USPTO Examiner XIAO DI - Art Unit 2178

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19006539UNIFIED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AGENT, ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATION ROBOT, AND AGENTIC ORCHESTRATION PROCESS DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONSDecember 2024May 2025Allow410NoNo
18650320Self-Service Terminal and MethodApril 2024April 2025Allow1210YesNo
18602645DIGITAL ASSISTANT INTEGRATION WITH SYSTEM INTERFACEMarch 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18596839TRACKING OF RETINAL TRACTION THROUGH DIGITAL IMAGE CORRELATIONMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18442508USER INTERFACE GENERATION SYSTEMFebruary 2024October 2024Allow800NoNo
18479228MACHINE LEARNING BASED DEPOLARIZATION IDENTIFICATION AND ARRHYTHMIA LOCALIZATION VISUALIZATIONOctober 2023December 2024Allow1410NoNo
18462953UNIFIED SEMANTIC MODEL OF USER INTENTIONSSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18365751System and method for generating a context-based user interfaceAugust 2023May 2025Allow2220NoNo
18348845MUSIC/VIDEO MESSAGING SYSTEM AND METHODJuly 2023February 2025Allow1920NoNo
18214443COLLABORATION SYSTEM INCLUDING MARKERS IDENTIFYING MULTIPLE CANVASES IN A SHARED VIRTUAL WORKSPACEJune 2023February 2025Abandon1930NoNo
18202311ACCESSIBILITY CONTENT EDITING, CONTROL AND MANAGEMENTMay 2023August 2024Allow1510NoNo
18322318Nutritional Content Determination Based on Gesture Detection DataMay 2023September 2024Allow1610YesNo
18195983COMPUTER RESOURCE MONITORING BY PROCESSING IMAGES USING A MODEL COMPRISING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELSMay 2023March 2025Allow2310NoNo
18118408SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND MANAGEMENT OF EMS RESPONSESMarch 2023May 2025Allow2720YesNo
18101512SURVEYING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, SURVEYING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, SURVEYING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2023December 2024Abandon2310NoNo
18155803SELECTION OF PROBABILITY THRESHOLDS FOR GENERATING CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA NOTIFICATIONSJanuary 2023November 2024Allow2210NoNo
18097025ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR RECOMMENDING INFORMATION ACCORDING TO SITUATION AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMEJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2420YesNo
18088942SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR IMPROVED EMBEDDED APPLICATION USER ENGAGEMENT MODE MANAGEMENTDecember 2022August 2024Allow2010YesNo
18068259MANAGING AUGMENTED PARTICIPATING USER VIDEO SOURCE INTERFACES IN ASSOCIATION WITH AN AUDIO-VIDEO CONFERENCING INTERFACE SERVICEDecember 2022February 2025Allow2630YesNo
18082230METADATA DRIVEN GUIDED RULES EDITORDecember 2022July 2024Allow1920YesNo
18058575DETECTING SHADOWS AND CORRESPONDING OBJECTS IN DIGITAL IMAGESNovember 2022June 2025Allow3110YesNo
18052733CROSS-INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE HISTORICAL BREADCRUMB CONTROLNovember 2022September 2024Allow2330YesNo
17980108METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING A FLOW OF A FLUID IN A VESSELNovember 2022April 2025Allow3010NoNo
17970392MODEL-BASED PERSONALIZATION ARCHITECTUREOctober 2022November 2024Allow2530YesNo
17939783SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR GENERATING PRE-TRAINED MODELS FOR nnU-Net THROUGH THE USE OF IMPROVED TRANSFER LEARNING TECHNIQUESSeptember 2022February 2025Allow3000NoNo
17822906ANALYSIS ASSISTING DEVICE, ANALYSIS ASSISTING SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUMAugust 2022April 2025Allow3210NoNo
17864820METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING CONTENT BASED ON CAPACITY OF EXTERNAL DEVICEJuly 2022June 2025Allow3520NoNo
17758695Systems And Methods For Optical Evaluation Of Pupillary Psychosensory ResponsesJuly 2022January 2025Allow3010NoNo
17790524ULTRASOUND IMAGING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING AN ANATOMICAL FEATURE OF A SPINEJuly 2022May 2025Allow3510NoNo
17790125MEDICAL IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE GENERATION PROGRAMJune 2022April 2025Allow3310NoNo
17789590Deep Learning Models For Tumor EvaluationJune 2022November 2024Allow2810NoNo
17851056METHOD OF COMPENSATING DATA AND SYSTEM FOR COMPENSATING DATA USING SAMEJune 2022April 2025Allow3310NoNo
17844517DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MODELING THREE-DIMENSIONAL ORGAN BY IMAGE SEGMENTATIONJune 2022January 2025Allow3110NoNo
17662897Uncertainty Estimation in Medical ImagingMay 2022June 2025Allow3711NoNo
17662719IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, A METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE DATA, AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTMay 2022May 2025Allow3620NoNo
