Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19386102 | USE OF IMPERFECT PATTERNS TO ENCODE DATA ON SURFACES | November 2025 | March 2026 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18590883 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | February 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18444481 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ALLOCATE AND ADMINISTER GUEST PRINTING | February 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18684013 | Use of Imperfect Patterns to Encode Data on Surfaces | February 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18430733 | GENERATING DATASETS FOR TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS | February 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18576275 | YOLOV5-BASED REAL-TIME DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BLADE CRACKS IN AEROENGINE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE | January 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18392935 | METHOD TO REQUALIFY DIE AFTER STORAGE | December 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18526936 | EFFICIENT IMAGE WARPING BASED ON USER INPUT | December 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18519257 | Method and device for preparing data for identifying analytes | November 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18502331 | MONITORING DEVICE FOR MONITORING A SAMPLE HANDLING SYSTEM | November 2023 | November 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18496923 | PRINTED MATERIAL INSPECTION DEVICE, PRINTED MATERIAL INSPECTION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND PRINTING SYSTEM | October 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18556988 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MACHINE INSTRUCTIONS FOR RE-COLORING COLOR IMAGES | October 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18380451 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONVERTING A RASTER IMAGE INTO A PLURALITY OF VECTORS | October 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18373546 | IDENTIFYING ITEM ORIGIN BY MATCHING IMAGE EMBEDDINGS | September 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18359607 | DETERMINING A VISIBILITY MEASURE BASED ON AN IMAGE OF AN ENVIRONMENT | July 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18226348 | INSPECTION OF DIGITAL IMAGES THROUGH WATERMARKS | July 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18347712 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT OBTAIN INFORMATION INDICATING A POSITION OF DEFORMATION OF A STRUCTURE IN AN IMAGE CAPTURING THE STRUCTURE | July 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18209671 | IDENTIFYING A DIGITAL WATERMARK IN AN IMAGE/VIDEO/AUDIO STREAM WHERE THE IMAGE HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A DIFFERENT FORMAT | June 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18210027 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING RESTORATION OF MODIFIED IMAGE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING SAME | June 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18250453 | CLINICAL MONITORING DEVICE | April 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18029407 | CORRELATING GEOMETRIC SHAPES OF SEGMENTED REGIONS BY AT LEAST TWO DIFFERENT IMAGING TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVED IDENTIFICATION OF BREAST LESIONS | March 2023 | December 2025 | Allow | 33 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18024994 | GENERATING COLOR CORRECTION MODEL INCLUDING COLOR SPACE CONVERSION, THROUGH AN INTERPOLATION ALGORITHM ACCORDING TO COLOR DATA OF REFERENCE SAMPLING POINTS | March 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18177495 | ADAPTIVE PERCEPTIBLE WATERMARKING | March 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18042274 | Method for Determining Chromaticity Information and Related Electronic Device | February 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 32 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18153073 | COLOR ADJUSTMENTS OF HIGHLIGHTED AREAS | January 2023 | March 2026 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17957662 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING COLOR TWIST FOR IMAGES | September 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17951898 | EMBEDDING AND EXTRACTING WATERMARK IN VIDEO DATA | September 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17809358 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING DEVICES OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BASED ON TRAJECTORY ALIGNMENT | June 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 15859532 | Fast Raster Image Process by Detecting Constant Color Lines in Perpendicular Direction | December 2017 | April 2019 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15839477 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | December 2017 | January 2019 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15834778 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | December 2017 | December 2018 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15562157 | IMAGE READING DEVICE WITH NOISE REMOVAL WHEN COVER IS OPEN | September 2017 | March 2019 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15670505 | COLOR CONVERSION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COLOR CONVERSION PROCESSING METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2017 | September 2018 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15446217 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ESTIMATING THE DATA VOLUME OF A DIGITAL BOOK | March 2017 | September 2018 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15378245 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD | December 2016 | March 2018 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15250454 | IN/OUT-OF-GAMUT DETERMINATION SYSTEM FOR ACQUIRING CROSS-SECTION OF COLOR GAMUT OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TAKEN ON SPECIFIC PLANE | August 2016 | February 2018 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15158876 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD GENERATING SOFT PROOF IMAGE DISPLAY WITH COLOR ADJUSTMENT FOR PRINTING APPARATUS | May 2016 | May 2018 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 15023929 | ENCODING INFORMATION IN A GRAPHICAL ELEMENT OF AN IMAGE | March 2016 | July 2017 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15074814 | AN IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH AN IMPROVED TABLE IMAGE DETECTING UNIT | March 2016 | January 2017 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14925779 | An Image Processing Apparatus with an Improved Table Image Detecting Unit | October 2015 | May 2017 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14867803 | CUT DATA GENERATING DEVICE, METHOD OF GENERATING CUT DATA, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORING MEDIUM | September 2015 | August 2017 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 14441792 | Camera System, Colour Measuring System, and Offset Printing Press | May 2015 | September 2016 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14694728 | GENERATE NEW PROCESSED IMAGE DATA FROM STORED ORIGINAL IMAGE DATA WITH CORRECTED SETTING FOR PREDETERMINED IMAGE PROCESSING WHILE OUTPUTTING PROCESSED IMAGE DATA BEFORE CORRECTION | April 2015 | October 2016 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14665015 | Image Forming Apparatus Capable of Changing Image Data into Document Data, an Image Forming System, and an Image Forming Method | March 2015 | June 2016 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14630044 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLOR MANAGEMENT OF MIXED CONTENT DOCUMENTS | February 2015 | December 2016 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14602379 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS WRITING INTO A NON-VOLATILE MEMORY, AND A METHOD | January 2015 | January 2017 | Allow | 24 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14573222 | IMAGE PROCESSING THAT GENERATES AND DENSITY CORRECTS INK AMOUNT DATA | December 2014 | May 2015 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14469480 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COLOR PROCESSING METHOD | August 2014 | January 2015 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14142673 | CHANGING IN REAL-TIME THE PERSPECTIVE OF OBJECTS CAPTURED IN IMAGES | December 2013 | August 2016 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14037126 | CREATION METHOD OF TOTAL COLOR MATERIAL AMOUNT RESTRICTION TABLE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | September 2013 | June 2014 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14037092 | TOTAL COLOR MATERIAL AMOUNT RESTRICTION PROFILE CREATION METHOD, TOTAL COLOR MATERIAL AMOUNT RESTRICTION PROFILE CREATION APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | September 2013 | June 2014 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13997667 | BI-COLOR DUPLEX PRINTING METHOD AND DEVICE | September 2013 | December 2014 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13745850 | SUBDIVIDING COLOR SPACE FOR FAST VECTOR ERROR DIFFUSION | January 2013 | January 2015 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13692543 | OPERATING DEVICE USED IN COLOR DESIGNATION UPON EXECUTING COLOR CORRECTION AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS | December 2012 | March 2014 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13690729 | ELECTROSTATIGRAPHIC IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH DROPLET EJECTING UNIT | November 2012 | February 2015 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13689609 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DYNAMICALLY GENERATING A STOCHASTIC THRESHOLD TABLE | November 2012 | August 2014 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13671406 | COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COLOR PROCESSING METHOD | November 2012 | April 2014 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13665136 | COLOR PROCESSING FOR CONVERTING AN INPUT COLOR GAMUT INTO AN OUTPUT COLOR GAMUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SET COMBINATION OF INK DROPLET DIAMETERS | October 2012 | December 2014 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13584107 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM TO IMPLEMENT UNIVERSAL COLOR DESIGN | August 2012 | March 2014 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13553338 | VARIABLE DATA IMAGE WATERMARKING USING INFRARED SEQUENCE STRUCTURES IN BLACK SEPARATION | July 2012 | December 2013 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13479031 | METHOD FOR DIGITAL IMAGE ADAPTATION FOR PRINTING AN IMAGE ON A PRINTING APPARATUS | May 2012 | December 2012 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13359639 | IMAGE PROCESSING THAT GENERATES AND DENSITY CORRECTS INK AMOUNT DATA | January 2012 | September 2014 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13330809 | DOCUMENT SCANNING SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE IMAGE SENSORS AND METHOD OF THE SAME | December 2011 | February 2014 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13087925 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM THEREFOR | April 2011 | September 2013 | Allow | 29 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13087971 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM THEREFOR | April 2011 | October 2013 | Allow | 30 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13055927 | OPTICAL DETECTION METHOD DURING PRINT FINISHING | March 2011 | August 2014 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12948044 | RECREATING STEP AND REPEAT GEOMETRICAL DATA | November 2010 | September 2013 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 12942414 | ATTRIBUTE DRIVEN GAMUT MAPPING VIA A MINIMIZED MULTI-OBJECTIVE CUMULATIVE COST FUNCTION | November 2010 | October 2013 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12895348 