Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18883016 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR MANAGING FIRST IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND SECOND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING SERVER | September 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18731790 | A SUPPLY ITEM CHIP CONFIGURED FOR COMMUNICATION WITH A CONTROLLER | June 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18614791 | PRINTING APPARATUS, READING METHOD, AND READING APPARATUS | March 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18593608 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING DOCUMENT LEGIBILITY | March 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18590148 | IMAGE-FORMING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | February 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18583899 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | February 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18581795 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND SETTING INFORMATION, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18439365 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE READING APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT MODES AND IMAGE READING SPEED | February 2024 | December 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18435072 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO TRANSMIT PRINT INFORMATION TO EXTERNAL DEVICE WHEN CONSUMABLE ATTACHED THERETO IS SPECIAL CONSUMABLE AND WHEN PRINTING IS PERFORMED | February 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18434829 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING DEVICE INFORMATION AND EXECUTING JOBS BASED ON RECEIVED SETTING INFORMATION | February 2024 | November 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18431930 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING THE PRINTING ON CABLE | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18420534 | PRINT CONSUMABLE DETECTION | January 2024 | January 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18406660 | SURFACE DETECTION FOR A VEHICLE | January 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18530535 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING ONE OR MORE SECURITY PATTERNS IN DOCUMENTS | December 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18505705 | PHOTO-BASED WORKFLOW INITIATION | November 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18502328 | IMAGE READING DEVICE HAVING MEASURING SECTION WITH ENCODER | November 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18386882 | PREDICTIVE MODEL FOR MEDICAL SIGNATURES | November 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18500510 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULE | November 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18494726 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH WHICH DETERIORATION OF COLORIMETRIC ACCURACY IS SUPPRESSED, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18490492 | CONTROL APPARATUS IN WHICH TABBED MENU SCREENS ARE INITIALIZED AND/OR LOCKED, AND METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SUCH CONTROL APPARATUS | October 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18484246 | CREATION OF COMPONENT TEMPLATES AND REMOVAL OF DEAD CONTENT THEREFROM | October 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18480616 | INSPECTION APPARATUS THAT NOTIFIES AN INSPECTION RESULT OF A BOOK IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SHEET INSPECTION RESULT, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | October 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18370229 | Document Imaging Apparatus with leading edge engagement for improved performance | September 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18467079 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING COMMUNICATION PORTION WHICH IS DISPOSED INSIDE OUTER COVER | September 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18466078 | Document Imaging Apparatus with leading edge engagement for improved performance | September 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18459460 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DOCUMENT ANALYSIS THROUGH LAYER SEPARATION BY MACHINE LEARNING WITH CROSS-LAYER REASONING | September 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18239778 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RELEVANT DATA EXTRACTION FROM A DOCUMENT | August 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18457089 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON HANDWRITTEN DATA IN A HANDWRITTEN DOCUMENT | August 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18453517 | IMAGE RENDERING BASED ON LOCATION IDENTIFIERS | August 2023 | October 2024 | Abandon | 13 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18546785 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR ALLOWING INFORMATION NO LONGER SHARED BY A PLURALITY OF USERS TO BE USED BY A PREVIOUS USER OF THE INFORMATION | August 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18234398 | MOVING BODY CONTROL DEVICE, MOVING BODY CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM USING TRAINED MODELS ADAPTED FOR MULTIPLE TYPES OF ROADS | August 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18450045 | FUNCTION EXECUTING DEVICE AND TERMINAL DEVICE FOR EXECUTING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ACCORDING TO BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY | August 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18231652 | ANNOTATION ALIGNMENT FOR CHARACTER RECOGNITION IN DOCUMENTS | August 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18223889 | Method and Apparatus for Measuring the Thickness of a Transparent Layer on Nanometer Scale | July 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18221605 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING DEVICE INFORMATION AND EXECUTING JOBS BASED ON RECEIVED SETTING INFORMATION | July 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18344141 | MULTI-MODAL DOCUMENT TYPE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS | June 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18343676 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR