USPTO Examiner LU HWEI MIN - Art Unit 2142

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19098005Profiler Tool for Assessing Impact of Shape on a Continuous and/or Categorical ResponseApril 2025August 2025Allow510YesNo
19067257THREE-DIMENSIONAL COLOR SELECTION INTERFACEFebruary 2025October 2025Allow720YesNo
18719200CONTENT PUBLISHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024July 2025Allow1320NoNo
18591123INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERSON SEARCHFebruary 2024December 2025Abandon2210NoNo
18385842METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR POPULATING DATA FOR CONTENT ITEMOctober 2023February 2026Allow2720NoNo
18378470EDITING FEATURES OF AN AVATAROctober 2023January 2025Allow1500NoNo
18377593USER INTERFACE LOGICAL AND EXECUTION VIEW NAVIGATION AND SHIFTINGOctober 2023December 2024Allow1410NoNo
18474115CUSTOMIZING USER INTERFACES BASED ON NEURODIVERSE CLASSIFICATIONSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1630YesNo
18231673SMART TABLE SYSTEM UTILIZING EXTENDED REALITYAugust 2023December 2024Allow1610YesNo
18219910METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYSTEMATIC ENHANCEMENT OF HUMAN INTERACTION CAPABILITIES VIA DYNAMIC USER INTERFACE MANAGEMENTJuly 2023August 2024Allow1330YesNo
18326681THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERACTION SYSTEMMay 2023June 2025Allow2520YesNo
18297421SOFTWARE PARAMETER MANAGEMENT THROUGH A UNIVERSAL INTERFACEApril 2023May 2025Allow2520YesNo
18129014VIRTUAL WHITEBOARD PLATFORM HAVING AN INTERFACE FOR ISSUE OBJECT CREATION IN AN ISSUE TRACKING PLATFORMMarch 2023January 2025Allow2210YesNo
18183982APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING IMAGE DISPLAYMarch 2023October 2024Allow1910YesNo
18096759OPTIMIZATION ON AN INPUT SENSOR BASED ON SENSOR DATAJanuary 2023December 2025Abandon3640YesNo
18151881ONTOLOGY-BASED TIME SERIES VISUALIZATION AND ANALYSISJanuary 2023November 2024Allow2230YesNo
18068994DEVELOPMENT, REPRESENTATION AND DISPLAYDecember 2022December 2024Abandon2320NoNo
18062810GROUP MESSAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND GROUP MESSAGE PROCESSING PROGRAMDecember 2022August 2024Allow2120YesNo
17919884METHODS, APPARATUS AND MACHINE-READABLE MEDIA RELATING TO DATA ANALYTICS IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKOctober 2022March 2026Allow4110NoNo
17919542LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND LEARNING PROGRAMOctober 2022January 2026Allow3910YesNo
17962256SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING DIGITAL INK NOTESOctober 2022June 2025Abandon3340YesNo
17943070DISPLAYING ON A DISPLAY WITH AN IRREGULAR FEATURESeptember 2022October 2024Allow2530NoNo
17942014SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR REAL-TIME TEXTINGSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2320YesNo
17903446TARGET FACTORYSeptember 2022February 2026Allow4110NoNo
17901261TESTING AND BASELINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL AND TEST DATASeptember 2022February 2026Allow4110YesNo
17901535SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY CONFIGURING GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES BASED ON TRACKING RESPONSE TO INTERFACE COMPONENTSSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2430YesNo
17854738DYNAMIC OBJECT AUTO-LABELINGJune 2022November 2025Allow4110YesNo
17805742EFFICIENT MULTILABEL CLASSIFICATION BY CHAINING ORDERED CLASSIFIERS AND OPTIMIZING ON UNCORRELATED LABELSJune 2022January 2026Allow4310YesNo
17805377REDUCING BIAS IN MACHINE LEARNING MODELS UTILIZING A FAIRNESS DEVIATION CONSTRAINT AND DECISION MATRIXJune 2022November 2025Allow4210YesNo
17804828CLICKSTREAM PROCESSING FOR INTELLIGENT ROUTINGMay 2022January 2025Abandon3150YesNo
17804537SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FREQUENT MACHINE LEARNING MODEL RETRAINING AND RULE OPTIMIZATIONMay 2022December 2025Allow4310YesNo
