Prosecution Insights
Last updated: April 19, 2026

Examiner: WASHINGTON, JAMARES

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 2625 2675 2681 2876

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

81.2%
Allow Rate
+13.2% vs TC avg
703
Total Applications
+12.1%
Interview Lift
923
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 671 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.9%
§101 Eligibility
24.5%
§102 Novelty
54.4%
§103 Obviousness
8.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18659360 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18652858 SUPPORT APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18627543 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18619077 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18378188 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR SETTING A NAMING RULE FOR A FILE NAME Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18450955 INSPECTION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18658149 PROCESSING APPARATUS, COLOR MANAGEMENT METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18627733 PRINT INSPECTION APPARATUS, PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT INSPECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18593096 PRINT FILE PREPROCESSING MECHANISM Final Rejection RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18550678 IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR FRAUD DETECTION Non-Final OA RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
17969820 INSPECTION SYSTEM, INSPECTION METHOD, AND INSPECTION PROGRAM Non-Final OA KONICA MINOLTA, INC.
18527424 DOCUMENT PROCESSING DEVICE AND SIGNAL TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA AVISION INC.
18182695 PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18182447 PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, PRINTING CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMFOR COLOR MATERIAL REPLACEMENT Final Rejection FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18213065 Apparatus and Method for Effect Pigment Identification Non-Final OA X-RITE EUROPE GMBH
18029709 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR COLOR DETECTION AND MONOCHROME OR GRAYSCALE DATA CONVERSION Non-Final OA AVATARIN INC.
18732296 PROXIMITY BASED USER AUTHENTICATION FOR MULTI-FUNCTION DEVICES Final Rejection Xerox Corporation
18534696 ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Healthcare Corporation
17923121 Single-cell morphology analysis for disease profiling and drug discovery Final Rejection Universität Heidelberg
18506678 COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF EXTRACTING DATA FROM SURVEYS Non-Final OA Research Grid Ltd
18558168 DETERMINATION OF THE PRESENCE OF A TARGET SPECIES Non-Final OA ADAPTIVE DIAGNOSTICS LIMITED

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