Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: DHINGRA, PAWANDEEP

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2625 2671 2672 2681 2683

This examiner grants 60% of resolved cases

Analysis

Examiner Pawandeep Dhingra operates in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2625. With 494 resolved cases, the examiner has an allowance rate of 60.1 percent. The median days to allowance for these cases is 1276. This data set provides a look at the examiner's historical performance across a large volume of applications.

The interview lift is recorded at 16.3 percent. This lift indicates that interviews have a positive impact on the 60.1 percent allowance rate. Practitioners should weigh the 16.3 percent lift against the 1276 median days to allowance when planning their prosecution strategy.

The 494 resolved cases reflect experience level within the 2600 Tech Center. The 60.1 percent allowance rate suggests a balanced approach to examination. While the 1276 median days to allowance indicates the prosecution timeline, the 16.3 percent interview lift offers a potential mechanism to improve the odds of a successful outcome in Art Unit 2625.

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

Performance Statistics

60.3%
Allow Rate
-1.7% vs TC avg
519
Total Applications
+16.3%
Interview Lift
1275
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 496 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.1%
§101 Eligibility
9.8%
§102 Novelty
72.1%
§103 Obviousness
8.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17711040 IMAGE READING APPARATUS HAVING MOVABLE PLACEMENT PORTION Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18974034 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Non-Final OA TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18901894 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM FOR RESTRICTING DISPLAY INFORMATION FROM BEING DISPLAYED DURING REMOTE CONTROL Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18802215 COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING PRINT SETTINGS BASED ON COMMON CAPABILITIES OF PRINTERS CONNECTABLE WITH SERVER Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18784178 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THEREFOR Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18338553 Camera Calibration for Robotic Arrayed Inkjet Printing Final Rejection The Boeing Company
18949632 ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18823792 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18616339 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF COOPERATING EXTERNAL SERVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18594258 DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM THAT PERFORMS ACCESS CONTROL OF INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18110402 COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17979248 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17703858 NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING,AND APPLICATION METHOD-AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMFOR EVALUATING IMPORTANCE IN UNIT OF TASK IN IMAGE PROCESSING Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18611947 PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMPORT DATA PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18591219 PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18892751 DYNAMIC IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUS EXTRACTING SPECIFIC FRAMES INCLUDING A DETECTION TARGET FROM A DYNAMIC IMAGE, DYNAMIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
18293382 SURGICAL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18292408 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18423435 METHOD OF HARMONIZING AN MR IMAGE USING A FLOW MODEL AND AN MRI APPARATUS FOR THE SAME Final Rejection SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
18775423 COLOR MANAGEMENT FOR MACHINE-READABLE OPTICAL CODES ON PRINTED PRODUCTS Final Rejection Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
18680624 INTELLIGENT DEVICE CONNECTION LAYER UTILIZED WITH MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICE (MFD) SYSTEMS Final Rejection Xerox Corporation
18729250 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A MATERIAL OF AN OBJECT Final Rejection TRINAMIX GMBH

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