17804513MACHINE LEARNING FOR MANAGEMENT OF POSITIONING TECHNIQUES AND RADIO FREQUENCY USAGEMay 2022December 2025Allow4310YesNo
17778822Ensemble Coupled Assimilation System for Numerical Prediction and Method thereofMay 2022October 2025Allow4010YesNo
17741909RANDOMIZED MOVEMENT CONTROLMay 2022January 2025Allow3240YesNo
17662568DYNAMIC USER-INTERFACE COMPARISON BETWEEN MACHINE LEARNING OUTPUT AND TRAINING DATAMay 2022November 2025Allow4210YesNo
17737938LIGHT SOURCE COLOR COORDINATE ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND DEEP LEARNING METHOD THEREOFMay 2022March 2026Allow4620NoNo
17718803ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATED VISUAL DATA SEARCHING USING EDGE DEVICESApril 2022September 2025Allow4110YesNo
17657911GESTURE-BASED APPLICATION INVOCATIONApril 2022November 2024Allow3240YesNo
17710864MACHINE LEARNING USING A HYBRID SERVERLESS COMPUTE ARCHITECTUREMarch 2022January 2026Allow4510YesNo
17695325EDGE-SIDE FEDERATED LEARNING FOR ANOMALY DETECTIONMarch 2022March 2025Allow3610YesNo
17673671OBJECT POSITION ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3030NoNo
17671092ADAPTIVE AND EVOLUTIONARY FEDERATED LEARNING SYSTEMFebruary 2022August 2025Allow4210NoNo
17671314FEDERATED LEARNING PLATFORM AND METHODS FOR USING SAMEFebruary 2022November 2025Abandon4510NoNo
17576735Systems, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Automatic Measurement in Augmented Reality EnvironmentsJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3850YesNo
17559452MIGRATING QUANTUM SERVICES BASED ON TEMPERATURE THRESHOLDSDecember 2021March 2025Allow3800NoNo
17643515ENHANCED TECHNIQUES FOR BUILDING USER INTERFACESDecember 2021January 2025Allow3840YesNo
17539828DETECTING CATEGORY-SPECIFIC BIAS USING OVERFITTED MACHINE LEARNING MODELSDecember 2021May 2025Allow4110YesNo
17609408ROAD TRAFFIC JAM EARLY WARNING METHOD AND SYSTEMNovember 2021July 2025Abandon4510NoNo
17511517METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND SYSTEMS FOR UPDATING SERVICE MODEL BASED ON PRIVACY PROTECTIONOctober 2021September 2025Abandon4710NoNo
17511280CHARACTER EDITING ON A PHYSICAL DEVICE VIA INTERACTION WITH A VIRTUAL DEVICE USER INTERFACEOctober 2021October 2025Allow4730YesYes
17604202ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD OF COLLECTING DATA FROM MULTIPLE DEVICES FOR GENERATING AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELOctober 2021April 2025Allow4210NoNo
17483349System and Method for Interactive Visualization of Placement of Objects in an Electronic DesignSeptember 2021December 2024Allow3830YesNo
17445888VECTOR PROCESSING OF DECISION TREES TO FORM INFERENCESAugust 2021August 2025Allow4820YesNo
17395118FEDERATED LEARNING FOR ANOMALY DETECTIONAugust 2021March 2025Allow4310YesNo
17382749ARCHITECTURE ESTIMATION DEVICE, ARCHITECTURE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJuly 2021July 2025Allow4710YesNo
17378437UNCERTAINTY AWARE PARAMETER PROVISION FOR A VARIATIONAL QUANTUM ALGORITHMJuly 2021August 2025Allow4920YesNo
17357480ORDERING COLLABORATIVE ACTIONS IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACEJune 2021April 2025Allow4640NoYes
17325082DECISION RECOMMENDATION VIA CAUSAL FEATURE DISPLAYMay 2021February 2025Allow4520NoNo
17302481CROSS-ENTITY SIMILARITY DETERMINATIONS USING MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORKSMay 2021February 2025Allow4610YesNo
17239425TECHNIQUES FOR MANIPULATING COMPUTER-GENERATED OBJECTS IN A COMPUTER GRAPHICS EDITOR OR ENVIRONMENTApril 2021January 2025Allow4550YesYes
17231639COGNITIVE RECOMMENDATION OF COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT ATTRIBUTESApril 2021August 2024Allow4010YesNo
17231757PREDICTING A STATE OF A COMPUTER-CONTROLLED ENTITYApril 2021November 2025Allow5530NoNo
17249620SURROUNDING ASSESSMENT FOR HEAT MAP VISUALIZATIONMarch 2021March 2025Allow4820YesNo
17133949PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS OF NEURAL NETWORK MODELDecember 2020November 2024Abandon4710NoNo
