Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: THOMPSON, LESLIE J.

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2853 2854

This examiner grants 68% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

67.8%
Allow Rate
At TC average
750
Total Applications
+9.5%
Interview Lift
1018
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 729 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.1%
§101 Eligibility
32.3%
§102 Novelty
40.8%
§103 Obviousness
16.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19174485 PRINTING CASSETTE HAVING FIRST GUIDE AND SECOND GUIDE ARRANGED IN SKEWED RELATIONSHIP FOR ALTERING FIRST AND SECOND COMPONENTS OF TAPE CONVEYING DIRECTION Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19182796 IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18604574 MEDIUM TRANSPORTATION DEVICE, RECORDING APPARATUS, POST-PROCESSING APPARATUS, RELAY APPARATUS, AND RECORDING SYSTEM Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18892687 PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Illinois Tool Works Inc.
18423912 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR PROCESSING INFORMATION RELATING TO RECORDING MEDIUM, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection Konica Minolta, Inc.
18718790 ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION DEVICE AND PRINTING DEVICE Non-Final OA MIMAKI ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
18740440 CUTTING DEVICE AND PRINTER Non-Final OA Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
18641291 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Non-Final OA KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
19053644 PLATE MAKING SYSTEM AND PLATE MAKING METHOD Non-Final OA ESKO Graphics imaging Gesellschaft mit beschrankter Haftung
18827419 PRINTING DEVICE, PRINTING SYSTEM, AND FRAME EXCHANGING UNIT Final Rejection FUJI CORPORATION
18739868 Device and Method for Adjusting a Print Bar Non-Final OA Canon Production Printing Holding B.V.
18631409 PRINTING PRESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING VARIABLE SHEET LENGTHS Final Rejection manroland Goss web systems GmbH
18597263 FOIL STAMPING DIE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING VEHICLE INTERIOR COMPONENT Non-Final OA MORIROKU TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, LTD.
18538222 PRE-ASSEMBLED STRUCTURE FOR FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING OF CORRUGATED CARDBOARD Non-Final OA Puntes Packaging Partners, S.L.

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