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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Alexander Joseph Vaughn, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH

Tech Center 3700 • Art Units: 2675 3796

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Analysis

VAUGHN, ALEXANDER JOSEPH has resolved 34 cases in technology center 3700 and art unit 2675. The allowance rate is 76.5%, and the median time to allowance is 1062 days. Interviews are associated with a 26.8% lift in the allowance rate. The limited record means the figures should support focused review rather than broad assumptions.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Fujifilm Corporation, and Canon Inc. are the listed leading companies. Studebaker Brackett PLLC, AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP, and Houtteman Law, LLC are the listed leading firms. Counsel can use the recurring participants to orient matter research and assess interviews as part of prosecution planning.

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

Performance Statistics

76.5%
Allow Rate
+6.5% vs TC avg
58
Total Applications
+26.8%
Interview Lift
1062
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 34 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.6%
§101 Eligibility
28.5%
§102 Novelty
57.7%
§103 Obviousness
7.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18962197 DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18907452 IMAGE CUTOUT SUPPORT APPARATUS, ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CUTOUT SUPPORT METHOD Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
19081955 GENERATIVE DATA AUGMENTATION FRAMEWORK FOR THE GENERALIZATION OF VIDEO CAPTIONING IN OUT-OF-DISTRIBUTION SCENARIOS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18986084 METHOD AND DEVICE WITH IMAGE RESTORATION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18794164 CLASSIFICATION WITH IMPROVED FOCUS ON THE TASK AT HAND Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18878592 Open-Vocabulary Object Detection Based on Frozen Vision and Language Models Non-Final OA Google LLC
18995998 CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL APPARATUS OF BROADCAST MONITORING SYSTEM, COMPUTER DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
18934108 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBJECT-CENTERED REPRESENTATION LEARNING THROUGH UNSUPERVISED SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION Non-Final OA UIF (UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY FOUNDATION), YONSEI UNIVERSITY
18878679 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18895013 VISUALIZATIONS FOR DENTAL DIAGNOSTICS Non-Final OA Align Technology, Inc.
18287911 SELF-SAMPLING MANAGEMENT ELECTRONIC DEVICE, SELF-SAMPLING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM TO PERFORM THE METHOD Non-Final OA SEEGENE, INC.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Alexander Joseph Vaughn's allowance rate?

76.5% of resolved applications examined by Alexander Joseph Vaughn were allowed (34 resolved cases), compared with 73.0% across Art Unit 2675 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Alexander Joseph Vaughn?

This examiner's interview lift is +26.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Alexander Joseph Vaughn take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Alexander Joseph Vaughn took 1,062 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Alexander Joseph Vaughn work in?

Alexander Joseph Vaughn examines applications in Art Unit 2675 in Tech Center 3700 (Medical Devices & Mechanical Engineering).

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