USPTO Examiner CARLSON JOSHUA MICHAEL - Art Unit 2877

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18907185PHOTOLUMINESCENT TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMOctober 2024February 2026Allow1710NoNo
18891376GRATING DISPLACEMENT MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD USING DOUBLE-LAYER FLOATING READING HEAD, MEDIUM, AND APPARATUSSeptember 2024November 2024Allow210NoNo
18682028THREAD SHAPE DIMENSION MEASURING DEVICE AND THREAD SHAPE DIMENSION MEASURING METHODFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2510NoNo
18573961PARTICULATE MATTER DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PARTICULATE MATTERDecember 2023November 2025Allow2310NoNo
18558469Particle Analysis Device and Particle Analysis MethodNovember 2023February 2026Abandon2820NoNo
18288988OPTICAL MONITOR DEVICEOctober 2023January 2026Abandon2610NoNo
18476487METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE OPERATING STATE OF A LIGHT-EMITTING IMPLANTSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2410NoNo
18373493Apparatus, home appliance and method for particle sizingSeptember 2023November 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18273907THERMAL TYPE DETECTION ELEMENT AND IMAGE SENSORJuly 2023March 2026Abandon3120NoNo
18318065SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED LIGHT SOURCE MODULATION FOR TESTING OF A PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAM SENSORMay 2023December 2025Abandon3110NoNo
18250460METHOD OF DETERMINING RADIAL PLAY IN A BEARING ARRANGEMENTApril 2023January 2026Allow3320NoNo
18033294SCANNING SYSTEMSApril 2023June 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18133001SHAPE-DATA ACQUISITION APPARATUSApril 2023April 2025Allow2420YesNo
18154990SEMICONDUCTOR MEASUREMENT APPARATUSJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2901NoNo
18010430ULTRATHIN MICRO-SPECTROMETER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEDecember 2022August 2025Allow3221YesNo
18008711SLANTED OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING FOR HIGH-SPEED INSPECTIONDecember 2022August 2025Abandon3320NoNo
18055582TEST DEVICENovember 2022May 2025Abandon3020NoNo
17974094UNIAXIAL OPTICAL MULTI-MEASUREMENT IMAGING SYSTEMOctober 2022September 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17954446Aperture Stop Exploitation CameraSeptember 2022September 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17913568MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2022November 2024Abandon2610NoNo
17905380SUBSTRATE HEIGHT MEASURING DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE HEIGHT MEASURING METHODAugust 2022November 2025Abandon3930YesNo
17802260IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM, IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, AND IDENTIFICATION METHODAugust 2022February 2025Abandon2920NoNo
17889220LIGHT REFLECTANCE MATCHING CAMOUFLAGE SYSTEMAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17819027OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTION STATE DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND OPTICAL FIBER CONNECTION STATE DETERMINATION METHODAugust 2022September 2024Allow2510YesNo
17882812OPTICAL SECURITY FEATUREAugust 2022May 2025Abandon3411NoNo
17810437METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING FEATURES OF PARTICLES BY MULTIPARAMETRIC CAPTURE OF SCATTERED LIGHT AND EXTINCTION SIGNALSJuly 2022December 2025Abandon4130NoNo
17855338PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR BORESIGHTING IMPROVEMENTJune 2022February 2025Allow3220YesNo
17809736MAPPING DEVICE AND A LOADPORT HAVING THE SAMEJune 2022October 2024Allow2810NoNo
17786646LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE FOR FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE AND FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPE USING THE SAMEJune 2022December 2024Allow3011NoNo
17785527METHOD FOR EVALUATING ORIENTATION OF NANOWIRE IN TRANSPARENT MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANAGING STEPS IN WHICH SAID METHOD IS USED, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIN CURED ARTICLEJune 2022October 2024Abandon2810NoNo
17756612MULTIPOINT PHOTO-ACOUSTIC MEASURING DEVICEMay 2022October 2025Allow4130YesNo
17756375POROUS MEMBRANE SENSOR ASSEMBLYMay 2022November 2024Allow2920YesNo
17779344HYDRODYNAMIC FOCUSING DEVICEMay 2022June 2024Allow2510YesNo
17750947METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN IMAGING QUALITY OF AN OPTICAL SYSTEM WHEN ILLUMINATED BY ILLUMINATION LIGHT WITHIN A PUPIL TO BE MEASUREDMay 2022March 2025Allow3420YesNo
17748749DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TURBIDITY OF FINE PARTICLESMay 2022April 2024Allow2320NoNo
17773552SORTING CONTROL DEVICE, PARTICLE SORTING DEVICE AND PARTICLE SORTING SYSTEM USING SORTING CONTROL DEVICE, SORTING CONTROL METHOD, AND CONTROL PROGRAMApril 2022February 2025Abandon3320NoNo
17661196ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODSApril 2022September 2024Allow2910NoNo
17725917METHOD OF INSPECTING A WAFER AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE SAMEApril 2022June 2024Allow2630YesNo
17770339ACCOUNTING FOR ERRORS IN OPTICAL MEASUREMENTSApril 2022August 2025Allow4021NoNo
17766480SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USING PLASMONIC NANOPARTICLES FOR ANTI-COUNTERFEIT APPLICATIONSApril 2022August 2025Abandon4030NoNo
