Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 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

79.1%
Allow Rate
+17.1% vs TC avg
741
Total Applications
+8.2%
Interview Lift
822
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 709 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.9%
§101 Eligibility
13.3%
§102 Novelty
66.8%
§103 Obviousness
9.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18689480 ORIENTING PROCESSING DEVICE, ORIENTING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA TOHOKU UNIVERSITY
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
18613002 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18596723 MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA 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.
18583896 METHOD OF CREATING COLOR CHART DATA, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR CREATING COLOR CHART DATA, COLOR CHART, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
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
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.
18615746 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA RISO KAGAKU CORPORATION
18371712 NEUROMAPPING SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES Non-Final OA Medos International SARL
18352354 PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18189213 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18401327 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SPECTRAL IMAGING Non-Final OA SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.
18601560 COLOR CORRECTION METHOD, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co., Ltd.
18311489 QUALITY ASSESSMENT AND OPTIMIZATION IN CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Final Rejection MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
18494475 EFFICIENT CACHING FOR RADIOTHERAPY OBJECT VISUALIZATION AND PROCESSING Non-Final OA Elekta, Inc.
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.
18357475 METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH DEFECT DETECTION Non-Final OA IUCF-HYU(Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University)

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