Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18669202 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LARGE DOCUMENT TRANSFER AND DECENTRALIZED STORAGE | May 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18627017 | PRINTER FOR APPLYING TEMPORARY TATTOOS | April 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18585918 | INSTANT TICKET REDUNDANCY VIA MULTI-CHROMATIC INDICIA WITH PHOTORECEPTOR SENSITIVITY TO DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS OF LIGHT | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18544489 | CONTROLLING DISPLAY OF PREVIEW PRINT IMAGES AT DIFFERENT ANGLES OF VISUAL RECOGNITION BY PERFORMNING COLOR CONVERSION CORRESPONDING TO THE STRUCTURAL COLOR INK | December 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18544000 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT CORRECTING COLOR GAMUT CONVERSION BASED ON A POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DIFFERENT OBJECTS | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18540807 | DUAL INFRARED GLOSS EFFECT | December 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18538236 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS HAVING IMAGE READING UNIT SUPPORTED BY A SUPPORT SHAFT AND BEING CONNECTED TO CABLES DISPOSED ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE SUPPORT SHAFT AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE IMAGE READING APPARATUS | December 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18536001 | REORDERED MULTIBIT HALFTONE PROCESSING WITH A THRESHOLD ARRAY | December 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18527786 | SUPPORTING PROGRAM FOR CONTROL OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS OBTAINS PRINT JOB, CREATES NEW JOB NAME, AND TRANSMITS TO VIRTUAL PRINTER | December 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18525323 | DISPLAYING LIST OF FILES INCLUDING FILE UPLOADED VIA CHAT SCREEN IN AN INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | November 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18523065 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM DETECTING CHANGE IN PHYSICAL QUANTITY (SOUND) FROM VARIABLE MECHANISM AND DETERMINING AND NOTIFYING AN ABNORMAL CONDITION BASED ON THE CHANGE COMPARED TO A THRESHOLD | November 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18523626 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PRODUCT FOR TEST PRINTING A SPECIAL COLOR AREA | November 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18507433 | PRINTING SYSTEM ALLOWING ADMINISTRATOR TO CONVENIENTLY LIMIT FUNCTION OF PRINT DEVICE WHEN USED BY GENERAL USER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18505473 | RECORDING APPARATUS CHANGING PROCESSING DEPENDING ON AN ADJUSTMENT TO AN AMOUNT OF RECORDING MATERIAL TO BE USED | November 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18500277 | DOCUMENT FEEDING, IMAGE READING, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SLIDABLE DOCUMENT SUPPORTING TRAY THAT PIVOTS UP FROM A SECOND POSITON AND MOVES OBLIQUELY DOWNWARD | November 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18495018 | Sports Memorabilia | October 2023 | September 2024 | Abandon | 11 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18556932 | POWER SAVING MODE OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH SETTING DETECTION OF WAKEUP EVENTS AND DEACTIVATION OF WAKEUP EVENT DETECTION BASED ON USAGE PATTERN | October 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18489198 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM, THAT CONVERT STORED FIRST REFERENCE IMAGE USABLE IN JOB TO BE INSPECTED TO SECOND REFERENCE IMAGE CORRESPONDING TO THE JOB | October 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18239218 | CONTROL OVER INCREASING PRINTING MATERIAL BASED ON DETERMINATION OF SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE OPRERATION MODE AND NETWORK SETUP PROCESS BASED ON INTERNET CONNECTION | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18457527 | DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DISTINGUISHABLY DISPLAYING PRINTING PROCESSES AND SUBDIVIDED PROCESSES BEING EXECUTED | August 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18457467 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PREVENTING LOWERING OF OPERABILITY WHEN PRINTING IS PERFORMED, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18458004 | READING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD WITH NOTIFICATION OF AN ERROR OR IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH DOCUMENT TRANSPORT AND DATA TRANSFER SPEED | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18457165 | SCANNING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNIQUE TO EASILY IDENTIFY A POST TO WHICH IMAGE DATA IS POSTED AS A REPLY TO A CHAT SERVICE | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18455389 | IMPROVED PRECISION OF FLATBED OR ADF DOCUMENT READING BY DETECTING DIFFERENT REFERENCE POSITIONS DRIVING IMAGE SENSOR IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS TO READ REFERENCE PLATE | August 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18455030 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM DISPLAYING SHAPE OF A TRAY AS BACKGROUND AND A PLURALITY OF EDIT AREAS OF IMAGES TO BE PRINTED ON PRINT MEDIA LOADED IN TRAY | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18237026 | PRINTING CONTROL WITH ATTRIBUTE VALUES IDENTIFYING SETTING VALUES TRANSMITTED TO A