Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: ZHAO, LEI

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2662 2668

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

73.9%
Allow Rate
+11.9% vs TC avg
91
Total Applications
+22.1%
Interview Lift
1128
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 69 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.2%
§101 Eligibility
26.1%
§102 Novelty
66.5%
§103 Obviousness
2.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18823838 DETECTING A SCALE TYPE OF WELL-LOG PROPERTIES IN RASTER IMAGES Non-Final OA Schlumberger Technology Corporation
18225296 THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICE Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18799041 DEVICE AND COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18188402 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18968379 ADAPTIVE CONFIDENCE THRESHOLDING WITH SALIENCY-DRIVEN REFINEMENT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18811007 MATCHING SUPPORT APPARATUS, MATCHING SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18809500 MATCHING SUPPORT APPARATUS, MATCHING SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18852309 DETECTING THE SURROUNDINGS OF AND TELE-OPERATED GUIDANCE OF AN EGO VEHICLE Non-Final OA VALEO SCHALTER UND SENSOREN GMBH
18950844 LANE DATA CONSTRUCTION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
17949246 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection Fujitsu Limited
18584907 METHODS FOR DETERMINING IMAGE FILTERS FOR CLASSIFYING PARTICLES OF A SAMPLE AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING SAME Final Rejection Becton, Dickinson and Company
18980931 EYE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE Non-Final OA GM Global Technology Operations LLC
18409861 DETECTING DEEPFAKE CONTENT Final Rejection Claritas Software Solutions Ltd

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