Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Michael L Burleson, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as BURLESON, MICHAEL L

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2174 2625 2672 2673 2675 2681 2682 2683

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.3%
Allow Rate
+12.3% vs TC avg
544
Total Applications
-6.0%
Interview Lift
1064
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 510 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.5%
§101 Eligibility
21.5%
§102 Novelty
54.4%
§103 Obviousness
7.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18930775 COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING COMMUNICATION DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18973695 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING A PRESENCE OF A COMPLETED DOCUMENT Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18981080 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS PRESENTING ERROR SOLUTION METHOD, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFOR Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18968881 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18897982 CLOUD SERVER FOR PROVIDING CLOUD PRINT SERVICE Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18612287 INK JET SYSTEM Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
17899281 System and Method for Load Bay State Detection Non-Final OA ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18424021 MULTI-FRAME ANALYSIS FOR CLASSIFYING TARGET FEATURES IN MEDICAL VIDEOS Non-Final OA Verily Life Sciences LLC
18241809 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPLEMENTING PATCH ORDER PREDICTION AND APPEARANCE RECOVERY (POPAR) BASED IMAGE PROCESSING FOR SELF-SUPERVISED LEARNING MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS Final Rejection Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
18177761 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Michael L Burleson's allowance rate?

74.3% of resolved applications examined by Michael L Burleson were allowed (510 resolved cases), compared with 55.4% across Art Unit 2174 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Michael L Burleson?

This examiner's interview lift is -6.0 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Michael L Burleson take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Michael L Burleson took 1,064 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Michael L Burleson work in?

Michael L Burleson examines applications in Art Unit 2174 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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