Prosecution Insights
Last updated: May 29, 2026

Examiner: GOKHALE, PRASAD V

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 3617 3618 3653 3656 3679

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.8%
Allow Rate
+33.8% vs TC avg
1,002
Total Applications
+8.3%
Interview Lift
768
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 975 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

0.2%
§101 Eligibility
19.6%
§102 Novelty
68.0%
§103 Obviousness
9.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19083903 SHEET FEEDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18782514 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18477408 SHEET CONVEYANCE APPARATUS, IMAGE READING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19254786 MEDIUM FEED APPARATUS TO PUT SEPARATION ROLLER ON HOLD UNTIL FRONT END OF MEDIUM PASSES SEPARATION PART Non-Final OA PFU LIMITED
18988761 MEDIUM CONVEYING APPARATUS TO CORRECT SKEW OF MEDIUM USING SECOND ROLLER WHILE MOVING FIRST ROLLER TO BE SPACED APART FROM MEDIUM Final Rejection PFU LIMITED
18436742 MEDIUM EJECTION DEVICE Non-Final OA PFU LIMITED
18163042 MEDIUM EJECTION APPARATUS TO CHANGE CONVEYANCE SPEED OF EJECTION ROLLER ACCORDING TO SIZE OF MEDIUM Final Rejection PFU LIMITED
19056400 DOCUMENT RECEIVING APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON DENSHI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18766289 PAPER FEED DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Final Rejection SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19171372 MEDIUM FEEDER AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
19033914 SHEET FEED APPARATUS AND SHEET FEED METHOD Non-Final OA Horizon Inc.
19084200 SHEET DISCHARGING DEVICE AND SHEET POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS THEREWITH, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM Non-Final OA KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
19184906 CONTROL DEVICE Non-Final OA Wolf Tooth Components, LLC
18704454 CENTRIFUGAL FORCE PENDULUM COMPRISING RADIALLY INTERNAL STOP DAMPER Non-Final OA Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
18455646 SHEET TRANSPORTING DEVICE, IMAGE READING DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18753591 VIBRATION DAMPING FOR SURGICAL SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Auris Health, Inc.

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