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD A THINNING RATIO APPLIED WHEN AN IMAGE OBJECT HAS A FIRST SIZE IS SMALLER THAN A THINNING RATIO APPLIED WHEN AN IMAGE OBJECT HAS A SECOND SIZE SMALLER THAN THE FIRST SIZE | September 2010 | December 2013 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12756766 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING COLOR MATCHING PROCESSING, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | April 2010 | January 2015 | Allow | 57 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12727692 | IMAGE QUALITY PERFORMANCE FOR A COLOR MARKING DEVICE | March 2010 | June 2013 | Allow | 39 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 12727791 | COLOR MAPPING DETERMINATION FOR AN N-COLOR MARKING DEVICE BASED UPON IMAGE SPATIAL NOISE DEFECTS | March 2010 | April 2013 | Allow | 37 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 12727760 | COLOR MAPPING DETERMINATION FOR AN N-COLOR MARKING DEVICE BASED UPON COLOR STABILITY | March 2010 | March 2013 | Allow | 36 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 12719931 | IMAGE CORNER SHARPENING METHOD AND SYSTEM | March 2010 | September 2013 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12646751 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD IN WHICH COMPOSITE TONE PIXEL DATA IS PROVIDED BASED ON TONE PIXEL DATA GENERATED BY ERROR DIFFUSION PROCESSING AND DITHER PROCESSING | December 2009 | January 2013 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12621614 | MULTIBIT DIGITAL HALFTONING, INDEXING 2D AND 3D LOOKUP TABLES | November 2009 | August 2013 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12609678 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR CONVERTING A DRAW PROCESS | October 2009 | November 2013 | Allow | 49 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12555407 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING METHOD INCLUDING A DIVIDING UNIT THAT DIVIDES IMAGE DATA INTO VERTICAL-STREAK-CORRECTION SUBJECT DATA | September 2009 | April 2013 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12545807 | MANAGING MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION VALUES FOR IMAGE DATA | August 2009 | November 2012 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12544651 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS GENERATING AN IMAGE PROCESSING FLOW FOR EACH SEGMENTED BLOCK OF IMAGE DATA AND CORRESPONDING, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM INSTRUCTING A COMPUTER TO EXECUTE THE METHOD | August 2009 | December 2012 | Allow | 39 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12509773 | IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM AND A SHEET PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREOF THAT COMMUNICATES CONFIGURATION INFORMATION TO AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THEREOF | July 2009 | December 2012 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12457135 | AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING A DISPLAY APPARATUS HAVING A MEMORY CONFIGURED TO RETAIN SETTINGS CONCERNING COMPONENTS FORMING A DISPLAY COMPONENT, A DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND A COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM THEREOF | June 2009 | December 2012 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12405493 | EFFICIENT IMAGE PRINTING WITH PRINTING SYSTEMS EMPLOYING PRINTHEADS WITH DROP EJECTORS PROVIDING MULTIPLE-SIZED DOTS | March 2009 | September 2012 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12405151 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | March 2009 | February 2013 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12379344 | Image forming apparatus, image forming method, and image forming program product for processing pixels of vertical and diagonal lines expressed by input multi-value pixel data | February 2009 | January 2013 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12356952 | ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT UPDATE BASED ON HANDWRITTEN EDITS | January 2009 | July 2012 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12345585 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS WITH TEMPLATE CONTROL OF PROCESS FLOW IN A PRINT DEVICE | December 2008 | September 2012 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12280179 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING COLOR-DESCRIBING INPUT DATA, WHICH ARE SUITABLE FOR GRAPHICAL OUTPUT USING AN OUTPUT DEVICE, INTO COLOR-DESCRIBING ADAPTED OUTPUT DATA | August 2008 | December 2012 | Allow | 51 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12140246 | Image forming apparatus with pivoting operation panel, control method therefor, and operation apparatus of equipment | June 2008 | March 2013 | Allow | 57 | 2 | 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 WAIT, CHRISTOPHER works in Art Unit 2683 and has examined 61 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 100.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.
Examiner WAIT, CHRISTOPHER's allowance rate of 100.0% 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 WAIT, CHRISTOPHER receive 1.15 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 13% 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 WAIT, CHRISTOPHER is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 76% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WAIT, CHRISTOPHER. This interview benefit is in the 15% 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, 45.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 95% 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 44.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 68% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 85.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 87% 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 1.6% of allowed cases (in the 72% 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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