Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18418209 | AUTOMATIC CALIBRATION OF INTRAORAL 3D SCANNER | January 2024 | June 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18389985 | MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | December 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18541543 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | December 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18541151 | TERMINAL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM | December 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18528004 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR SERVER, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM | December 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18527270 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO VERIFY IMAGING POSITION ON A MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICE | December 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18566123 | OPTICAL MEMBER AND IMAGE READING DEVICE | December 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18520675 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THAT CHANGE A PAPER SIZE FROM A FIRST SIZE TO A DIFFERENT, SECOND SIZE, AND TO MAINTAIN AN ASPECT RATIO OF AN OBJECT | November 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18510304 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18507313 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM | November 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18503605 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18501840 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | November 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18487899 | METHOD OF PRODUCING IMAGE DATA AND IMAGE READING SYSTEM | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18484689 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL BRANDING OF LOTTERY TICKETS | October 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18484091 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING METHOD OF IMAGE READING DEVICE | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18480447 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18370061 | MANAGEMENT OF HOT FOLDERS DURING PRINTING OPERATIONS | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18469736 | NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR TERMINAL DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE TERMINAL DEVICE | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18469632 | DEADLINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR DEADLINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18470266 | PRINTING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18466651 | Image Recording Device, Method of Controlling Image Recording Device, and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Recording Medium Therefor | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18458419 | IMAGING DEVICE | August 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18237178 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DECIDING AMOUNT OF REDUCTION OF EXPOSURE AMOUNT INDICATED BY IMAGE DATA | August 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18266939 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRINTING A PAPER WEB | June 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18073918 | METHOD OF SENSOR FUSION FOR HARMONIZING DATA FROM MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES | December 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17959620 | ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATION USING UNSUPERVISED MACHINE LEARNING | October 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17960000 | Method for Generating Regions of Interest Based on Data Extracted from Navigational Charts | October 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17905688 | ASSESSING HEART PARAMETERS USING NEURAL NETWORKS | September 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17897012 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF GENERATING CAMERA MODELS FOR CAMERA CALIBRATION | August 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17894983 | PARKING SLOT DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM | August 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17894995 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR POINT OF GAZE PREDICTION | August 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17872112 | VEHICLE PERCEPTION BY ADJUSTING DEEP NEURAL NETWORK CONFIDENCE VALVES BASED ON K-MEANS CLUSTERING | July 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17794409 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING LOW BIT WIDTH HDR IMAGE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND TERMINAL | July 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17812860 | AUTOMATIC IMAGE CLASSIFICATION AND PROCESSING METHOD BASED ON CONTINUOUS PROCESSING STRUCTURE OF MULTIPLE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM STORED IN COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM TO EXECUTE THE SAME | July 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17787824 | METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING BASE IN NUCLEIC ACID AND SYSTEM | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17845910 | AUTO-CROPPING OF IMAGES BASED ON DEVICE MOTION | June 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17786321 | PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | June 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17750382 | MENISCUS PROJECTION PLANE SETTING APPARATUS, MENISCUS PROJECTION PLANE SETTING METHOD, AND MENISCUS PROJECTION PLANE SETTING PROGRAM | May 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17747487 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING 3D MANUALS INTO 2D INTERACTIVE VIDEOS FOR CLOUD SERVICE | May 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17743496 | INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS | May 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17770458 | A SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING A PROTECTIVE PRODUCT ON THE SCREEN OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES | April 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17724516 | METHOD FOR MEASURING MUSCLE MASS | April 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17722440 | THERMAL BASED PRESENTATION ATTACK DETECTION FOR BIOMETRIC SYSTEMS | April 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17721905 | METHOD FOR SEGMENTING IMAGES | April 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17716078 | SYSTEM FOR FREQUENCY FILTERING IN IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR IDENTITY VERIFICATION | April 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17714865 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FEATURE VISUALIZATION IN A CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK | April 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17703611 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT TRACKS OBJECT AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | March 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17692869 | PROCESSING PICTURE-TEXT DATA | March 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17654197 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A CHANGED OBJECT OF INTEREST USING AN ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17653999 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING BEST POTENTIAL RECTIFIED DATA BASED ON PAST RECORDINGS OF DATA | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17641045 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | March 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17573912 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | January 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17569914 | METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH INPUT DATA CLASSIFICATION | January 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17502578 | POINT-LIST LINKING TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL ANATOMY | October 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16039423 | DISPLAY SYSTEM AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | July 2018 | February 2019 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15887992 | Document Reading Unit That Ensures Distinguishing and Reading Fluorescent Color | February 2018 | May 2019 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15831931 | CONTROLLER, CALIBRATION CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CALIBRATION CONTROL METHOD | December 2017 | April 2019 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15823087 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS | November 