Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ZHENG, JACKY X

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2619 2625 2675 2681 2682

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Analysis

Jacky X. Zheng serves in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2619, having overseen 862 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 80.0 percent, which reflects a high frequency of successful outcomes for patent applications. The median days to allowance is 935, providing a benchmark for the expected duration of the prosecution process from filing to grant.

The data also reveals an interview lift of 17.0 percent. While the 80.0 percent allowance rate is already high, this 17.0 percent lift indicates that verbal advocacy remains a powerful tool for securing an allowance or clarifying complex technical points. For practitioners, the combination of a 935-day median timeline and a high allowance rate suggests a relatively predictable and efficient environment. With 862 resolved cases, these statistics offer a robust foundation for predicting examiner behavior and planning prosecution strategies in Art Unit 2619.

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

Performance Statistics

80.0%
Allow Rate
+18.0% vs TC avg
866
Total Applications
+17.0%
Interview Lift
935
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 862 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.5%
§101 Eligibility
27.2%
§102 Novelty
51.0%
§103 Obviousness
11.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19002792 WATCHING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18824058 IMAGE READING DEVICE Non-Final OA SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
18180986 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
18895826 SERVER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SERVER Non-Final OA TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18826392 CONTROL DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE INSTRUCTIONS FOR CONTROL DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONTROL DEVICE Non-Final OA BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18985114 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18909350 METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18828982 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18775464 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18668347 PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18937395 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18663325 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM Final Rejection Konica Minolta, Inc.
19019997 PRINT SPEED SETTING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF CHANGING PRINT SPEED OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING VIA NETWORK, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PRINT SPEED SETTING METHOD Non-Final OA KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc.
18913485 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PATIENT TUMOR-IMMUNE PHENOTYPING FROM IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE (IF) IMAGE ANALYSIS Non-Final OA Sanofi

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