USPTO Examiner WU NICHOLAS S - Art Unit 2148

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19068261METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERCEIVING AND ELIMINATING ABNORMAL STATE OF ACTIVE DISTRIBUTION NETWORK BASED ON DATA ENHANCEMENTMarch 2025October 2025Allow710YesNo
18882311APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA GENERATION FOR USER ENGAGEMENTSeptember 2024July 2025Allow1120YesNo
18602908ARBITRARILY LOW-LATENCY INTERFERENCE WITH COMPUTATIONALLY INTENSIVE MACHING LEARNING VIA PRE-FETCHINGMarch 2024September 2025Abandon1820YesNo
18083770SPIKING NEURAL NETWORKDecember 2022March 2026Allow3910YesNo
17872950APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING DEFICIENCIESJuly 2022December 2025Abandon4110NoNo
17771474METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING LABELING WORK ACCORDING TO DIFFICULTY THEREOF AND APPARATUS USING SAMEApril 2022November 2025Abandon4310NoNo
17719349Training method and system for machine learning assisted determination of product HS-CodesApril 2022October 2025Abandon4210NoNo
17444687METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING PARAMETER OF MULTI-TASK MODEL, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2021August 2025Allow4820YesNo
17444418USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO OPTIMIZE SEAM PLACEMENT ON 3D MODELSAugust 2021April 2025Abandon4410NoNo
17443252REGION OF INTEREST CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSINGJuly 2021October 2025Abandon5120YesNo
17372605Quantum Entanglement For Distributed ActionsJuly 2021July 2025Allow4820YesNo
17363141DYNAMIC DESIGN METHOD TO IMPROVE THE ADAPTABILITY OF ACCELERATION UNITS TO NEURAL NETWORKSJune 2021January 2025Allow4310YesNo
17358694TEMPORALIZING OR SPATIALIZING NETWORKSJune 2021November 2024Allow4020YesNo
17336250PARTIAL-ACTIVATION OF NEURAL NETWORK BASED ON HEAT-MAP OF NEURAL NETWORK ACTIVITYJune 2021February 2025Allow4410NoNo
17324303SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SOCIAL STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION OF FORUMS USING INTERACTION COHERENCEMay 2021December 2025Abandon5530YesNo
17324298INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMMay 2021February 2025Abandon4510NoNo
17324338EFFICIENT EXECUTION OF GROUP-SPARSIFIED NEURAL NETWORKSMay 2021September 2025Allow5230YesNo
17322828SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UTILIZING GROUPED PARTIAL DEPENDENCE PLOTS AND GAME-THEORETIC CONCEPTS AND THEIR EXTENSIONS IN THE GENERATION OF ADVERSE ACTION REASON CODESMay 2021January 2025Allow4410YesNo
17319097VEHICLE-MOUNTED PROCESSING DEVICE OF LEARNING-USE DATAMay 2021January 2025Abandon4520YesNo
17231514METHODS, DEVICES AND MEDIA FOR RE-WEIGHTING TO IMPROVE KNOWLEDGE DISTILLATIONApril 2021November 2025Allow5520NoNo
17229147MULTIMODAL ANALYSIS COMBINING MONITORING MODALITIES TO ELICIT COGNITIVE STATES AND PERFORM SCREENING FOR MENTAL DISORDERSApril 2021December 2024Abandon4410NoNo
17191518ALIGNING KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS USING SUBGRAPH TYPINGMarch 2021February 2025Allow4820YesNo
17248848UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING TO DETECT SINGLE AND CLUSTER-TYPE ANOMALIES IN A DATA SETFebruary 2021February 2026Abandon6040YesNo
17265476METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING ROUTINE FOR CONTROLLING A TECHNICAL SYSTEMFebruary 2021April 2025Allow5030NoNo
17161152HYBRID GRAPH NEURAL NETWORKJanuary 2021January 2025Allow4720YesNo
17153852ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OPTIMIZATION PLATFORMJanuary 2021January 2025Allow4820YesNo
17148707VIRTUAL OPERATION ASSISTANTJanuary 2021February 2025Abandon4920NoNo
17122621COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DATA GENERATING METHODDecember 2020December 2024Abandon4820NoNo
17251508NEURAL NETWORKS HAVING REDUCED NUMBER OF PARAMETERSDecember 2020December 2024Allow4820YesNo
17116138THREE-DIMENSIONAL INTERSECTION STRUCTURE PREDICTION FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING APPLICATIONSDecember 2020January 2025Allow4920YesNo
17116698METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC ATTRIBUTE EXTRACTION FOR TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELSDecember 2020January 2025Allow4920YesNo
16952523APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTINGUISHING NEURAL WAVEFORMSNovember 2020November 2024Allow4820NoNo
16951768ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK BYPASSNovember 2020November 2024Allow4820YesNo
17082867METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING MACHINE LEARNING MODELOctober 2020October 2025Abandon6040YesNo
17061499DECIMATING HIDDEN LAYERS FOR TRAINING TRANSFORMER MODELSOctober 2020January 2025Abandon5230YesNo
17039294FEDERATED INFERENCESeptember 2020January 2025Abandon5120NoNo
17023679SHIFTLEFT TOPOLOGY CONSTRUCTION AND INFORMATION AUGMENTATION USING MACHINE LEARNINGSeptember 2020October 2024Allow4930YesNo
17018923SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AND RECTIFYING CONCEPT DRIFT IN FEDERATED LEARNINGSeptember 2020November 2025Abandon6040NoNo

Appeals Overview

No appeal data available for this record. This may indicate that no appeals have been filed or decided for applications in this dataset.

Examiner WU, NICHOLAS S - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner WU, NICHOLAS S works in Art Unit 2148 and has examined 31 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 58.1%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 48 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner WU, NICHOLAS S's allowance rate of 58.1% places them in the 18% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by WU, NICHOLAS S receive 2.16 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 59% 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 WU, NICHOLAS S is 48 months. This places the examiner in the 8% 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 +33.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by WU, NICHOLAS S. This interview benefit is in the 82% 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, 33.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 72% 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 26.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 37% 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.

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 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:

  • Prepare for rigorous examination: With a below-average allowance rate, ensure your application has strong written description and enablement support. Consider filing a continuation if you need to add new matter.
  • 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 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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