PRINTER BASED ON INPUT OPERATIONS AND CORRESPONDING ATTRIBUTE VALUES IDENTIFYING SETTING VALUES TRANSMITTED TO A TERMINAL DEVICE | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18227271 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM TO WHICH MULTIPLE IMAGE FORMING DEVICES THAT OUTPUT IMAGE DATA ARE CONNECTED VIA A NETWORK | July 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18226467 | Cloud Printing Utilizing Queued Message Service | July 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18226296 | IMAGE FORMATION WITH INCREASED PRODUCTIVITY BY DETERMINING SURFACE STATE OF MEDIUM CONVEYING ROLLER BASED ON DETECTED FLUCTUATION RANGE IN ROLLER DRIVING LOAD | July 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18359333 | RECORDING DEVICE CONFIGURED TO EXECUTE INITIAL INTRODUCTION INCLUDING SUPPLYING COLORING AGENT TO AN INKJET HEAD TO ENABLE RECORDING OPERATION, RECORDING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | July 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18218132 | IMAGE READING DEVICE CAPABLE OF GENERATING TAG ABOUT DOCUMENT AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH THE SAME | July 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18338091 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LARGE DOCUMENT TRANSFER AND DECENTRALIZED STORAGE | June 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18331940 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD THAT COMBINE AND AUTOMATE CLOUD AND LOCAL TASKS | June 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18330236 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT THAT BATCH SETS A GROUP OF SET VALUES CORRESPONDING TO A SELECTED USE ENVIRONMENT | June 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18318900 | PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM DISPLAYING 2D CODE WITH IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION ALLOCATED BY PRINT SERVICE ONLY IF PRINTER REGISTERED TO PRINT SERVICE | May 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18318823 | INSTANT TICKET REDUNDANCY VIA MULTI-CHROMATIC INDICIA WITH PHOTORECEPTOR SENSITIVITY TO DIFFERENT WAVELENGTHS OF LIGHT | May 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18316534 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF PREVENTING DAMAGE AND LOSS OF AUDIT LOG WHEN ATTACK DUE TO UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS IS DETECTED, CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18312224 | BASE MESH CODING BY USING SURFACE REFLECTION SYMMETRY | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18310626 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING A QUANTITATIVE POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18310078 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT COMPARING CURRENT AND REQUIRED DRIVER VERSION BASED ON PRINTER FIRMWARE UPDATE | May 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18309850 | IMAGE ANALYZER DETERMINES IN-USE INK INFORMATION USING IMAGE DATA ACCORDING TO PRESET CONDITIONS AND ACQUIRES PRESPECIFIED IMAGE QUALITY INFORMATION WHEN IMAGE IS PRINTED | May 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18141130 | Lossless Compression with Probabilistic Circuits | April 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18309091 | LIGHTING DEVICE AND INSPECTION DEVICE WITH LIGHT SHIELD IRRADIATION PORT CONFIGURED TO IRRADIATE LIGHT ONLY ON THE INSPECTION REGION | April 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18309019 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PRINTING BASED ON PDL DATA IN PRINT JOB FOR PRINTING MONOCHROME REPRESENTATION OF COLOR DATA | April 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18303797 | DOCUMENT FEEDING, IMAGE READING, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SLIDABLE DOCUMENT SUPPORTS WITH ONE CONSTITUTING PART OF AN UPPER SURFACE OF THE APPARATUS | April 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18134717 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING MULTIPLE DISPLAY REGIONS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18297959 | INFORMATION PROCESSING FOR COLORIMETRY OPERATION GENERATING A CHART WITH READ RESULT PATCHES ARRANGED ADJACENT CORRESPONDING REFERENCE PATCHES | April 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18296085 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPENSATING FOR MISALIGHNMENT IN DIGITAL PRINTING | April 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18030481 | OPTICAL LINE SENSOR WITH PAIR OF HOLDING MEMBERS SEPARABLY ATTACHED AT ENDS OF ILLUMINATION AND LIGHT RECEIVING UNITS | April 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18192393 | PRE-TRAINING METHOD, IMAGE AND TEXT RETRIEVAL METHOD FOR A VISION AND SCENE TEXT AGGREGATION MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18028847 | SUBSCRIPTION-BASED PRINT JOB EXECUTION | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18188773 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS WITH CONTROL DEVICE TO DETERMINE OPEN / CLOSED STATE OF COVER BASED ON EVALUATION OF READ VALUES IN MAIN SCAN DIRECTIN WITH LIGHT SOURCE TURNED ON AND OFF | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18186824 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CORRECTING A DIFFERENCE IMAGE USING ENHANCING FILTERS | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18184817 | COMPUTER PRODUCT STORING SUPPORTING PROGRAM FOR MANAGING COMMON PRINT SETTINGS FOR EACH IDENTIFIED PRINTER | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18184743 | PROGRAM PRODUCT EXECUTABLE BY COMPUTER OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PRINTING SYSTEM, TRANSMITTING PRINT JOB AND SETTINGS TO VIRTUAL PRINTER AND PASSING TO REQUESTING PRINTER, THE ASSOCIATED JOB NAME AND PRINT SETTINGS DISPLAYED THEREON | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18183629 | APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING A FLARING EFFICIENCY ESTIMATE BASED ON CAPTURED IMAGE DATA, A SIMULATION MODEL, AND OPERATIONS DATA | March 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18120856 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT CORRECTING AN IMAGE FORMING CONDITION BASED ON COLOR OF FORMED IMAGE AND MEDIUM UNDER IMAGE, AND COLOR SPACE REFERENCE DATA | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18178285 | SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PRIORITIZING FUNCTIONS OF AN IMAGE FORMING APPARTUS | March 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18169935 | HYBRID CONVOLUTIONAL WAVELET NETWORKS FOR PREDICTING TREATMENT RESPONSE VIA RADIOLOGICAL IMAGES OF BOWEL DISEASE | February 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18109712 | GENERATING A 3D TOOTH MODELING FILE ADJUSTED FOR TOOTH SIZE FOR MANUFACTURING A 3D DENTAL LAMINATE | February 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18168099 | USER-DEFINED BOUNDARIES FOR DOCUMENTS | February 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18163728 | STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PROVIDING STATUS NOTIFICATION ABOUT A PRINTING APPARATUS | February 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18162184 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING COLLECTION AND AGGREGATE CALCULATION OF OPERATION HISTORY DATA ABOUT PRINT PROCESSING IN A PRINTER | January 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18162082 | INSPECTION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR SETTING BATCH INSPECTION CONDITIONS BASED ON REGIONS SELECTED BY USER IN DISPLAYED REFERENCE IMAGE AND INSPECTION TYPE | January 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18161631 | PROFILE CREATION DEVICE AND METHOD GENERATING AND DISPLAYING INPUT AND OUTPUT DEVICE COLOR GAMUTS AS 3D IMAGES | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18158045 | RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE, TRANSPORT CORRECTION, OR DISCHARGE CORRECTION BASED UPON A CAPTURED IMAGE | January 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18069861 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PRODUCT PERFORMING MULTIPLEXING PROCESSING BY DIFFERENT METHODS WITH RESPECT TO PRINTING AND NON-PRINTING AREAS | December 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18067183 | DEPTH ESTIMATION FOR MONOCULAR SYSTEMS USING ADAPTIVE GROUND TRUTH WEIGHTING | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18053617 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DERIVING AMOUNTS OF METALLIC COLORANT AND PROCESS COLORANTS BASED ON PRIORITY DETERMINED FROM A TARGET COLOR PATCH | November 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18053549 | PRINT DATA EDITING DEVICE EDITING PRINT DATA SUCH THAT PARTIAL IMAGE CORRESPONDING TO COLUMN IS SHIFTED BY SHIFT AMOUNT IN SUB-SCANNING DIRECTION | November 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18053542 | CONTROLLING INSPECTION OF PRINTED MATERIAL BASED ON REFERENCE IMAGE AND SCAN IMAGE WITH ALIGNMENT PERFORMED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF FEATURE POINTS IN THE REFERENCE IMAGE | November 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18052994 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OBTAINING APPROPRIATE CODE SIZE FOR MEDIUM TYPE BASED ON RESULTS OF TRIAL PRINTING GROUP OF DIFFERENT SIZED CODES | November 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17922809 | IDENTIFYING ABNORMAL IMAGES IN SET OF MEDICAL IMAGES BASED ON COMBINED FEATURE SET WITH GLOBAL FEATURES EXTRACTED USING FIRST CNN AND LOCAL FEATURES EXTRACTED USING SECOND CNN ANALYZING HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE PATCHES | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971711 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING IMAGE DATA FROM READING PRINTED DOCUMENT WITH OR WITHOUT APPLYING LIGHT TO EXTRACT EMBEDDED INFORMATION | October 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971696 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EMBEDDING SPECIFIC INFORMATION BASED ON TYPE OF DESIGNATED PRINTING APPARATUS | October 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17959796 | PREDICTING OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSES, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEMS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHODS | October 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17955810 | METHOD FOR GENERATING MODEL BY RECOGNIZING CROSS-SECTION REGIONS IN UNITS OF PIXELS | September 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17954922 | METHOD FOR DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF LESIONS | September 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17952415 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PRINTING SYSTEM INCLUDING LATERAL TRANSLATIONS TO REDUCE BURN-IN ARTIFACTS | September 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17952740 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR OUTPUTTING READING RESULT OF AN ADJUSTED