2017 | March 2019 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15822750 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS | November 2017 | February 2019 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15793016 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | October 2017 | March 2019 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15793807 | IMAGE READING DEVICE FOR ROTATING READ IMAGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ORIENTATION OF FACE IMAGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE READING METHOD | October 2017 | April 2019 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15728322 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT EXECUTES IMAGE PROCESSING CORRESPONDING TO RESOLUTION | October 2017 | April 2019 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15726339 | IMAGE FORMING OUTPUT CONTROL DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | October 2017 | September 2018 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15666996 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | August 2017 | September 2018 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15547800 | SCANNER | July 2017 | November 2018 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15654816 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROJECTION APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | July 2017 | September 2018 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15628212 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | June 2017 | September 2018 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15599540 | PRINTING PROCESS SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | May 2017 | June 2018 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15591613 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH ORIGINAL-SIZE-DETECTION FUNCTION AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH IMAGE READING APPARATUS | May 2017 | June 2018 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15466317 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PRINT JOB SCHEDULING USING MACHINE LEARNING | March 2017 | March 2018 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15465637 | PRINTER AND PRINTING JIG | March 2017 | April 2018 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15465901 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND PRINTING APPARATUS | March 2017 | June 2018 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15461531 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | March 2017 | February 2018 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15461873 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE IMAGE READING DEVICE | March 2017 | March 2018 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15449942 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH COPY FUNCTION THAT PRINTS IMAGE DATA READ FROM MANUSCRIPTS ON PRINTING PAPER ACCORDING TO SET PRINTING CONDITIONS | March 2017 | January 2018 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15420160 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | January 2017 | September 2017 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15374084 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | December 2016 | December 2017 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15288925 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PORTS ASSOCIATED WITH A MOBILE DEVICE | October 2016 | June 2017 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15250409 | DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SUPPORTING IMAGING WORK | August 2016 | September 2017 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15243464 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING AND FORMING APPARATUS | August 2016 | September 2017 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15236516 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS | August 2016 | July 2017 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15230813 | ILLUMINATION APPARATUS, IMAGE SENSOR UNIT AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS | August 2016 | August 2017 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15222101 | Document Forgery Detection System | July 2016 | September 2017 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15218894 | IMAGE READER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING SAME | July 2016 | July 2017 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15174143 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, DISTANCE MEASURING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | June 2016 | July 2018 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15156693 | IMAGE READING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE READING, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | May 2016 | June 2017 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15141721 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE THAT RESPONDS TO PACKET RECEIVED FROM NETWORK AND METHOD OF RESPONDING TO PACKET | April 2016 | December 2016 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15135440 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING THE NUMBER OF PORTS ASSOCIATED WITH A MOBILE DEVICE | April 2016 | October 2016 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15099961 | DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT METHOD, AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AN ANALYSIS SERVER AND STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2016 | June 2017 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15058378 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | March 2016 | April 2017 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15054156 | Network System for Resolving Image-Forming-Apparatus Firmware and Application Version Conflicts | February 2016 | April 2017 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15049829 | FUNCTION PROVIDING SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR USING FUNCTIONS PROVIDED BY SERVER | February 2016 | December 2016 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15000419 | 3D SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD USING LIGHTING BASED ON SMART PHONE | January 2016 | September 2016 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14975985 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE OUTPUT DEVICE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | December 2015 | October 2016 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14968515 | ARRANGEMENT FOR READING FROM AND/OR WRITING TO FLEXIBLE SHEET MEDIA IN A CURVED CONFIGURATION AND METHOD | December 2015 | December 2016 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14967119 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM | December 2015 | November 2016 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14878363 | RECEIPTS SCANNER AND FINANCIAL ORGANIZER | October 2015 | April 2018 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14724317 | SCANNER | May 2015 | April 2016 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14674981 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND ORIGINAL READING APPARATUS | March 2015 | March 2016 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14664885 | System and Method for Scanning a Specimen to Create a Multidimensional Scan | March 2015 | December 2016 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
No appeal data available for this record. This may indicate that no appeals have been filed or decided for applications in this dataset.
Examiner WORKU, NEGUSSIE works in Art Unit 2681 and has examined 155 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 99.4%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 14 months.
Examiner WORKU, NEGUSSIE's allowance rate of 99.4% places them in the 93% 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 0.99 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 14 months. This places the examiner in the 99% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a -4.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WORKU, NEGUSSIE. This interview benefit is in the 5% 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, 40.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 91% 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 100.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 99% 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 file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 133.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 96% 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 70% 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 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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