Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18766472 | Inductive Cover State Sensors for Media Processing Devices | July 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18685542 | PRINTING MACHINE COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF INKJET PRINT HEADS ARRANGED TOGETHER IN A PRINTING UNIT | February 2024 | July 2024 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18433815 | METHODS FOR PRINTING ON DOWNWARD-FACING SURFACES OF SUBSTRATES VIA UPWARDS JETTING PLATFORM | February 2024 | August 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18517617 | INKJET RECORDING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF ADJUSTING HEIGHT OF INKJET HEAD IN SHORT TIME | November 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18491466 | INK JET RECORDING DEVICE | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18479721 | TRANSPORT DEVICE AND LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS | October 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18478404 | Liquid Discharge Apparatus | September 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18477576 | Liquid Discharge Apparatus | September 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18371585 | PROCESSING DEVICE WITH A SHEET CUTTER | September 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18468973 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18367487 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS | September 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18461548 | PRINTER AND CUTTER UNIT | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18461236 | TRANSPORT DEVICE AND DROPLET EJECTING DEVICE | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18457653 | HEAD UNIT POSITION ADJUSTMENT METHOD | August 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18454410 | PRINTING DEVICE | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18453671 | PRINTING UNIT AND PORTABLE TERMINAL | August 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18359014 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18354496 | PRINTING APPARATUS | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18349572 | METHOD OF MANAGING THERMAL PRINTER AND THERMAL PRINTER FOR PERFORMING THE SAME | July 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18346984 | DROPLET ANALYSIS UNIT AND SUBSTRATE TREATMENT APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | July 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18343574 | LIQUID EJECTING DEVICE | June 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18269194 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTATED METHOD FOR INKJET PRINTING AND RELATED EQUIPMENT | June 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18326762 | PRINTER | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18325082 | PRINTING APPARATUS | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18320288 | INKJET RECORDER | May 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18195659 | PRINTER DEVICE AND WET CLEANING PROCESS OF A PRINTER DEVICE | May 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 18195088 | Inductive Cover State Sensors for Media Processing Devices | May 2023 | March 2024 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18311863 | UPWARDS JETTING DIGITAL PRINTING PLATFORM | May 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 18248935 | Device and Method for Evacuation of Ink Vapor | April 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18193756 | RECORDING APPARATUS | March 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18191303 | RECORDING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR RECORDING DEVICE, AND RECORDING SYSTEM | March 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18191300 | LIQUID HOLDING MEMBER, CAP, AND CARTRIDGE | March 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18188252 | PRINTING CASSETTE INCLUDING CASE HOUSING THEREIN PRINTING TAPE, AND LABEL AFFIXED TO CASE AND HAVING RFID TAG | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18124380 | Food product printer | March 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18186196 | INK JET RECORDING METHOD | March 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18183433 | Recording Method And Recording Apparatus | March 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18183409 | Recording Method And Recording Apparatus | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18182905 | MAINTENANCE APPARATUS AND IMAGE RECORDING APPARATUS | March 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18179641 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS | March 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18179523 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | March 2023 | July 2023 | Allow | 4 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18178833 | LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS | March 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18043709 | INKJET HEAD, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR INKJET HEAD, AND INKJET-RECORDING DEVICE | March 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18176968 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18173104 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS | February 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18170681 | PRINT HEAD ANGLE AND STITCH ALIGNMENT DURING FULL SPEED PRINTER OPERATION | February 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18169904 | PRINTING APPARATUS | February 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18169453 | LIQUID JET HEAD AND LIQUID JET RECORDING DEVICE | February 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18168695 | LIQUID DROPLET EJECTING APPARATUS | February 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18108289 | PRINTING APPARATUS | February 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18165823 | PRINTING DEVICE | February 2023 | January 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18163154 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING INK IMAGE QUALITY IN AN INKJET PRINTER | February 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18018431 | INK CIRCULATION SYSTEM AND INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS | January 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18018041 | MACHINE FOR THE DIGITAL PRINTING OF SHEETS OF GLASS THROUGHOUT ITS ENTIRE SURFACE, INCLUDING ITS PERIMETER | January 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18151017 | MAINTENANCE METHOD OF HEAD UNIT | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18151147 | COLD TEMPERATURE CONDITION PRINTING FOR A PRINTING APPARATUS | January 2023 | March 2025 | Abandon | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18149731 | RECORDING APPARATUS | January 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18092954 | REDUCING SIZE VARIATIONS IN FUNNEL NOZZLES | January 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18065764 | PRINTING APPARATUS | December 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18010227 | LASER PRINTING ON CURVED SURFACES | December 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18066126 | RECORDING DEVICE AND RECORDING METHOD | December 