USPTO Examiner TSAI JAMES T - Art Unit 2147

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18644802PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING A VERTICAL BAR WITH SCROLLABLE CONTENTApril 2024September 2025Allow1710NoNo
18614349REAL-TIME COMMUNICATION INTERFACE WITH HAPTIC AND AUDIO FEEDBACK RESPONSEMarch 2024July 2025Allow1610YesNo
18590258METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MESSAGE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOFFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1300YesNo
18531214VIDEO DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023May 2025Allow1830YesNo
18508048VIRTUAL WORKSPACE VIEWPORT FOLLOWING IN COLLABORATION SYSTEMSNovember 2023March 2025Allow1600YesNo
18462745MIXING PARTICIPANT AUDIO FROM MULTIPLE ROOMS WITHIN A VIRTUAL CONFERENCING SYSTEMSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1820NoNo
18202770COLLABORATION SYSTEM INCLUDING A SPATIAL EVENT MAPMay 2023September 2024Allow1610YesNo
18323297APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING CONTENT REVIEWS IN A VIRTUAL WORLDMay 2023June 2024Allow1300YesNo
18320836USER INTERFACES FOR TIME PERIOD-BASED CURATED PLAYLISTSMay 2023September 2025Allow2830YesNo
18182667Generating a Customized Social-Driven PlaylistMarch 2023May 2025Allow2630YesNo
18175097MUSIC RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND APPARATUSFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3510YesNo
18157730PEER MANAGED AUTOMATED DUAL SCREEN SHARING BASED ON ASSOCIATING SEMANTIC INPUTS AND VIEWED VISUAL CONTENTJanuary 2023December 2024Allow2310YesNo
18013907MEETING ASSISTANCE SYSTEMDecember 2022September 2025Allow3250YesNo
18013710TACTILE PRESENTATION DEVICE, TACTILE PRESENTATION SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMDecember 2022September 2024Allow2110YesNo
18068328THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERFACE CONTROL METHOD AND TERMINALDecember 2022February 2026Allow3840YesNo
18061203SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR GESTURE-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY, EXTENDED REALITYDecember 2022December 2024Allow2410YesNo
18060628METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TWO-STEP HIERARCHICAL MODEL OPTIMIZATIONDecember 2022January 2026Allow3810YesNo
17997904SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING HANDWRITING PROBLEMSNovember 2022May 2025Allow3030YesNo
17918945GROUPED CONVOLUTION PROCESSING DEFINITION CHANGING DEVICE, GROUPED CONVOLUTION PROCESSING DEFINITION CHANGING METHOD, AND GROUPED CONVOLUTION PROCESSING DEFINITION CHANGING PROGRAMOctober 2022January 2026Allow3910YesNo
17952155TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR MULTI-MODAL ENTITY MATCHING IN ELECTRONIC RECORDSSeptember 2022January 2026Allow4010YesNo
17913227DISPLAYING USER INTERFACE USING USER INTERFACE DEFINITION FILESeptember 2022December 2024Abandon2730YesNo
17932999DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR PRESENTING VIRTUAL OBJECTS IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTSSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2411YesNo
17932278MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINING SYSTEM AND METHODSeptember 2022January 2026Abandon4010NoNo
17910270INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR REDUCSING STORAGE REQUIREMENTS FOR WEIGHT PARAMETER VALUES OF LEARNED DATA SETSSeptember 2022November 2025Allow3810YesNo
17909086METHODS PROVIDING VIDEO CONFERENCING WITH ADJUSTED/MODIFIED VIDEO AND RELATED VIDEO CONFERENCING NODESSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3250YesNo
17893026PERFORMING VISUAL RELATIONAL REASONINGAugust 2022October 2025Allow3810YesNo
17872395COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONICALLY GENERATING A DYNAMICALLY VISUALIZED HIERARCHICAL REPRESENTATION OF ELECTRONIC INFORMATIONJuly 2022August 2024Allow2530YesNo
17439962METHOD FOR GENERATING A COMPOSITION FOR DYES, PAINTS, PRINTING INKS, GRIND RESINS, PIGMENT CONCENTRATES OR OTHER COATING SUBSTANCESMay 2022January 2026Allow5220YesNo
17700865VIDEO ACTIVATION BASED UPON DETECTION OF USER ACTIONMarch 2022March 2025Allow3640YesNo
17699547OPTIMIZING CASCADE OF CLASSIFIERS SCHEMA USING GENETIC SEARCHMarch 2022August 2025Allow4110YesNo
17698937SIGNAL DATA SIGNATURE CLASSIFIERS TRAINED WITH SIGNAL DATA SIGNATURE LIBRARIES AND A MACHINE LEARNING DERIVED STRATEGIC BLUEPRINTMarch 2022September 2025Allow4210YesNo
17761049LEARNING APPARATUS, ESTIMATION APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD, ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAMMarch 2022December 2025Abandon4510NoNo
17687329METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING DATA PREDICTIONMarch 2022December 2025Allow4520YesNo
17636549Light Field Display System for Consumer DevicesFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3120YesNo
17674762REAL-TIME PREDICTION METHOD FOR ENGINE EMISSIONFebruary 2022August 2025Allow4210YesNo
17671399SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED SCRIBES BASED ON KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS OF CLINICAL INFORMATION HAVING WEIGHTED CONNECTIONSFebruary 2022March 2025Allow3700YesNo