SELECTING DESTINATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | June 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18342612 | VISUAL SEGMENTATION OF DOCUMENTS CONTAINED IN FILES | June 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18336888 | REAL ID AND ENHANCED ID DETECTION BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | June 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18210948 | WORK ESTIMATION DEVICE, WORK ESTIMATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18335845 | PREDICTING MISSING ENTITY IDENTITIES IN IMAGE-TYPE DOCUMENTS | June 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18333672 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM USED FOR IMAGE INSPECTION WHICH SETS AND DISPLAYS AN AREA FROM INSPECTION | June 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18333106 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A SHIELDING MEMBER USED IN CONNECTION WITH WIRELESS COMMUNICATION | June 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18332515 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR RESTORING OLD VERSION OF TASK FILE VIA IMAGE FORMING WORKFLOW | June 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18255800 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR ANALYZING CORONARY PLAQUE TISSUE THROUGH ULTRASOUND IMAGE-BASED DEEP LEARNING | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18326614 | CONSUMABLES COLLECTION INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | May 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18326857 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR INSPECTING PRESENCE/ABSENCE OF A DEFECT IN A PRINT PRODUCT | May 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18325192 | WIRELESS LOCATION TRACKING TAG FOR MONITORING REAL TIME LOCATION-TRACKING APPARATUS FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE | May 2023 | May 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18324096 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, PRINTER DRIVER, AND SYSTEM FOR OUTPUTTING A PRINTED MATERIAL BASED ON A PRINT JOB | May 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18323728 | PRINTER DRIVER FOR PROCESSING PDL DATA AND REPLACEMENT PROCESSING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18323087 | INFORMATION PROCESSING OF USER FEEDBACK USING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | May 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18323189 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR MANAGING REPLACEMENT OF FIRST IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE WITH SECOND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE USING SERVER | May 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18317125 | PRINTING METHOD INCLUDING GRADATION REGION INK AMOUNT CALCULATION STEP | May 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18311843 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING SCREEN FOR INPUTTING PROPERTY INFORMATION, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18140143 | PERSONALIZED FORM ERROR CORRECTION PROPAGATION | April 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18307531 | GENERATING A PRINT DATA FOR AN IMAGE | April 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18132461 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS HAVING FIRST AND SECOND SETTING INFORMATION, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM | April 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18193736 | Document Image Blur Assessment | March 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18029440 | RECIPIENT PROFILE-BASED GENERATION OF SCAN IMAGES | March 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18192807 | MONITORING DEVICE THAT RECEIVES NOTIFICATION COMMANDS FROM AN EXTERNAL DEVICE FOR DETECTING INFORMATION AND DETERMINES WHETHER INFORMATION HAS ALREADY BEEN DETECTED, MONITORING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18189041 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO TRANSMIT PRINT INFORMATION TO EXTERNAL DEVICE WHEN CONSUMABLE ATTACHED THERETO IS SPECIAL CONSUMABLE AND WHEN PRINTING IS PERFORMED | March 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18188336 | AN IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL CONTROL APPARATUS TO AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | March 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18187064 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PERMITTING USE OF CONSUMABLE HAVING BEEN USED IN ONE APPARATUS IN ANOTHER APPARATUS | March 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18181800 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENT IMAGE BASED ON TEXT RECOGNITION AND IMAGE DIVISION, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | March 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18181898 | SHIFT COMPENSATION MECHANISM | March 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18119816 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING WIRELESS CONNECTION BETWEEN DEVICES | March 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18118520 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION FROM DOCUMENTS VIA EYE GAZE TRACKING | March 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18117427 | METHOD TO IDENTIFY AND EXTRACT TABLES FROM SEMI-STRUCTURED DOCUMENTS WITH TRAINING MECHANISM | March 2023 | October 2025 | Abandon | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18177947 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | March 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 33 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18177636 | FACILITATING IMPLEMENTATION OF MACHINE LEARNING MODELS IN EMBEDDED SOFTWARE | March 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18175077 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENTS FOR ENHANCED SEARCH | February 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18023369 | EMAIL-BASED PRINT JOB STATUS DISPLAY | February 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18174194 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE READING APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING OUTPUT MODES AND IMAGE READING SPEED | February 2023 | November 2023 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18173148 