Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: ZONG, HELEN

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2625 2672 2673 2676 2677 2681 2682 2683

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

79.2%
Allow Rate
+17.2% vs TC avg
746
Total Applications
+8.2%
Interview Lift
793
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 715 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.6%
§101 Eligibility
2.8%
§102 Novelty
91.8%
§103 Obviousness
1.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18256207 MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Sony Group Corporation
18629714 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18626611 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18581591 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18520966 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CAPABLE OF STORING ELECTRONIC FILE INCLUDING MASK REGION WITH APPROPRIATE NAME Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18498206 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18632008 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA PFU LIMITED
18211513 Object Detection Outside a User Field-of-View Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18659798 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18631553 IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18420489 TECHNIQUES TO IMPLEMENT TRANSFORMERS WITH MULTI-TASK NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Micron Technology, Inc.
18675060 METHODS FOR CALENDAR-BASED JOB MANAGEMENT IN A PRINTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA KYOCERA DOCUMENT SOLUTIONS, INC.
18689480 ORIENTING PROCESSING DEVICE, ORIENTING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
18430114 MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
18639493 IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18352354 PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18342021 Method and device for identifying and extending the input context of a user, to make contextualized suggestions regardless of the software application used Final Rejection ORANGE
18579806 DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT, DATA PROCESSING METHODS, AND PROGRAMS Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18401327 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPECTRAL IMAGING Non-Final OA SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
18311489 QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND OPTIMIZATION IN CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Final Rejection MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
18615746 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
18371712 NEUROMAPPING SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES Final Rejection Medos International SARL
18391383 Automated and Rapid Detection and Localization of Free Fluid on Focused Assessment with Sonography in Trauma (FAST) Examination Using Deep Learning Non-Final OA BioSensics LLC
18570102 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING, COUNTING AND DISPENSING ITEMS Non-Final OA DATA DETECTION TECHNOLOGIES LTD.
18494475 EFFICIENT CACHING FOR RADIOTHERAPY OBJECT VISUALIZATION AND PROCESSING Non-Final OA Elekta, Inc.
18357475 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH DEFECT DETECTION Non-Final OA IUCF-HYU(Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)

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