Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18631554 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONDITIONAL NOTIFICATION | April 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18596463 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SETTING A REGION TO BE INSPECTED BY READING AN IMAGE ON A SHEET | March 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 23 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18593652 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS HAVING SENSOR FOR DETECTING SHAPE OF FED DOCUMENTS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN CONTROL METHOD | March 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18418245 | IDENTIFYING PRINT JOBS FOR PRE-PROCESSING | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18418244 | PRE-RENDERING AND STORING FOR PUSH PRINTING | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18408840 | PRE-RENDERING SYSTEM FOR ONLINE AND OFFLINE DOCUMENTS | January 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18408859 | PRE-RENDERING AND CACHING SYSTEM | January 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18391999 | PRE-RENDERING SYSTEM | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18391985 | PRE-RENDERING DURING IDLE TIME FOR SUBSEQUENT PRINTING | December 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18527154 | Controlling and Visualizing Color Reproduction Accuracy | December 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18509109 | PRINTING APPARATUS THAT TRANSMITS AN ADVERTISING PACKET TO AN EXTERNAL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | November 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18389230 | IMAGE READING DEVICE DETERMINING TRANSMISSION DESTINATION | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 9 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18385969 | PARAMETER DETERMINATION APPARATUS, PARAMETER DETERMINATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM | November 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18384360 | PRINTED TINY TEXT | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18494095 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SETTING ABNORMALITY DETECTION CONDITIONS OF PRINT MEDIUM | October 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18381370 | IMAGE INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR PRINT SETTING CORRECTION | October 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18486085 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING IMAGE DEGRADATION | October 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18465851 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS REGULATING FILTER STRENGTH FOR TEMPORAL FILTERING | September 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18244706 | CLOUD PRINTING SERVICES FOR PRINTING TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PRINTERS | September 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18457743 | COLORIMETRIC SYSTEM, TERMINAL DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18456466 | IMAGE FORMING CONTROL METHOD FOR CONSUMABLE CHIP IN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18237127 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL CIRCUIT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD | August 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18353275 | PREDICTING RAILROAD BALLAST FOULING CONDITIONS BASED ON BALLAST IMAGE | July 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18213351 | CONTROL APPARATUS HAVING MULTIPLE PRINT SPEEDS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | June 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18213208 | WAVELENGTH-BASED FAULT DETECTION FOR PHYSICAL COMPONENTS | June 2023 | January 2026 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18257937 | SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A COLOR VALUE OF A TARGET OBJECT, AND METHODS THEREOF | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18329458 | PROXIMITY BASED USER AUTHENTICATION FOR MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICES | June 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18328434 | MANAGEMENT DEVICE THAT DISPLAYS PROCESSING INFORMATION FOR MULTIPLE PROCESSING DEVICES | June 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18038931 | ERROR DETERMINATION IN BODILY FLUID TESTING | May 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18253064 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING GRADATION CORRECTION, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18251561 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND INTERFACES FOR IDENTIFYING COATING SURFACES | May 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18308139 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF FORMING COMBINABLE IMAGES ON SEPARATE SHEETS | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18303918 | AUTOMATED COLORIMETRY TECHNIQUES SUPPORTING COLOR CLASSIFICATION | April 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18304209 | CONTROL METHOD FOR ACQUIRING DATA | April 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 31 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18135188 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING ELECTRONIC DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A USER IDENTIFIED BASED ON SOURCE IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION | April 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 16 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18193733 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUM THAT OBTAINS A DIFFERENCE IN COLOR INFORMATION AT CORRESPONDING POSITIONS BETWEEN A COMPOSITE IMAGE AND A PRINT IMAGE | March 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18187947 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THAT DETERMINE, FROM A SCANNED IMAGE, AN UNDESIRABLE AREA OF UNDESIRED OBJECT | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18188343 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD | March 2023 | December 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18187313 | FUNCTION EXTENSION APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR FUNCTION EXTENSION APPARATUS | March 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18187125 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD OF INSPECTION SYSTEM | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18124361 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLOR SENSOR CHARACTERIZATION, CALIBRATION AND THRESHOLD-SETTING | March 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18185131 | PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING APPARATUS | March 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18184272 | A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION RELATED TO A FUNCTION | March 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 21 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18183296 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR SPOT COLOR CONVERSION MEDIUM | March 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18181327 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | March 2023 | March 2026 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18178569 | METHOD OF GENERATING QUALITY CONTROL INFORMATION, APPARATUS FOR GENERATING QUALITY CONTROL INFORMATION, AND PROGRAM | March 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18177165 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR READING IMAGE, AND IMAGE READING METHOD FOR ERROR HANDLING | March 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18174697 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING A SERVER AND A TERMINAL DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE FOR THE DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR THE TERMINAL DEVICE | February 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18172387 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING FUSARIUM MONILIFORME SPECIES OF RICE SEED | February 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18105927 | ACCURACY MEASUREMENT KIT | February 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18102199 | INSPECTION DEVICE AND MOLDED-PRODUCT PROCESSING SYSTEM | January 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18093668 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE FAX INTERCONNECT | January 2023 | June 2024 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18150218 | IMAGE READING DEVICE WITH DOCUMENT PRESSING SECTION | January 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18149376 | SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | January 2023 | August 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18013774 | COLOR MAP GENERATION TECHNIQUES FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYING DIFFERENT TYPES OF CAVITATION ACTIVITY ON A DIGITAL IMAGE | December 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18145894 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR TERMINAL DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TERMINAL DEVICE | December 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18010596 | COLOR CHART PROVIDED WITH PATCH AND MARKER FOR RECOGNIZING PATCH | December 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18064509 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH TOUCH AND TOUCHLESS INPUT PORTION | December 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17989740 | PRINTING APPARATUS USING PRINT DATA STORED IN A SPOOL AREA, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17925910 | TRANSMISSION OF PRINTING DATA TO WHICH LOCATION INFORMATION HAS BEEN ADDED AND RETAINING LOCATION INFORMATION | November 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17979862 | OPTICAL SENSOR HAVING COMMON LIGHT SENSING CIRCUIT FOR SYNCHRONOUSLY SENSING A PLURALITY OF COLOR LIGHT SIGNALS | November 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18050813 | LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE WITH EJECTION-FAILURE DETECTION | October 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18050267 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEED FORWARD CONTROL OF PRINTHEAD TEMPERATURE IN AN INKJET PRINTER TO IMPROVE INK IMAGE QUALITY | October 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17921198 | METHODS FOR DESIGNING AND PRODUCING A SECURITY FEATURE | October 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17997109 | COLOR MANAGEMENT CACHING FOR DISPLAY PROCESSING PIPELINES | October 2022 | March 2026 | Abandon | 41 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17970591 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND WORK ESTIMATION METHOD FOR ACCURATELY ESTIMATING WORK RELATED TO PRINTING | October 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17968776 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS COMPRISING IMAGE READER FOR READING DOCUMENT ACCORDING TO SCAN SETUP DATA, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM STORING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM | October 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17919557 | AN IMPROVED LESION DETECTION METHOD | October 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18047025 | CHEMICAL PURITY ASSESSMENT BY IMAGE ANALYSIS | October 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17962893 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM CONFIGURED TO CALIBRATE A COLOR DENSITY | October 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17938105 | COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURE PROMOTING COMPATIBILITY WITH PRINTING FINISHING EQUIPMENT | October 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17917225 | Neural Network Model for Image Segmentation | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17936289 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME FOR COLOR VALIDATION | September 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17954341 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD PROGRAM AND SYSTEM FOR CHANGING A SIZE OF A RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE ACCORDING TO A CORRECTION MAGNIFICATION | September 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17953295 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING PROCESS WITH ALTERNATIVE APPARATUS | September 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17905990 | RAPID MOBILE SCREENING AND TRIAGE FOR INFECTIONS AND INFECTION SEVERITY | September 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17900944 | X-RAY IMAGING DEVICE AND X-RAY IMAGING METHOD | September 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17801654 | METHOD FOR MANAGING BLOCKS OF COMMANDS INTENDED FOR A MICROSCOPY IMAGING SYSTEM, AND CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM, STORAGE MEDIUM AND DEVICE | August 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17890421 | METHOD FOR CONTENT RECOMMENDATION AND DEVICE | August 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17768606 | TRANSMISSION TYPE COLOR GRADATION CHART, TRANSMISSION TYPE COLOR GRADATION CHART DEVICE AND GRAY GRADATION CHART | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 17884843 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING COLORIMETRIC APPLICATION PROGRAM, COLORIMETRIC SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COLORIMETER, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME | August 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17876850 | METHOD OF TRANSFORMING A FIRST COLOR SPACE INTO A SECOND COLOR SPACE USING AN INTERMEDIATE COLOR SPACE, A PRINTING MACHINE FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD AND A MEMORY MEDIUM CONTAINING CODE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD | July 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17873723 | STORAGE METHOD, STORAGE SYSTEM, READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | July 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17792933 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING COLONOSCOPY PREPARATION | July 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17790964 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SUTURING GUIDANCE | July 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17857873 | PRINT JOB CANCELLATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | July 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17854553 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING REPORTING FUNCTION FOR DEVICE SETTINGS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | June 2022 | July 2023 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17848187 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME FOR NOTIFYING OF OCCURRENCE OF AN ERROR | June 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17806544 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | June 2022 | June 2024 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17756892 | ASSOCIATING PRODUCT TYPES AND ELECTRONIC LABELS USING A CAMERA | June 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17804024 | COLORIMETRIC SYSTEM, COLORIMETRIC DEVICE, COLORIMETRIC METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17777666 | PARAMETER DETERMINATION APPARATUS, PARAMETER DETERMINATION METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM | May 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17746715 | PRE-PROCESSING PRINT JOBS | May 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17740718 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING TEXT IN IMAGE | May 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17731229 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING BREAST CANCER | April 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17729302 | Inspection Device, Printer, and Method to Inspect Images Accurately | April 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17725625 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONDITIONAL NOTIFICATION | April 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17721974 | ACOUSTIC SENSOR PROCESSING | April 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17710216 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING LAYOUT PROCESSING | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17709279 | Method and Apparatus for Multi-Modal Fusion of Spatial-temporal Data | March 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner WASHINGTON, JAMARES.
With a 100.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.
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, 66.7% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
✓ Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner WASHINGTON, JAMARES works in Art Unit 2681 and has examined 100 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 98.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.
Examiner WASHINGTON, JAMARES's allowance rate of 98.0% 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 WASHINGTON, JAMARES receive 1.96 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 49% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by WASHINGTON, JAMARES is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 65% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +2.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WASHINGTON, JAMARES. This interview benefit is in the 23% 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, 33.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 51.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 77% 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 12% 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 60.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 36% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 16.7% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 47% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 22% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 29% 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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