Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Joshua L Forristall, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as FORRISTALL, JOSHUA L

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2113 2855 2857 2863 3627

This examiner grants 66% of resolved cases

Analysis

Joshua L. Forristall is assigned to Art Unit 2113 in Tech Center 3600. The examiner has resolved 76 cases with an allowance rate of 65.8 percent. The median pendency to reach an allowance is 1175 days, providing a standard for expected prosecution timelines.

Practitioners should note the interview lift of 15.3 percent. This indicates that interviews provide a meaningful increase in the probability of success compared to the 65.8 percent allowance rate. Direct engagement may be a useful tool to address rejections and manage the 1175-day median pendency.

Top companies in the examiner's docket include Robert Bosch GmbH, Panasonic Holdings Corporation, and Toyota Motor Corporation. The primary firms involved in these cases are Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP, BUCHALTER, and Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC. These firms handle many of the 76 cases resolved by the examiner.

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

Performance Statistics

65.8%
Allow Rate
+13.8% vs TC avg
126
Total Applications
+15.3%
Interview Lift
1175
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 76 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

20.9%
§101 Eligibility
8.7%
§102 Novelty
47.5%
§103 Obviousness
22.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18816557 COILED TUBING DRILLING ADVISOR Non-Final OA Schlumberger Technology Corporation
18753515 Method and Apparatus for Determining a Motion of a Vehicle Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
17999748 Method for Determining a Speed of an Object Using an Ultrasonic Pulse Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18373625 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM IS RECORDED Final Rejection TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18719706 ABNORMALITY DETECTION SYSTEM, ABNORMALITY DETECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18681056 DETERIORATION DETERMINATION SYSTEM, DETERIORATION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND DETERIORATION DETERMINATION PROGRAM Final Rejection Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18582325 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BIN-DEPENDENT DETERMINATION OF FIRST ARRIVALS Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
19186241 REAL-TIME REPORT GENERATION Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
17550246 DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK FOR DETERMINING A ROTATION ANGLE OF AN OBJECT, AND A DEVICE, A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING A ROTATION ANGLE OF AN OBJECT Non-Final OA Infineon Technologies AG
17842304 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING SEISMIC DATA TO RESERVOIR PROPERTIES FOR RESERVOIR MODELING Non-Final OA ConocoPhillips Company
18711899 COMPUTATIONS TRAINED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION OF MATERIAL AND STRUCTURAL FLAWS Non-Final OA BROWN UNIVERSITY
18282755 Learning Data Creation Method and Learning Data Creation Device Final Rejection SHIMADZU CORPORATION
18563632 ESTIMATION DEVICE, ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS, AND ESTIMATION METHOD Final Rejection GS Yuasa International Ltd.
18033687 AEROSOL GENERATING DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection KT&G CORPORATION
18443236 OPTIMIZATION OF A METROLOGY ALGORITHM FOR EXAMINATION OF SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS Final Rejection Applied Materials Israel Ltd.
18216936 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THE ANALYSIS OF TEST PROCEDURES Non-Final OA dSPACE GmbH

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Joshua L Forristall's allowance rate?

65.8% of resolved applications examined by Joshua L Forristall were allowed (76 resolved cases), compared with 78.0% across Art Unit 2113 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Joshua L Forristall?

This examiner's interview lift is +15.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Joshua L Forristall take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Joshua L Forristall took 1,175 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Joshua L Forristall work in?

Joshua L Forristall examines applications in Art Unit 2113 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).

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