IMAGE FORMED BY IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | September 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17903742 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING ACCURACY OF A DIAGNOSTIC IMAGE | September 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17884525 | CONSTRUCTING TRAINED MODELS TO ASSOCIATE OBJECT IN IMAGE WITH DESCRIPTION IN SENTENCE WHERE FEATURE AMOUNT FOR SENTENCE IS DERIVED FROM STRUCTURED INFORMATION | August 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17883069 | PRINTED-MATTER INSPECTION SYSTEM, COMPUTER PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING DUMMY PAGE FOR SCANNED IMAGE OF TARGET | August 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 31 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17815644 | OPTIMIZING RENDERING CONDITION FOR MEDICAL IMAGE DATA BASED ON DETECTION CERTAINTY FROM MACHINE LEARNING MODEL | July 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17876104 | OPTIMUM WEIGHTING OF DSA MASK IMAGES | July 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17795503 | CLASSIFYING HANDWRITTEN MATH AND TEXT SYMBOLS USING SPATIAL SYNTACTIC RULES, SEMANTEC CONNECTIONS, AND INK-RELATED INFORMATION OF STROKES FORMING THE SYMBOLS | July 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17866553 | INFORMATION PROCESSING AND IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE TO INSPECT READ IMAGE DATA OF A FORMED IMAGE AND DETECT A CYCLE OF IMAGE DEFECTS OR UNEVENNESS | July 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17793146 | AUTOMATED SPERMATOZOA CANDIDATE IDENTIFICATION | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17792618 | HALFTONE SCREENS ENCODING SIGNATURES | July 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17792013 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES IN A MEDICAL IMAGE | July 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17758381 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGER, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, DETECTOR, ROADSIDE UNIT, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND CALIBRATION METHOD | July 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17639855 | IMAGE ANALYZER, CELL CULTURE OBSERVATION DEVICE, IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, PROGRAM, AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17807117 | DOCUMENT DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND PRINTING DEVICE FOR DETERMINING NORMALITY OF DOCUMENT IMAGE BASED ON CODE IMAGE | June 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17783699 | DEVICE, METHOD, & PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING PARAMETER INDICATING SHAPE OF EAR CANAL BASED ON LAYERS PERPENDICULAR TO CALCULATED CENTER LINE OF EAR CANAL | June 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17836229 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD EVALUATING PRINT QUALITY BASED ON DENSITY DIFFERENCE DATA | June 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17783487 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE & SYSTEM DISPLAYING INFORMATION IN TIME-SERIES ORDER ON CHIPS IN REGIONS OF IMAGE CAPTURED INSIDE MACHINE TOOL | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17782683 | CHARACTER SEGMENTATION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON EDGE DETECTION AND CONTOUR DETECTION | June 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17830729 | TARGET CELL STATISTICAL METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM | June 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17733150 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING A BOUNDING BOX USING AN ITERATIVE CLOSEST POINT ALGORITHM | April 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17661177 | METHOD FOR FINE-GRAINED DETECTION OF DRIVER DISTRACTION BASED ON UNSUPERVISED LEARNING | April 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ROGERS, SCOTT A.
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, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner ROGERS, SCOTT A works in Art Unit 2681 and has examined 154 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 96.8%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 17 months.
Examiner ROGERS, SCOTT A's allowance rate of 96.8% places them in the 90% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by ROGERS, SCOTT A receive 0.65 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 5% 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 ROGERS, SCOTT A is 17 months. This places the examiner in the 96% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ROGERS, SCOTT A. This interview benefit is in the 24% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 36.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 78% 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 61.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 84% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 11% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 13% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% 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, 77.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 91% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.3% of allowed cases (in the 71% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 26% 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:
Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.
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