17731607METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY IN MAXIMUM HYPEREMIA STATE BASED ON INDEX FOR MICROCIRCULATORY RESISTANCEApril 2022March 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17660622TV SIDE BAR USER INTERFACEApril 2022January 2024Allow2120YesNo
17710254ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022August 2024Allow2910YesNo
17641861METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPER RESOLUTION FOR INFRA-RED IMAGERYMarch 2022January 2025Allow3410NoNo
176362503D Object Detection Using Random ForestsFebruary 2022October 2024Allow3210YesNo
17635701ESTIMATION PROGRAM, ESTIMATION DEVICE, GENERATION METHOD OF DETECTION MODEL, LEARNING METHOD, AND LEARNING DEVICEFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17632559SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING BREAST CANCER RISK USING IMAGERYFebruary 2022April 2025Allow3920YesNo
17577146Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Evaluation Method for Aesthetic Medicine and Evaluation System Using SameJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3811NoNo
17622493METHOD FOR LEARNING THRESHOLD VALUEDecember 2021January 2025Allow3620YesNo
17622285VESSEL REGISTRATION USING FUNCTIONAL INFORMATIONDecember 2021April 2025Allow3930NoNo
17645037SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGDecember 2021August 2024Allow3210NoNo
17614227SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO-BASED POSITIONING AND NAVIGATION IN GASTROENTEROLOGICAL PROCEDURESNovember 2021December 2024Allow3620NoNo
17608834METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING AND TREATING A CANCER TYPE USING CANCER IMAGESNovember 2021June 2025Allow4410NoNo
17516299SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING ONE OR MORE ANATOMICAL ELEMENTSNovember 2021October 2024Allow3520NoNo
17608016SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ATTENTION-BASED CLASSIFICATION OF HIGH-RESOLUTION MICROSCOPY IMAGESNovember 2021February 2025Allow4020YesNo
17212289MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSMarch 2021October 2024Allow4320NoNo
17090646CONTENT ENHANCERNovember 2020September 2024Allow4750NoYes
13621753ARCHITECTURE FOR SHARED CONTENT CONSUMPTION INTERACTIONSSeptember 2012February 2016Allow4120YesNo
13000864ELECTRONIC STICKY NOTE SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, METHOD FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC STICKY NOTE, MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND DATA STRUCTURE OF ELECTRONIC STICKY NOTEDecember 2010April 2016Allow6040YesNo
12433722PRODUCT DATA MANAGEMENT AND WORKFLOW SYSTEMS AND METHODSApril 2009July 2014Allow6041YesYes
12008753IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROLLING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY CONTROLLING METHOD, AND PROGRAMJanuary 2008June 2012Allow5340YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner XIAO, DI.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
2
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
76.9%
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, 50.0% 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

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

Examiner XIAO, DI - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner XIAO, DI works in Art Unit 2178 and has examined 51 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.1%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner XIAO, DI's allowance rate of 94.1% places them in the 83% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by XIAO, DI receive 1.73 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 50% 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 XIAO, DI is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 35% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by XIAO, DI. This interview benefit is in the 44% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 41.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 92% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 25.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 25% 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.

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 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 88% percentile among all examiners. 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, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 60% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 2.0% of allowed cases (in the 77% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 12% 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:

  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • 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.
  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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.