Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Joseph M Waesco, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as WAESCO, JOSEPH M

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2644 3623 3625 3662 3683

This examiner grants 47% of resolved cases

Analysis

WAESCO, JOSEPH M is assigned to Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 2644, with 473 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 46.7%, and the median time to allowance is 1196 days. Interview lift is 42.1%, indicating that interviews are associated with better allowance outcomes in a docket where less than half of cases were allowed.

Hitachi Ltd., NEC Corporation, and Maplebear Inc. are the leading companies. MATTINGLY & MALUR, PC, Barclay Damon, LLP, and Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP are the leading firms. The data supports giving interviews a meaningful role in prosecution, particularly when a focused discussion can distinguish the claims without sacrificing useful scope.

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

Performance Statistics

46.7%
Allow Rate
-5.3% vs TC avg
539
Total Applications
+42.1%
Interview Lift
1196
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 473 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

48.3%
§101 Eligibility
2.8%
§102 Novelty
34.5%
§103 Obviousness
13.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18871805 PROJECTION BASED TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT ORDERING SYSTEM Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18676409 INFERENCE DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18824898 PSEUDO RANDOM PROJECTION FOR MACHINE LEARNING COMPRESSION Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
19020498 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING ACCESS TO RESOURCES IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Non-Final OA The Toronto-Dominion Bank
19203662 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING MEMBERSHIPS RECOMMENDATIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING Non-Final OA Google LLC
18458114 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL RETRAINING Final Rejection American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
18907754 STORE RENTAL SUPPORT DEVICE, STORE RENTAL SUPPORT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18839795 ANALYSIS APPARATUS, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18820989 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE PERFORMANCE AND USAGE OF A QUESTION ANSWERING COGNITIVE COMPUTING TOOL Non-Final OA State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
18952840 EFFICIENT ALGORITHM FOR COMPUTATION OF DECAY VELOCITY ON DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING SYSTEMS Final Rejection MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED
19052570 NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BIAS EVALUATION PROGRAM, BIAS EVALUATION METHOD, AND BIAS EVALUATION DEVICE Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18950686 MEDIA DEVICE ON/OFF DETECTION USING RETURN PATH DATA Final Rejection The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
19072923 CUSTOMER CONTACT MANAGEMENT IN ASSOCIATION WITH PROVISIONING PRODUCTS THROUGH A PROVIDER NETWORK OF AN ENTERPRISE Final Rejection Align Technology, Inc.
18763285 COMPUTER SUPPORT FOR MEETINGS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18805020 NOVEL PROCEDURE BETWEEN SERVER AND DISTRIBUTED CLIENTS FOR AI/ML FEDERATED LEARNING Non-Final OA TENCENT AMERICA LLC
18355749 NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSOR Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18655680 OBJECT-BASED PROCESS MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA Palantir Technologies Inc.
18823861 MODEL ACCURACY DETERMINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND NETWORK-SIDE DEVICE Non-Final OA VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18993131 COMPUTER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING STRUCTURED DATA REPRESENTING BUSINESS PROCESS Non-Final OA Hitachi, Ltd.
18961838 TRANSPORTATION PLANNING APPARATUS AND METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
18115061 SALES ACTIVITY SUPPORT APPARATUS AND SALES ACTIVITY SUPPORT METHOD Final Rejection Hitachi, Ltd.
18665299 DATABASE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AND UTILIZING ENVIRONMENTAL METRICS Final Rejection SAP SE
18539999 SKILL WALLET FOR DETERMINING CANDIDATE SKILLS AND JOB DESCRIPTION COMPATIBILITY Final Rejection SAP SE
18967681 TRAINING A MODEL TO PREDICT LIKELIHOODS OF USERS PERFORMING AN ACTION AFTER BEING PRESENTED WITH A CONTENT ITEM Final Rejection Maplebear Inc.
18421888 SIMULATING A/B TESTING THROUGH LARGE LANGUAGE MACHINE-LEARNED MODELS Final Rejection Maplebear Inc.
18412959 PRICE OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Skyline Products, Inc.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Joseph M Waesco's allowance rate?

46.7% of resolved applications examined by Joseph M Waesco were allowed (473 resolved cases), compared with 75.2% across Art Unit 2644 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Joseph M Waesco?

This examiner's interview lift is +42.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Joseph M Waesco take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Joseph M Waesco took 1,196 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Joseph M Waesco work in?

Joseph M Waesco examines applications in Art Unit 2644 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).

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