Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: 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

74.2%
Allow Rate
+12.2% vs TC avg
534
Total Applications
-6.5%
Interview Lift
1062
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 507 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

12.2%
§101 Eligibility
21.1%
§102 Novelty
55.3%
§103 Obviousness
7.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18605210 SERVICE PROVIDING SYSTEM, SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18173733 MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18177761 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
17899281 System and Method for Load Bay State Detection Non-Final OA ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
17389998 LABEL APPLICATION SYSTEM WITH A LABEL PRINTER ATTACHABLE TO A ROBOTIC ARM Non-Final OA Zebra Technologies Corporation
18930775 COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM USING COMMUNICATION DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR COMMUNICATION DEVICE Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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
18796865 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18768070 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18973695 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING A PRESENCE OF A COMPLETED DOCUMENT Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18468988 DOCUMENT ANALYSIS AND EXTRACTION FOR VERIFICATION EVENTS Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18540508 Aggregating and/or Personalizing Camera Feeds Non-Final OA Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18424021 MULTI-FRAME ANALYSIS FOR CLASSIFYING TARGET FEATURES IN MEDICAL VIDEOS Non-Final OA Verily Life Sciences LLC
18833032 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CHARACTERIZING AN OBJECT FOR AUTHENTICATION Non-Final OA TRINAMIX GMBH

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