Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: CHEN, HUO LONG

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2625 2674 2676 2681 2682

This examiner grants 54% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

53.8%
Allow Rate
-8.2% vs TC avg
637
Total Applications
+29.8%
Interview Lift
1222
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 602 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.1%
§101 Eligibility
11.7%
§102 Novelty
68.6%
§103 Obviousness
7.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18217080 AUTOMATIC COUNTING AT CHECKOUT USING MIX OF BARCODE DECODING AND MACHINE VISION Non-Final OA ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
18345162 DIFFERENTIATE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE WEAK LABELS WITH ROBUST TRAINING IN BOOTSTRAPPING FRAMEWORK Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18901303 PRINT SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18792700 PRINTING DEVICE EXECUTING PRINTER JOB LANGUAGE COMMAND ON SPECIFIC CONDITION Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18894488 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18887226 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINTING SYSTEM, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18887658 IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18819541 MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18818384 CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18678174 PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18648937 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF INSTALLING CLOUD PRINTER DRIVER, AND MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18947966 METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING RASTER IMAGE PROCESSORS CONFIGURED FOR PROCESSING A JOB Non-Final OA Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
18586353 IMAGE READING APPARATUS Non-Final OA KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
18787163 SECURING PRINTED FEATURES USING VOLATILE DETERMINANTS Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
18189200 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
17873759 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
17869921 PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP.
18729113 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA NEC Corporation
18886408 IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
18816117 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
18672759 IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM ENCODED WITH IMAGE FORMING PROGRAM Non-Final OA Konica Minolta, Inc.
18587473 IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18302493 TEXT RECOGNIZER USING CONTOUR SEGMENTATION Final Rejection The Boeing Company
18960394 ITEM IMAGE LIBRARY MAINTENANCE BASED ON LOW-QUALITY IMAGES Non-Final OA Home Depot Product Authority, LLC
17740353 APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection Yokogawa Electric Corporation

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