USPTO Examiner LEE Y YOUNG - Art Unit 2419

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17250301IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAMDecember 2020December 2022Abandon2401YesNo
17256993SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SIGNALING PICTURE ORDER COUNT VALUES FOR PICTURES INCLUDED IN CODED VIDEODecember 2020July 2022Allow1800YesNo
17124731SCALABLE POSITION TRACKING SYSTEM FOR TRACKING POSITION IN LARGE SPACESDecember 2020October 2021Allow1000YesNo
17104323SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR POSITION TRACKING USING EDGE COMPUTINGNovember 2020January 2021Allow200YesNo
17057349Method and Apparatus of Affine Mode Motion-Vector Prediction Derivation for Video Coding SystemNovember 2020July 2022Allow2001YesNo
17087865METHOD FOR OUTPUT LAYER SET MODENovember 2020March 2023Allow2820YesNo
17083662JOINT TRANSFORM CODING OF MULTIPLE COLOR COMPONENTSOctober 2020March 2022Allow1700YesNo
17083007METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PARAMETRIC, MODEL-BASED, GEOMETRIC FRAME PARTITIONING FOR VIDEO CODINGOctober 2020October 2021Allow1200NoNo
17080576TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND RECEPTION METHOD FOR SWITCHING VIDEO DATA TYPESOctober 2020October 2021Allow1200YesNo
17067645METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING VIDEO QUALITY ASSESSMENTOctober 2020December 2021Allow1400YesNo
17065662METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING GLOBAL MATCHED PATCHOctober 2020May 2023Abandon3120YesNo
17037365WEIGHTED ANGULAR PREDICTION FOR INTRA CODINGSeptember 2020December 2021Allow1500NoNo
16939941METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ENCODING AND DECODING USING PARAMETER SETS, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTJuly 2020April 2021Allow900YesNo
16884839ENCODE/DECODE STRATEGY FOR MITIGATING IRREGULAR DECODING TIMEMay 2020June 2022Abandon2531YesNo
16867275CONSTRAINED POSITION DEPENDENT INTRA PREDICTION COMBINATION (PDPC)May 2020March 2021Allow1001YesNo
16867294PALETTE MODE ENCODING AND DECODING DESIGNMay 2020May 2023Allow3621YesYes
16760609METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPRESSING IMAGE AND NEURAL NETWORK USING HIDDEN VARIABLEApril 2020May 2022Allow2500YesNo
16858456HIGH EFFICIENCY IMAGE AND VIDEO COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSIONApril 2020January 2023Abandon3301YesNo
16651676ADAPTIVE FOVEATED ENCODER AND GLOBAL MOTION PREDICTORMarch 2020July 2021Allow1500YesNo
16651861METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING QUANTIZATION MATRICES IN VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODINGMarch 2020July 2021Allow1600YesNo
16651979METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FILTERING IMAGE IN IMAGE CODING SYSTEMMarch 2020September 2021Allow1800YesNo
16651809IMAGE ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUSMarch 2020February 2023Allow3531YesNo
16651865ENCODING AND DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A DECODING ORDER BETWEEN A LEFT AND A RIGHT LOWER BLOCKSMarch 2020October 2022Allow3131YesNo
16651447COMPLEXITY REDUCTION OF OVERLAPPED BLOCK MOTION COMPENSATIONMarch 2020August 2022Allow3831YesNo
16809387THERMOGRAPHY PROCESS FOR CONVERTING SIGNAL TO TEMPERATURE IN A THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEMMarch 2020September 2020Allow600NoNo
16642514METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED COMPRESSION/DECOMPRESSION USING FRAME RATE UP CONVERSION TOOLSFebruary 2020June 2023Abandon4031YesYes
16802455Classification For Multiple Merge ToolsFebruary 2020July 2021Allow1701YesNo
16802448Mutual Excluding Settings For Multiple ToolsFebruary 2020June 2021Allow1601YesNo
16802352ADAPTIVE SUBBLOCK SIZE FOR AFFINE MOTION COMPENSATIONFebruary 2020August 2023Allow4221NoYes
16642095MASSIVE PICTURE PROCESSING METHOD CONVERTING DECIMAL ELEMENT IN MATRICES INTO BINARY ELEMENTFebruary 2020May 2022Allow2700NoNo
16800467SUBBLOCK CODING BY GENERALIZED INTRA PREDICTION IN VIDEO CODINGFebruary 2020July 2023Allow4121YesYes
