A/S

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