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18080274 | LIQUID SUPPLY SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS, AND LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18001435 | NOZZLE PLATE, INKJET HEAD, NOZZLE PLATE MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND INKJET HEAD MANUFACTURING METHOD | December 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18077237 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS | December 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18063407 | HEAD SYSTEM | December 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18075355 | INK SUPPLYING DEVICE AND PRINTING APPARATUS | December 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18061587 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, LIFETIME DETERMINATION METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING LIFETIME DETERMINATION PROGRAM | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18073696 | Cutter Integrated with Tamping Mechanism for Enhanced Linerless Processing | December 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18058400 | MOBILE PRINTER | November 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18058414 | RECORDING APPARATUS | November 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18058410 | MOBILE PRINTER | November 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18058072 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18057689 | LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS | November 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18057574 | RECORDING APPARATUS | November 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17984455 | PRINTING DEVICE CONFIGURED TO SEPARATE SHEET INTO FIRST SHEET AND SECOND SHEET, DISCHARGE FIRST SHEET, AND REUSE SECOND SHEET | November 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 17 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17981501 | LASER MARKING APPARATUS | November 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18052999 | RECORDING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR RECORDING DEVICE | November 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18052207 | ACTUATOR, LIQUID DISCHARGE HEAD, LIQUID DISCHARGE DEVICE, AND LIQUID DISCHARGE APPARATUS | November 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17997779 | METHOD FOR STORING AQUEOUS WHITE INK COMPOSITION FOR INKJET | November 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17978276 | CONTROL METHOD EXECUTED IN INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17976521 | LIQUID SUPPLY DEVICE, LIQUID EJECTION DEVICE, AND LIQUID SUPPLY METHOD | October 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 18050020 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STORING PRINTHEAD CLEANING MODULES IN A PRINT ZONE OF AN INKJET PRINTER | October 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17921333 | FLUID CHANNELS OF DIFFERENT TYPES | October 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971712 | Liquid Discharge Device And Drive Circuit Substrate | October 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17960388 | PRINTING DEVICE INCLUDING DISCHARGE TRAY POSITIONED DOWNSTREAM OF AND BELOW CUTTER UNIT | October 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17914448 | Method for Manufacturing Printed Matter, Printing Device, and Printed Can | September 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17935025 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS | September 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17949753 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | September 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17932924 | RECORDING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND MEDIUM | September 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17932195 | PRINTING DEVICE SETTING PRINTING AREA, ANCHOR AREA, AND ADHESIVE AREA IN TAPE FOR PERFORMING HALF CUT AT BOUNDARIES THEREBETWEEN | September 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17931798 | RECORDING DEVICE | September 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17822943 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING HEAD | August 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17823050 | LIQUID EJECTING APPARATUS AND LIQUID EJECTING HEAD | August 2022 | December 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17799970 | Inkjet Printer for Decorating Cloth | August 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17904370 | INKJET PRINTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING INKJET HEAD USING SAME | August 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17819756 | DROP PLACEMENT ANALYZER FOR INKJET PRINTING SYSTEM | August 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17887682 | PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD | August 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17818998 | PRINTING APPARATUS | August 2022 | April 2024 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17818915 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS | August 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17881758 | PRINTING APPARATUS APPLYING INK CONTAINING A COLORING MATERIAL AND A REACTIVE LIQUID, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2022 | January 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17815583 | RECORDING DEVICE AND RECORDING METHOD | July 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner RICHMOND, SCOTT A..
With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.
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, 40.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.
✓ 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 RICHMOND, SCOTT A. works in Art Unit 2853 and has examined 811 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 19 months.
Examiner RICHMOND, SCOTT A.'s allowance rate of 90.6% places them in the 73% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by RICHMOND, SCOTT A. receive 1.13 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 17% 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 RICHMOND, SCOTT A. is 19 months. This places the examiner in the 92% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +2.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RICHMOND, SCOTT A.. This interview benefit is in the 21% 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, 34.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 71% 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 57.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 79% 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, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 63.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 38% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 14.3% 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, 51.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 63% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.
Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.1% of allowed cases (in the 46% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.8% of allowed cases (in the 54% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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