Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18878078 | IMAGE READING DEVICE | December 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18402866 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | January 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18401767 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | January 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18397253 | SHEET FEEDING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | December 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18545293 | PRINTER AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18541466 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | December 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18567996 | GENERATING FILE OF DISTINCT WRITER BASED ON HANDWRITING TEXT | December 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18566754 | OPTICAL MEMBER AND IMAGE READING DEVICE | December 2023 | June 2024 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18381154 | SECURE PRINTING IN A VIRTUALIZED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | October 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18555371 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | October 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18461331 | APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18360058 | STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18270894 | IMAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, PROGRAM AND IMAGE ADJUSTMENT DEVICE | July 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18258635 | DECAP TIME AND PRINTING DATA | June 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18122179 | PRINTING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18167271 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | February 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18003848 | AUTOMATIC DESKTOP PERSONALIZATION DEVICE FOR BOOKLET DOCUMENTS | December 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18069515 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | December 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18074238 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING METHOD | December 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17970820 | DOCUMENT IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING DOCUMENT | October 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17968213 | REMOTE WIRELESS PRINTER SYSTEM | October 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17914359 | IMAGE READING DEVICE | September 2022 | November 2023 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17889568 | DOCUMENT FEEDING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17812863 | MEDIUM-DISCHARGING DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS | July 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17861037 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM | July 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17850543 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS | June 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17837720 | PAPER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PAPER MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS | June 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17733943 | MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A CONVEYED MEDIUM IS ID CARD | April 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17714787 | USER INTERFACE FOR EXPOSURE CORRECTION OF AN IMAGE TRANSPARENCY | April 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17711772 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | April 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17762915 | LIGHTGUIDE TYPE ILLUMINATION DEVICE WITH SYMMETRICALLY ARRANGED MULTIPLE COLOR LIGHT SOURCES | March 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17563410 | Image Forming Apparatus | December 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17552957 | IMAGE DATA TRANSFER CONTROL DEVICE AND IMAGE DATA TRANSFER CONTROL METHOD | December 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17551559 | READING DEVICE, READING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | December 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17546998 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS | December 2021 | March 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17545603 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | December 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17543669 | APPARATUS HAVING HUMAN DETECTION FUNCTION | December 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17542487 | READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | December 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17540830 | READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | December 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17518419 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | November 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17509400 | DUAL-AXLE LINKAGE DETECTION STRUCTURE | October 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17501607 | IMAGE READING DEVICE CAPABLE OF RELATIVELY POSITIONING DOCUMENT CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND SCANNER HOUSING USING ENGAGED PORTION AND ENGAGING PORTION, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS EQUIPPED WITH IMAGE READING DEVICE | October 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17499035 | SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE SHEET CONVEYING DEVICE | October 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17489178 | DOCUMENT SCANNING DEVICE WITH DETACHABLE PRESSER ASSEMBLY | September 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17487885 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | September 2021 | February 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17402647 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | August 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 40 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17391038 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | August 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 37 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17385952 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE READING PROGRAM | July 2021 | May 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17384132 | LIGHT EMITTING COMPONENT, OPTICAL WRITING DEVICE USING SAME, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | July 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17380739 | PAPER CONVEYANCE DEVICE, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PAPER CONVEYANCE DEVICE | July 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17377340 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, SERVER, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM | July 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 38 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17373740 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | July 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17365314 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | July 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 37 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17294537 | ROTATABLE MEDIA RAMP FOR AUTOMATIC DOCUMENT FEEDER | May 2021 | July 2023 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17178425 | MULTI-MODE SCANNING CAMERA SYSTEM AND METHOD | February 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17142540 | CONDUCTIVE MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | January 2021 | February 2023 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17075702 | READING DEVICE, OUTPUT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING DEVICE | October 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17064380 | APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16018672 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD | June 2018 | March 2019 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15747506 | IMAGE READING DEVICE | January 2018 | April 2019 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15842499 | PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL BOOKMARK SYNCING | December 2017 | October 2018 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15825877 | READING MODULE AND IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREWITH | November 2017 | January 2019 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15824072 | IMAGE SENSOR UNIT, PAPER SHEET DISTINGUISHING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | November 2017 | January 2019 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15710662 | IMAGE READING DEVICE | September 2017 | April 2019 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15487487 | PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL BOOKMARK SYNCING | April 2017 | September 2018 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13315449 | SCANNING APPARATUS | December 2011 | November 2013 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13317310 | INTERFACE CIRCUIT FOR UTILIZING A FACSIMILE MACHINE COUPLED TO A PC AS A SCANNER OR PRINTER | October 2011 | June 2012 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13256445 | IMAGE READING SYSTEM, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS AND PROGRAMS THEREOF | September 2011 | October 2013 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13074386 | OPERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE READING APPARATUS | March 2011 | June 2013 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 12831264 | Calibration Mechanism And Scanner Has The Calibration Mechanism | July 2010 | February 2013 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12659257 | Deep focus image reading system and image forming apparatus | March 2010 | June 2013 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12632248 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | December 2009 | December 2012 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12615379 | Image reading apparaus, image reading method and computer-readable information recording medium | November 2009 | March 2013 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12507847 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | July 2009 | July 2012 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12404560 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | March 2009 | September 2013 | Allow | 54 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 12403046 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING METHOD | March 2009 | October 2012 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12348625 | IMAGE SCANNING DEVICE | January 2009 | February 2013 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12266274 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH IMPROVED IMAGE PROCESSING EFFICIENCY | November 2008 | September 2012 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 12178294 | METHOD OF PRESSURE DETECTION FOR SELECTIVE SCANNING OF A DOCUMENT | July 2008 | January 2013 | Allow | 54 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 12120365 | IMAGE SCANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF | May 2008 | August 2012 | Allow | 51 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12149697 | Apparatus and a method for controlling a light source used for image reading | May 2008 | July 2013 | Allow | 60 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 12045338 | IMAGE READING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | March 2008 | July 2012 | Allow | 53 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 10991101 | AUTOMATIC FEEDING APPARATUS | November 2004 | January 2007 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 10693145 | REDUCTION OF ARTIFACTS IN A SCANNING DEVICE | October 2003 | December 2007 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 10635477 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS, IMAGE READING METHOD AND ORIGINAL TRANSPORT APPARATUS | August 2003 | April 2008 | Allow | 57 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 10604222 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN ENHANCED READING DEVICE WITH AUTOMATIC LINE REGISTRATION | July 2003 | February 2007 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 10106158 | MOUNTING STRUCTURE FOR INVERTER CIRCUIT BOARD FOR LIGHT SOURCE LAMP OF IMAGE READER | March 2002 | December 2006 | Allow | 56 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
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Examiner LEE, CHEUKFAN works in Art Unit 2682 and has examined 84 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 98.8%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.
Examiner LEE, CHEUKFAN's allowance rate of 98.8% places them in the 96% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by LEE, CHEUKFAN 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 LEE, CHEUKFAN is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 67% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +1.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LEE, CHEUKFAN. This interview benefit is in the 16% 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, 25.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 28% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.
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, 10.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 7% 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 2.4% of allowed cases (in the 79% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 12.0% of allowed cases (in the 89% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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