Listed by the USPTO as HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN
Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2122 2667 2672
This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases
HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN works in tech center 2600 and art unit 2122. The profile covers 49 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 67.3%. The median time to allowance is 1,055 days, and interviews show a 40.5% lift. The limited case volume makes the interview figure directional, but it still identifies direct examiner communication as a potentially useful tactic.
Sony Group Corporation, Fujifilm Corporation, and Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. are the represented companies. The listed firms are AMPACC Law Group, PLLC, BAKER BOTTS L.L.P., and Bayramoglu Law Offices LLC. Practitioners may use interviews to explain technical distinctions while preparing written amendments that preserve a clear record of the prosecution position.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18956007 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Non-Final OA | FUJIFILM CORPORATION |
| 18025795 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM | Final Rejection | Sony Group Corporation |
| 18636809 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION ON DOCUMENTS AND FOR SEARCHING DOCUMENTS | Final Rejection | Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. |
| 19037163 | Neural Network Adapters for Versatile Image Restoration | Non-Final OA | MediaTek Inc. |
| 18954880 | DUAL CROP SAMPLING FOR GENERATIVE INPAINTING | Non-Final OA | ADOBE INC. |
| 18017646 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING HIGH QUALITY IMAGES FROM RAW IMAGES AUTOMATICALLY | Non-Final OA | ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. |
| 18918891 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING PROSTATE CANCER PATIENTS AT HIGH-RISK OF PROGRESSION | Non-Final OA | Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
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Build Your Strategy67.3% of resolved applications examined by Nicholas John Helco were allowed (49 resolved cases), compared with 31.6% across Art Unit 2122 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +40.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Nicholas John Helco took 1,055 days on average from filing to allowance.
Nicholas John Helco examines applications in Art Unit 2122 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).