Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

John R Wallace, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as WALLACE, JOHN R

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2615 2625 2673 2674 2676 2682 3624

This examiner grants 78% of resolved cases

Analysis

WALLACE, JOHN R is assigned to Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 2615, with 397 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 78.3%, and the median time to allowance is 990 days. Interview lift is 22.7%, indicating a meaningful positive association between interviews and allowance outcomes.

Canon Inc., Seiko Epson Corporation, and Fujifilm Corporation are the leading companies. MILLEN, WHITE, ZELANO & BRANIGAN, P.C., Spencer Fane LLP, and FOLEY & LARDNER LLP are the leading firms. Practitioners may use interviews to resolve targeted issues while relying on the relatively favorable allowance rate to guide written prosecution decisions.

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

Performance Statistics

78.3%
Allow Rate
+26.3% vs TC avg
423
Total Applications
+22.7%
Interview Lift
990
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 397 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.3%
§101 Eligibility
12.5%
§102 Novelty
63.6%
§103 Obviousness
14.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18961480 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM CORPORATION
18957974 IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING IMAGE DATA OF REPRINT IMAGE HAVING HIGH COLOR REPRODUCIBILITY FROM PRINT IMAGE Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Corporation
18990758 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18930312 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18914510 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18911346 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING CONDITION OF DEVICE Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18813827 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19083562 PRINTING SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND PRINTING CHARACTERISTIC ADJUSTMENT METHOD Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18830688 MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MANAGEMENT DEVICE Final Rejection SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18937477 METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING INTELLIGENT RIP I/O FOR PRINTING OPERATIONS Non-Final OA Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
18676269 METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PRINTING OPERATIONS DURING IDLE TIME Final Rejection Kyocera Document Solutions Inc.
19074663 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18960156 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner John R Wallace's allowance rate?

78.3% of resolved applications examined by John R Wallace were allowed (397 resolved cases), compared with 81.1% across Art Unit 2615 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner John R Wallace?

This examiner's interview lift is +22.7 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 R Wallace take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by John R Wallace took 990 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner John R Wallace work in?

John R Wallace examines applications in Art Unit 2615 in Tech Center 3600 (Transportation, E-Commerce & Mechanical Systems).

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