Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: BLANCHETTE, JOSHUA B

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 3626 3683 3684 3785

This examiner grants 48% of resolved cases

Analysis

Joshua B. Blanchette is a patent examiner in Tech Center 3700, where he is assigned to Art Unit 3626. His professional history includes 232 resolved cases, which provides a solid basis for evaluating his examination patterns. The data shows an allowance rate pct of 47.8, indicating that fewer than half of the applications he reviews result in a patent grant. This 47.8 allowance rate pct suggests a rigorous examination process for those filing in Art Unit 3626.

Practitioners should consider the significant impact of examiner interviews, as Blanchette has an interview lift pct of 31.8. This value represents a substantial increase in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted. Given the median days to allowance of 1347, the 31.8 interview lift pct suggests that direct communication can be a highly effective tool for navigating a lengthy prosecution timeline. The 1347 median days to allowance reflects the typical duration for successful applications to reach a final resolution in Tech Center 3700.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

47.8%
Allow Rate
-22.2% vs TC avg
269
Total Applications
+31.8%
Interview Lift
1347
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 232 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

35.2%
§101 Eligibility
9.9%
§102 Novelty
40.2%
§103 Obviousness
10.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19210992 USER INTERFACES RELATED TO CLINICAL DATA Final Rejection Apple Inc.
19332348 TRAINING DEVICE, TRAINING METHOD, DISEASE RISK ESTIMATION DEVICE, DISEASE RISK ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18915369 MEDICAL SUPPORT DEVICE, MEDICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM, MEDICAL SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM CORPORATION
18898627 EXAMINATION SUPPORT DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD OF EXAMINATION SUPPORT DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND MEDICAL IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18808592 TRAINING DATA GENERATION METHOD, TRAINING DATA GENERATION DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18649928 INFORMATION-PRESERVING NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
19092524 AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR ERROR CHECKING INJECTION PARAMETERS DURING IMAGING EXAMS Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18717462 IMAGE QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18524565 VISUALIZATION OF MEDICAL INTERVENTION EFFECT Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
19385789 DYNAMIC HEALTH RECORDS Final Rejection DHRpro,LLC
18450585 METHOD AND FACILITY FOR PROVIDING A SET OF CONTROL COMMANDS FOR CONTROLLING A MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
18509724 METHOD FOR MANAGING A VIRTUAL PATIENT MODEL, PATIENT MODEL MANAGEMENT FACILITY, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND ELECTRONICALLY READABLE DATA CARRIER Non-Final OA Siemens Healthcare GmbH
18674908 COMPRESSING AND TRANSFORMING VECTOR OPERATIONS IN AN AI MODEL Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19262549 SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROCESS ELECTRONIC IMAGES TO PROVIDE AUTOMATED ROUTING OF DATA Non-Final OA PAIGE.AI, Inc.
19291919 AUTOMATIC CONTENT TAGGING IN VIDEOS OF MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERIES Non-Final OA Verily Life Sciences LLC
18348828 Information Management System and Method Final Rejection CalmWave, Inc.
18317620 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PERSONALIZED AND COMMUNITY-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS. Final Rejection JIO PLATFORMS LIMITED
18795317 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STANDARDIZATION OF WOUND TREATMENT GUIDELINES INFORMED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA ESPERTA HEALTH, INC.

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