17711337METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VERIFYING THE ALIGNMENT OF VEHICLE DEVICESApril 2022July 2024Allow2710YesNo
17696994VEHICLE RAIN SENSING USING MODULATED INFRARED TRANSMISSIONMarch 2022July 2024Allow2820YesNo
17693440CONTACTLESS SELECTION DEVICE, LIGHT TRIGGERING STRUCTURE THEREOF, AND BIOLOGICAL PARTICLE SELECTION APPARATUSMarch 2022October 2024Allow3100NoNo
17653278OPTICAL RANGING DEVICEMarch 2022January 2025Abandon3420NoNo
17651635MEASURING SYSTEMFebruary 2022January 2026Abandon4740NoNo
17636229OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR BENDING OPTICAL FIBERFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2910NoNo
17633256DEFECT INSPECTION APPARATUS AND DEFECT INSPECTION METHODFebruary 2022March 2025Allow3711YesNo
17632914APPARATUS FOR MEASURING MULTI-WAVELENGTH TRANSMITTANCE USING LEARNED LED TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION MODELFebruary 2022November 2024Allow3320NoNo
17584433Non Rotating Lens Centering DeviceJanuary 2022September 2024Abandon3220NoNo
17583162GRATING DISPLACEMENT MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD BASED ON CONICAL DIFFRACTIONJanuary 2022August 2025Abandon4230NoNo
17578761SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTHENTICATING MEDICAL INFUSION LINESJanuary 2022March 2026Allow5020YesNo
17597312PLATELET FUNCTION DETECTION SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHODJanuary 2022June 2024Allow2920NoNo
17597319Defect Inspection Device and Defect Inspection MethodJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2810YesNo
17566675SINGLE-BEAM PHOTOTHERMAL MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR ABSORPTIVE DEFECTSDecember 2021July 2024Allow3011YesNo
17563465SENSOR DEVICE REMOVABLY ATTACHABLE TO A DRUG DELIVERY DEVICEDecember 2021July 2024Allow3120YesNo
17620115MEDICAL LIGHTING DEVICEDecember 2021September 2025Abandon4540YesNo
17644262ENVIRONMENTAL DATA ANALYSIS AND GENERATION OF NOTIFICATION USING MOBILE DEVICEDecember 2021October 2025Abandon4610NoNo
17617650OPTICAL PARTICLE SENSORDecember 2021March 2024Allow2710YesNo
17617213ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE TEMPERATURE OF A WEB, AS WELL AS A METHOD FOR PERFORMING THE STEPS OF THE MEASURING THE TEMPERATUREDecember 2021August 2024Allow3210NoNo
17596191METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPTICALLY INSPECTING CONTAINERSDecember 2021October 2025Allow4640YesNo
17540327Uniaxial Optical Multi-Measurement SensorDecember 2021March 2025Abandon4021NoNo
17497870MAGNETIC CONTROL SYSTEM BASE ON MEASUREMENT OF TARGET MOLECULE ADSORPTIONOctober 2021August 2024Allow3421YesNo
17491576Methods and Apparatus for Direct CalibrationOctober 2021June 2024Allow3221NoNo
17442941TESTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE HOMOGENEITY OF AN OPTICAL ELEMENTSeptember 2021April 2025Abandon4330YesNo
17481862MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR INTERFEROMETRICALLY DETERMINING A SURFACE SHAPESeptember 2021February 2025Allow4121YesNo
17360842GEOMETRIC INTRINSIC CAMERA CALIBRATION USING DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTJune 2021May 2024Abandon3410NoNo
17309733PHYSICAL CALIBRATION SLIDEJune 2021May 2024Allow3420YesNo
17414748THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGINGJune 2021December 2024Abandon4220YesNo
17293911CROSSBEAM FOR MEASURING DEFORMATION VELOCITIES OF SURFACE OF MATERIAL UNDER DYNAMIC LOADSMay 2021December 2024Allow4320NoNo
17291182DEVICE FOR AUTOMATED AND CONTAMINATION-FREE SAMPLING AND ANALYSINGMay 2021October 2024Allow4221NoNo
17270226DEVICE AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING LASER WELDING PROTECTIVE GLASSMarch 2021May 2025Abandon5141YesNo
17158855GAS DETECTION AND CLEANING SYSTEM FOR VEHICLEJanuary 2021January 2024Allow3510NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL works in Art Unit 2877 and has examined 19 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 63.2%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 40 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL's allowance rate of 63.2% places them in the 23% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL receive 2.05 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 54% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL is 40 months. This places the examiner in the 24% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +1.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CARLSON, JOSHUA MICHAEL. This interview benefit is in the 19% 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.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 38% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 200.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 99% 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 Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 27% 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 16.7% of allowed cases (in the 92% 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.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Prepare for rigorous examination: With a below-average allowance rate, ensure your application has strong written description and enablement support. Consider filing a continuation if you need to add new matter.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

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