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS TO SUPPRESS SKEWING OF MEDIUM | February 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18171840 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ADDRESS SLIPS | February 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18171873 | HALFTONE MODIFICATION MECHANISM | February 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18170507 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS DERIVING CONDITION FOR ESTIMATING TEXT BLOCK, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18109393 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING DOCUMENTS | February 2023 | November 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18168631 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THAT OBTAIN MULTIPLEXED IMAGES AND OUTPUT PRINT DATA USING MULTIPLEXED IMAGE | February 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18168092 | AUTHENTICATION FOR MOBILE PRINT JOBS ON PUBLIC MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICES | February 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18108794 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING CONTROL PROGRAM, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR HANDLING AN ERROR DURING A PRINT JOB | February 2023 | September 2023 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18018763 | IDENTIFY TYPE OF SCREEN ACCORDING TO IMAGE QUALITY OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | January 2023 | February 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18160943 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR OBTAINING PARAMETERS FOR IMAGE POSITION ADJUSTMENT | January 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18006114 | AN IMAGE READING APPARATUS WHICH PREVENTS DAMAGE TO DOCUMENTS TO BE READ WHICH ARE THICKER THAN REGULAR PAPER | January 2023 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18155173 | APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PRINTING APPARATUS, WITH INCREASE IN NUMBER OF DOTS FROM FIRST DOT PATTERN TO THIRD DOT PATTERN BEING LARGER OR SMALLER THAN INCREASE IN NUMBER OF DOTS FROM SECOND DOT PATTERN TO FOURTH DOT PATTERN | January 2023 | January 2024 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18152305 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC IMAGES USING UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION | January 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18092626 | SIGNATURE MERGER DURING UPLOAD PROCESS | January 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18148544 | DOCUMENT ASSEMBLY OBJECT GENERATION AND USE IN DOCUMENT IMAGE VERIFICATION | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18146103 | METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICE FOR EMBEDDING WATERMARK INFORMATION TO DIMMING SIGNAL OF BACKLIGHT MODULE | December 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18082747 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC VISUALIZATIONS OF CONTROL AREAS | December 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18080221 | DOCUMENT REVIEW ASSISTANCE METHOD, DOCUMENT REVIEW ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | December 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18079701 | USER INTERFACE FOR CONTEXTUAL VALIDATION OF RECOGNIZED TEXT | December 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18077618 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING LOCK SETTER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 11 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17926909 | DISPLAY CANDIDATE AREA INFORMATION ACCORDING TO DISPLAY MODE DETERMINED FOR DECISION-MAKING BASED ON EVALUATION RESULT BY MACHINE LEARNING MODEL | November 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971699 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, TYPE INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD OF RECORDING MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM FOR IDENTIFYING A CAUSE OF FAILURE | October 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17970700 | PRINTING APPARATUS WITH CONSUMABLE RELATED ORDERING, ORDERING SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD | October 2022 | February 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17967454 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING MULTIMEDIA CONTENT | October 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17967743 | METHOD FOR MEASURING THE AXIAL (TRANSVERSE), CORONAL (FRONTAL) AND SAGITTAL (BISECTION) ALIGNMENT OF A LOWER LIMB | October 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17965475 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR INTELLIGENTLY SHARING CONTENT | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18046311 | Shape Completion and Object Position estimation for Machine Vision | October 2022 | October 2025 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LAM, ANDREW H.
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, 100.0% 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 LAM, ANDREW H works in Art Unit 2682 and has examined 57 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 98.2%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 21 months.
Examiner LAM, ANDREW H's allowance rate of 98.2% places them in the 91% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by LAM, ANDREW H receive 1.91 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 46% 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 LAM, ANDREW H is 21 months. This places the examiner in the 91% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +2.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LAM, ANDREW H. 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, 29.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 57% 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 63.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 88% 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 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 18% percentile among all examiners. 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, 80.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 84% 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 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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