Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Devin J Dhooge, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as DHOOGE, DEVIN J

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2669 2677

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Analysis

DHOOGE, DEVIN J has resolved 94 cases in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2669. The allowance rate is 71.3%, while the median time to allowance is 1160 days. The interview lift is 31.7%, indicating that interviews are associated with a meaningful change in allowance outcomes within this recorded practice history.

The recorded company portfolio includes NEC Corporation, Boston Scientific Corporation, and Terumo Corporation. The listed firms are BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC, Carroll, Hoette & Butscher, LLC, and Clayton, McKay & Bailey, PC. Practitioners handling matters in this docket can use the allowance rate, interview lift, and time-to-allowance measure together when planning prosecution strategy.

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

Performance Statistics

71.3%
Allow Rate
+9.3% vs TC avg
139
Total Applications
+31.7%
Interview Lift
1160
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 94 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.9%
§101 Eligibility
17.0%
§102 Novelty
68.4%
§103 Obviousness
4.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19059210 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18350818 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTI-SOURCE MEDICAL IMAGING RECONSTRUCTION Final Rejection Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
18020860 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
17802685 CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, CUSTOMER MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18192390 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, MODEL GENERATING METHOD, AND TRAINING DATA GENERATING METHOD Non-Final OA TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18929474 MACHINE LEARNING ENABLED HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA MOLECULAR SUBTYPE CLASSIFICATION Non-Final OA Genentech, Inc.
18881081 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY BREATHING AMPLITUDES FOR IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION Non-Final OA The Regents of the University of California
18662871 CONTENT RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT Final Rejection Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
18717706 CHROMA FORMAT ADAPTATION Final Rejection InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
18259639 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection OMRON Corporation
18097013 Fast Point Cloud Registration for Bootstrapping Localization in a Map Non-Final OA FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
17382007 AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION OF ANATOMICAL STRUCTURES OF WIDE AREA CIRCUMFERENTIAL ABLATION POINTS Non-Final OA Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
18774088 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CAMERA CALIBRATION ALGORITHM USING UNBIASED CONIC ESTIMATOR CONSIDERING DISTORTION Final Rejection SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
18719944 PRECISE 3D-NAVIGATION BASED ON IMAGING DIRECTION DETERMINATION OF SINGLE INTRAOPERATIVE 2D X-RAY IMAGES Final Rejection metamorphosis GmbH
18268953 MACHINE LEARNING-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING SYNTHETIC DEFECT IMAGES FOR WAFER INSPECTION Non-Final OA ASML Netherlands B.V.
18907049 NOISE REDUCTION PROCESSING METHOD AND NOISE REDUCTION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18622282 METHOD FOR TRAINING A MEDICAL IMAGE CLASSIFICATION MODEL USING MULTI-FILTER AUTO-AUGMENTATION Non-Final OA KNU-Industry Cooperation Foundation

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Devin J Dhooge's allowance rate?

71.3% of resolved applications examined by Devin J Dhooge were allowed (94 resolved cases), compared with 71.2% across Art Unit 2669 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Devin J Dhooge?

This examiner's interview lift is +31.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Devin J Dhooge take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Devin J Dhooge took 1,160 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Devin J Dhooge work in?

Devin J Dhooge examines applications in Art Unit 2669 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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