16800867METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODINGFebruary 2020May 2021Allow1501YesNo
16799358RESIDUAL CODING FOR TRANSFORM SKIP MODE AND BLOCK DIFFERENTIAL PULSE-CODE MODULATIONFebruary 2020March 2021Allow1301YesNo
16781594APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMEFebruary 2020September 2020Allow800YesNo
16745163Systems and Methods For Efficient Parallelized Video EncodingJanuary 2020May 2021Allow1601YesNo
16744938METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO CODING WITHOUT UPDATING THE HMVP TABLEJanuary 2020February 2021Allow1301YesNo
16743758CHROMA DEBLOCKING FILTER FOR INTRA BLOCK COPY MODE FOR VIDEO CODINGJanuary 2020August 2021Abandon1901NoNo
16631235MOVING IMAGE ENCODING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REDUCING FLICKER IN A MOVING IMAGEJanuary 2020January 2022Allow2421YesYes
16631325Method for encoding/decoding image using block division and size information of a boundary blockJanuary 2020February 2021Allow1301YesNo
16699786PACKETIZED DATA COMMUNICATION OVER MULTIPLE UNRELIABLE CHANNELSDecember 2019May 2022Allow2900YesNo
16684041METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING USING QUANTIZATION PARAMETERNovember 2019June 2021Abandon1920NoNo
16683237WEIGHTED ANGULAR PREDICTION FOR INTRA CODINGNovember 2019May 2020Allow600YesNo
16674632PICTURE DECODING METHOD FOR DECODING CODED PICTURE DATA AND PERFORMING DISTORTION REMOVAL BY COMPARING PIXEL DIFFERENCE VALUES WITH THRESHOLDNovember 2019November 2020Allow1200YesNo
16674510PICTURE DECODING METHOD FOR DECODING CODED PICTURE DATA AND PERFORMING DISTORTION REMOVAL BY COMPARING PIXEL DIFFERENCE VALUES WITH THRESHOLDNovember 2019October 2020Allow1200YesNo
16610474METHOD, SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR INVERSE QUANTIZATIONNovember 2019May 2023Abandon4221YesNo
16663633SCALABLE POSITION TRACKING SYSTEM FOR TRACKING POSITION IN LARGE SPACESOctober 2019September 2020Allow1000NoNo
16596040Intra Prediction For Multi-HypothesisOctober 2019July 2023Abandon4551YesNo
16595016QUANTIZATION ARTIFACT SUPPRESSION AND SIGNAL RECOVERY BY THE TRANSFORM DOMAIN FILTERINGOctober 2019July 2021Allow2121YesNo
16594965ENHANCEMENT OF ERROR RESILIENCE IN LOW-LATENCY LIVE VIDEO STREAMING APPLICATIONS BY USING NON-IMMEDIATE PREVIOUS TEMPORAL REFERENCINGOctober 2019June 2021Allow2040YesNo
16593388HISTORY-BASED MOTION VECTOR PREDICTOROctober 2019October 2020Allow1201YesNo
16500920Variable Frame Rate Encoding Method and Device based on a still area or a motion areaOctober 2019April 2020Allow700NoNo
16500601DRIVER ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND VEHICLEOctober 2019May 2021Abandon2011YesNo
16591258WIDE-ANGLE INTRA PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODINGOctober 2019April 2021Abandon1911YesNo
16591417HISTORY-BASED MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION FOR INTER PREDICTION CODINGOctober 2019July 2021Allow2231YesNo
16494158DEBLOCKING OF VIDEO PICTURE BOUNDARIESSeptember 2019March 2022Allow3001YesNo
16505080APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODING OF CODING TREE UNITJuly 2019April 2021Allow2121YesNo
16448358Chrominance Prediction Method and ApparatusJune 2019May 2023Abandon4721YesYes
16443847METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ENCODING AND DECODING USING PARAMETER SETS, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENTJune 2019April 2020Allow1000NoNo
16442089METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING COMPRESSED IMAGE CHROMA INFORMATIONJune 2019February 2022Allow3221NoYes
16439543PICTURE-LEVEL RATE CONTROL FOR VIDEO ENCODINGJune 2019June 2021Abandon2411NoNo
16434830Devices and Methods For Reducing Computational and Transmission Latencies In Cloud Based Eye Tracking SystemsJune 2019June 2023Abandon4821YesYes
16283728METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTING VIDEO QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF A GOPFebruary 2019July 2020Allow1601NoNo
16242291CAMERA PARAMETER CALCULATION APPARATUS BASED ON THE AVERAGE PIXEL VALUESJanuary 2019May 2020Allow1601NoNo
