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Last updated: October 27, 2026

John B Strege, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as STREGE, JOHN B

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2624 2625 2665 2669 2672

This examiner grants 87% of resolved cases

Analysis

STREGE, JOHN B is assigned to tech center 2600 and art unit 2624. The profile covers 1104 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 87.0% and a median of 1068 days to allowance. The large resolved-case record gives the outcome figures substantial context, and the allowance rate indicates a consistently favorable result in the available data. The median still reflects a prosecution timeline requiring advance planning.

Interviews are associated with a 13.9% lift. Toyota Motor Corporation, NEC Corporation, and Panasonic Holdings Corporation are the listed companies. Alford Law Group, Inc., Athorus, PLLC, and Bayes PLLC are the listed firms. Practitioners can use these names to identify applicants and counsel with recorded activity before this examiner.

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

Performance Statistics

87.0%
Allow Rate
+25.0% vs TC avg
1,124
Total Applications
+13.9%
Interview Lift
1068
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1104 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.6%
§101 Eligibility
21.5%
§102 Novelty
42.9%
§103 Obviousness
12.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19169351 ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND ASSISTANCE METHOD Non-Final OA TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18832563 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
19065134 SERVER AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18684214 FINDING-SPECIFIC TRAINING OF MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS USING IMAGE INPAINTING Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18917289 ANALYZING SENSOR DATA TO IDENTIFY EVENTS Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
18620582 MULTI-OBJECT TRACKING WITH DYNAMIC FEATURE EXTRACTION AND FUSION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
19107062 SYSTEM FOR LIVENESS DETERMINATION USING SEVERAL MODELS Non-Final OA THALES DIS FRANCE SAS
18935221 INTERACTIVE 3D ANNOTATION TOOL WITH SLICE INTERPOLATION Non-Final OA GE Precision Healthcare LLC
19171513 ENCODING AND DECODING METHODS, ENCODER, DECODER, CODE STREAM, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18373452 ANALYZING APPARATUS, ANALYZING SYSTEM, ANALYZING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION
19079694 PREPROCESSING METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REMOTE SENSING IMAGES, AND REPRESENTATION DETERMINING METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR REMOTE SENSING IMAGES Non-Final OA Alipay (Hangzhou) Information Technology Co., Ltd.
18668217 System and Method for Improving an Image Characteristic of Image Frames in a Video Stream Non-Final OA Aeva, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner John B Strege's allowance rate?

87.0% of resolved applications examined by John B Strege were allowed (1,104 resolved cases), compared with 74.2% across Art Unit 2624 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner John B Strege?

This examiner's interview lift is +13.9 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner John B Strege take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by John B Strege took 1,068 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner John B Strege work in?

John B Strege examines applications in Art Unit 2624 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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