Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: BURLESON, MICHAEL L

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

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

74.5%
Allow Rate
+12.5% vs TC avg
529
Total Applications
-7.2%
Interview Lift
1059
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 494 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.9%
§101 Eligibility
21.1%
§102 Novelty
71.9%
§103 Obviousness
1.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17389998 LABEL APPLICATION SYSTEM WITH A LABEL PRINTER ATTACHABLE TO A ROBOTIC ARM Final Rejection Zebra Technologies Corporation
17851279 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
17856281 MEDIUM CONVEYANCE DEVICE Non-Final OA PFU Limited
18049298 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM CORPORATION
18304330 MEDICAL IMAGING ANALYSIS USING SELF-SUPERVISED LEARNING Non-Final OA Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
17663785 MACHINE LEARNING BASED MULTIPAGE SCANNING Non-Final OA ADOBE INC.
17152456 IMAGE BASED MEASUREMENT ESTIMATION Non-Final OA Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
18474068 SYSTEM AND METHOD TO EXTRACT INFORMATION FROM UNSTRUCTURED IMAGE DOCUMENTS Non-Final OA Ushur, Inc.
18350072 SURGICAL WORKFLOW VISUALIZATION AS DEVIATIONS TO A STANDARD Non-Final OA DIGITAL SURGERY LIMITED
18430439 DOCUMENT SOURCE DETECTION USING BIGRAM SPACING Non-Final OA EchoMark, Inc.
18567357 METHOD FOR CALCULATING LENGTH OF CRACK LINE BY USING CONTINUOUSLY CAPTURED IMAGES OF CRACK LINE IN BUILDING SUBJECT TO SAFETY DIAGNOSIS, AND WORKER TERMINAL HAVING INSTALLED THEREON PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING METHOD FOR CALCULATING LENGTH OF CRACK LINE BY USING CONTINUOUSLY CAPTURED IMAGES OF CRACK LINE IN BUILDING SUBJECT TO SAFETY DIAGNOSIS Non-Final OA HANSTYLE ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
18552913 METHOD OF NON-INVASIVE MEDICAL TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGING WITH UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION Non-Final OA FRONTWAVE IMAGING, S.L.
18258747 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DENTAL IMAGE ACQUISITION AND RECOGNITION OF EARLY ENAMEL EROSIONS OF THE TEETH Final Rejection HALEON US Holdings LLC
17962612 BOT PROCESSING AUTOMATION USING KNOWLEDGE BASE IN CONTEXTUAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA Waterlabs AI LLC

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