17574433ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS GENERATED BY LOW DISCREPANCY SEQUENCESJanuary 2022November 2025Allow4620YesNo
17566069Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Managing Content Items and Associated MetadataDecember 2021March 2025Abandon3840YesNo
17623177MEASURING QUANTUM STATE PURITYDecember 2021June 2025Allow4110YesNo
17549704HAPTIC CONTROLLERDecember 2021September 2024Allow3310YesNo
17480282Method and Apparatus for Performing Convolution Neural Network OperationsSeptember 2021January 2026Allow5220YesNo
17437017MODEL LEARNING APPARATUS, LABEL ESTIMATION APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREOFSeptember 2021July 2025Abandon4610NoNo
17368060DETERMINING DATA SUITABILITY FOR TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELSJuly 2021July 2025Allow4810YesNo
17362385FEATURE GENERATION OPTIMIZATIONJune 2021November 2025Allow5240YesNo
17362728ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENABLED PREFERENCE LEARNINGJune 2021April 2025Allow4510YesNo
17360526NETWORK OPERATOR PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2021April 2025Abandon4510NoNo
17355406METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSFER LEARNING OF DEEP LEARNING MODEL BASED ON DOCUMENT SIMILARITY LEARNINGJune 2021July 2025Allow4920YesNo
17416697NEURON AND NEUROMORPHIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEJune 2021October 2025Allow5230YesNo
17349251TRANSFER LEARNING WITH BASIS SCALING AND PRUNINGJune 2021February 2025Allow4410YesNo
17339898COMPATIBLE NEURAL NETWORKSJune 2021August 2024Allow3800YesNo
17334663RECOMMENDATION METHOD, COMPUTING DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2021May 2025Abandon4820YesNo
17306507System and Method for Detecting Handwriting ProblemsMay 2021January 2025Abandon4430NoNo
17236640METHODS AND SYSTEMS CONFIGURED TO SPECIFY RESOURCES FOR HYPERDIMENSIONAL COMPUTING IMPLEMENTED IN PROGRAMMABLE DEVICES USING A PARAMETERIZED TEMPLATE FOR HYPERDIMENSIONAL COMPUTINGApril 2021September 2024Allow4110YesNo
17236450COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTILLED DEEP PREDICTION FOR PERSONALIZED STREAM RANKINGApril 2021December 2024Allow4420NoNo
17119523METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING LEARNING FROM DEMONSTRATIONS, PARTICULARLY IMITATION LEARNINGDecember 2020November 2024Allow4720YesNo
17080588FEATURE ENGINEERING ORCHESTRATION METHOD AND APPARATUSOctober 2020March 2025Allow5330YesNo
17079894Learning Expert SystemOctober 2020August 2024Allow4520YesNo
17015243MACHINE LEARNING WITH MULTIPLE CONSTRAINTSSeptember 2020December 2024Allow5120YesNo
16855980COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED ACCESSIBILITY SYSTEMS AND METHODSApril 2020September 2024Allow5390YesNo
16744537Applied Artificial Intelligence Technology for Adaptively Classifying Sentences Based on the Concepts They Express to Improve Natural Language UnderstandingJanuary 2020December 2024Allow5950YesYes
16668524EFFICIENT CRAWLING USING PATH SCHEDULING, AND APPLICATIONS THEREOFOctober 2019September 2024Allow5960YesNo
15258708MOVING AN OBJECT DISPLAYED ON A DISPLAY SCREENSeptember 2016April 2017Allow710YesNo
13931960VOICE OUTPUT DEVICE, INFORMATION INPUT DEVICE, FILE SELECTION DEVICE, TELEPHONE SET, AND PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUM OF THE SAMEJune 2013February 2016Allow3220YesNo
13769094KEY SELECTION OF A GRAPHICAL KEYBOARD BASED ON USER INPUT POSTUREFebruary 2013August 2015Allow3020YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner TSAI, JAMES T.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
2.8%
Lower 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, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner TSAI, JAMES T - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner TSAI, JAMES T works in Art Unit 2147 and has examined 28 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 46 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner TSAI, JAMES T's allowance rate of 82.1% places them in the 54% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by TSAI, JAMES T receive 2.36 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 67% 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 TSAI, JAMES T is 46 months. This places the examiner in the 11% 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 +66.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by TSAI, JAMES T. This interview benefit is in the 98% 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, 28.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 54% 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 30.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 44% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 100.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 90% 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 11% 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.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
  • 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.

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