17255824METHOD OF MODELLING FOR CHECKING THE RESULTS PROVIDED BY AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK AND OTHER ASSOCIATED METHODSDecember 2020November 2024Abandon4710NoNo
17127404DETERMINING AND EXECUTING PROACTIVE DELIVERY ACTIONS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEDecember 2020October 2025Allow5840YesNo
17079882QUANTIFYING MACHINE LEARNING MODEL UNCERTAINTYOctober 2020November 2025Allow6040YesNo
17050773OPTIMIZATION DEVICE, OPTIMIZATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2020August 2025Abandon5830NoNo
17044276INFERENCE COMPUTING APPARATUS, MODEL TRAINING APPARATUS, INFERENCE COMPUTING SYSTEMSeptember 2020November 2024Allow4920NoNo
17030576SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO GENERATE SAMPLES FOR MACHINE LEARNING USING QUANTUM COMPUTINGSeptember 2020September 2024Allow4820YesNo
17030219Devices, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Interacting with Three-Dimensional EnvironmentsSeptember 2020April 2024Allow4340YesNo
17023766DATA GENERATION AND ANNOTATION FOR MACHINE LEARNINGSeptember 2020December 2024Allow5130YesNo
17016340INTERACTION BETWEEN USER-INTERFACE AND MASTER CONTROLLERSeptember 2020February 2025Allow5330NoNo
16866380MESSAGE APPLICATION IMPROVEMENT FOR RECALLING ONE TO MANY PRIVATE CONVERSATIONSMay 2020February 2025Allow5750NoYes
16697620INTERACTIVE MACHINE LEARNINGNovember 2019August 2024Allow5730YesNo
15766905SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A VISUALIZATION OF SAFETY EVENTS OF A PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM OVER TIMEApril 2018July 2024Allow6080YesYes

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LU, HWEI-MIN.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
4
Examiner Affirmed
2
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
71.7%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
5
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(60.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(40.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
88.7%
Higher than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

Filing a Notice of Appeal can sometimes lead to allowance even before the appeal is fully briefed or decided by the PTAB. This occurs when the examiner or their supervisor reconsiders the rejection during the mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) after the appeal is filed.

In this dataset, 60.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner LU, HWEI-MIN - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LU, HWEI-MIN works in Art Unit 2142 and has examined 32 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 84.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 47 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LU, HWEI-MIN's allowance rate of 84.4% places them in the 59% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by LU, HWEI-MIN receive 2.53 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 74% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by LU, HWEI-MIN is 47 months. This places the examiner in the 9% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +38.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LU, HWEI-MIN. This interview benefit is in the 86% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 32.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 68% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 7.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 7% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 6% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 55.6% of appeals filed. This is in the 27% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 200.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 98% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 10% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 11% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.
  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.