Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17130360 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | December 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17131426 | MODIFYING STORED LIFE SET POINTS FOR COMPONENTS IN A MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICE | December 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17125764 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17122375 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | December 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17107538 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS | November 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17107470 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS | November 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17107535 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS | November 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17104998 | Image Scanning Device | November 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17103586 | CONVEYANCE DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | November 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16951072 | PROXIMITY DETECTION DEVICE | November 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17099813 | SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS | November 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17094282 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17089521 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS | November 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17083060 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | October 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17083009 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | October 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17081359 | MEDIA SUPPLYING APPARATUS AND RECORDING APPARATUS | October 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17047582 | BELT TENSIONING SYSTEM | October 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17069369 | RECORDING APPARATUS | October 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17069374 | RECORDING APPARATUS | October 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17065717 | DOCUMENT FEEDER | October 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17061008 | DUPLEX SCANNING CONTENT ALIGNMENT | October 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17044340 | LIGHT RECEIVING UNIT | October 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17042757 | DIAGNOSING STATUS OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | September 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17033300 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | September 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17031638 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS | September 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17030734 | DOCUMENT CHECKING APPARATUS | September 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17031284 | MAINTENANCE SUPPORT APPARATUS AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT METHOD | September 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17030780 | IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE | September 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17030070 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM | September 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17029196 | SHEET FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | September 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17027971 | DOCUMENT CONVEYANCE APPARATUS | September 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17021743 | CREATING LABEL FORM TEMPLATES | September 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17016990 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | September 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17010287 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND TRANSFERRING SHEETS | September 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17005849 | MEDIUM TRANSPORTING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DETECTING MEDIUM BY MEDIUM TRANSPORTING APPARATUS | August 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17005492 | READING APPARATUS AND READING CONTROL METHOD | August 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17004389 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CALCULATING MEDIUM INCLINATION IN IMAGE READING APPARATUS | August 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17005115 | SYSTEM AND METHOD for SENDING, DELIVERY OR RECEIVING OF FAXES, OVER A COMPUTER BASED NETWORK ACCORDING TO SECURITY OR OTHER PROTOCOLS | August 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17003867 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND DOCUMENT READING UNIT | August 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17001963 | READING DEVICE, STAIN DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY DEVICE | August 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17000626 | POWER SWITCHING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE WITH POWER SWITCHING DEVICE | August 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16994039 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | August 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16985033 | MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS FOR ESTIMATING A SHAPE OF A CONVEYED MEDIUM BASED ON A LINE IMAGE ACQUIRED BY IMAGING A SELECTED SURFACE | August 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16944939 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, AND IMAGE INSPECTION PROGRAM | July 2020 | December 2022 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16940873 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS | July 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16939356 | DOCUMENT TRANSPORT ASSISTANCE MEMBER AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE | July 2020 | December 2020 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16932637 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING IMAGE READING DEVICE | July 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16929536 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | July 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16926308 | MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MEDIUM CONVEYANCE BASED ON INCLINATION OF MEDIUM AND POSITION OF MEDIUM | July 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16921766 | DOCUMENT FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | July 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16918414 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16917639 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD THAT PERFORM IMAGE PROCESSING FOR EACH AREA | June 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16917673 | IMAGE READING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE READING METHOD THAT PERFORM IMAGE PROCESSING FOR EACH AREA | June 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16917703 | IMAGE READING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE READING METHOD FOR DIVIDING EACH AREA INTO BLOCKCHAINS | June 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16912231 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | June 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16910042 | INTRAORAL 3D SCANNER EMPLOYING MULTIPLE MINIATURE CAMERAS AND MULTIPLE MINIATURE PATTERN PROJECTORS | June 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16906763 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS | June 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16906865 | IMAGE READING DEVICE | June 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16905007 | ORIGINAL READING APPARATUS | June 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16903757 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | June 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16886852 | SCANNER APPARATUS | May 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16888584 | LIVING BODY DETECTION METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE | May 2020 | December 2020 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16886810 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | May 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16883018 | SHEET DISCHARGING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | May 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16881207 | SHEET DISCHARGING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | May 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16879994 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS | May 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16879467 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | May 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16876930 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR ACTIVATING AN APPLICATION THEREIN | May 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16872391 | COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, IMAGE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD | May 2020 | November 2020 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16761418 | IMAGE SCANNER WITH MULTIDIRECTIONAL ILLUMINATION | May 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16861233 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16860374 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | April 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16855644 | CONFIGURING A SEALED ENCLOSURE FOR A LASER PRINTHEAD | April 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16854435 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR FORMING IMAGE ON RECORDING SHEET | April 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16852776 | Image Scanning Device | April 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16849745 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | April 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16842353 | PRINTING APPARATUS | April 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16837431 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MACHINE LEARNING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | April 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16834996 | MOTOR CONTROL DEVICE, SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | March 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16817534 | INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF MEDIA UNIT OUTPUT OF A PRINTER | March 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16817533 | INTELLIGENT CONTROL OF FEEDING MEDIA UNITS IN A PRINTER | March 2020 | October 2020 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16816802 | SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND IMAGE READING DEVICE INCLUDING SAME | March 2020 | July 2021 | Abandon | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16814254 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | March 2020 | December 2020 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16810860 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16810804 | MULTIPURPOSE IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS | March 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16808933 | OPTICAL DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGING FORMING APPARATUS | March 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16808572 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM | March 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16805992 | Image Reading Device and Image Reading Method | March 2020 | May 2021 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16804875 | OPTICAL DENSITY MONITORING MECHANISM | February 2020 | September 2020 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16642139 | COLOR CALIBRATION ALGORITHM | February 2020 | November 2020 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16800125 | AUTOMATED LABELING SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLE LIDAR DATA | February 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16796386 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16794984 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING VARIOUS FUNCTIONS THROUGH APPLICATION USING A CAMERA AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | February 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16793858 | SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING A DOCUMENT AND CORRESPONDING METHOD | February 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16793014 | SIGNAL PROCESSING CIRCUIT, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | February 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16793593 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS | February 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16790417 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING PRINTING DEFECTS AND CONTAMINATED COMPONENTS OF A PRINTER | February 2020 | December 2020 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16746004 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | January 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16744031 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | January 2020 | August 2020 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16631386 | OBJECT PROCESSING FOR IMAGING | January 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner WORKU, NEGUSSIE.
With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.
Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.
In this dataset, 33.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner WORKU, NEGUSSIE works in Art Unit 2677 and has examined 783 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 95.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 12 months.
Examiner WORKU, NEGUSSIE's allowance rate of 95.0% places them in the 84% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by WORKU, NEGUSSIE receive 1.00 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 8% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by WORKU, NEGUSSIE is 12 months. This places the examiner in the 100% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WORKU, NEGUSSIE. This interview benefit is in the 27% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 37.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 86% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 85.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 97% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 74% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 18% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 35.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 22% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.1% of allowed cases (in the 49% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 30% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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