16203499METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO DECODING OF AN AFFINE MODEL IN AN INTRA BLOCK COPY MODENovember 2018August 2021Allow3261YesNo
16063332IP BASED VIDEO TRANSMISSION DEVICE AND BROADCAST SYSTEMJune 2018July 2021Abandon3740YesNo
15777353TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEPTION APPARATUS, AND RECEPTION METHOD FOR SWITCHING VIDEO DATA TYPESMay 2018July 2020Allow2620YesNo
15773080TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM AND METHOD HAVING A DISPLAY REGION IN A COMPOSITE IMAGE BASED ON A DISPLAY RESOLUTIONMay 2018October 2021Abandon4141YesNo
15936571Method and Apparatus for Non-Square Intra Mode CodingMarch 2018July 2020Allow2820YesNo
15916959STREAMING THE VISIBLE PARTS OF A SPHERICAL VIDEOMarch 2018February 2020Allow2320YesNo
15849629CONSTRAINED POSITION DEPENDENT INTRA PREDICTION COMBINATION (PDPC)December 2017February 2020Allow2601NoNo
15844419MICROSCOPE PARAMETER SETTING METHOD AND OBSERVATION METHOD RECOGNIZING THE SHAPE OF A CELLDecember 2017September 2021Allow4560YesNo
15843962Camera System and Mirror Replacement SystemDecember 2017April 2021Allow4041YesNo
15842061SCALING VIDEO PROCESSING COMPLEXITY BASED ON POWER SAVINGS FACTORDecember 2017October 2021Allow4621NoYes
15790314METHOD AND ASSOCIATED DEVICE FOR FILTERING DIGITAL VIDEO IMAGESOctober 2017February 2022Allow5230YesYes
15687761CAMERA PARAMETER CALCULATION APPARATUS, METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM BASED ON AN ABSOLUTE VALUE OF CORRESPONDING PIXEL VALUESAugust 2017November 2018Allow1501YesNo
15687890METHOD OF REPORTING TRAFFIC VIOLATIONAugust 2017April 2020Abandon3110NoNo
15687595Environment Perception System for Autonomous VehicleAugust 2017May 2023Abandon6030YesYes
15660264METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNIFIED ERROR CONCEALMENT FRAMEWORKJuly 2017November 2020Allow3920YesYes
15482191METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE GEOMETRIC PARTITIONING FOR VIDEO DECODINGApril 2017April 2021Abandon4851NoNo
15502187HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING MICROSCOPY WITH DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN AT LEAST TWO WAVELENGTH RANGESFebruary 2017September 2021Allow5521YesYes
15368693PORTABLE DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFDecember 2016August 2021Abandon5661YesYes
15368557Submersible Speaker System with A Compressible SpacerDecember 2016February 2023Allow6081YesYes
15367963APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM OF VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMEDecember 2016August 2020Abandon4541YesNo
15250331DECODING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A BITSTREAM IS DECODABLEAugust 2016September 2019Abandon3730YesYes
15005564SUB-PREDICTION UNIT BASED ADVANCED TEMPORAL MOTION VECTOR PREDICTIONJanuary 2016February 2022Allow6021YesYes
14818134METHODS INCORPORATING EXTENSIONS TO COPY-ABOVE MODE FOR PALETTE MODE CODINGAugust 2015January 2022Allow6051YesYes
14816980PALETTE MODE ENCODING AND DECODING WITH INFERRED PIXEL SCAN ORDERAugust 2015February 2020Allow5441YesNo
14810013Encode/Decode Strategy for Mitigating Irregular Stream Decoding TimeJuly 2015May 2023Abandon6061YesYes
14807443DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGEJuly 2015April 2020Abandon5741YesYes
14807687METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING VIDEO DATA USING BLOCK PALETTES AND SUB-BLOCK AND PIXEL SCANNING ORDERSJuly 2015July 2018Abandon3640YesYes
14743776BLOCK ADAPTIVE COLOR-SPACE CONVERSION CODINGJune 2015August 2021Abandon6050YesYes
14742258REPRESENTATION FORMAT UPDATE IN MULTI-LAYER CODECSJune 2015August 2020Abandon6071YesNo
14741102System and Method for Position Tracking and Image Information AccessJune 2015November 2021Allow6041YesYes
14662715IMAGE CODING AND DECODING METHOD FOR REMOVAL OF CODING DISTORTION BY COMPARING PIXEL DIFFERENCE VALUES WITH THRESHOLDMarch 2015January 2021Allow6050YesYes
14662737IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS FOR REMOVAL OF CODING DISTORTION BY COMPARING PIXEL DIFFERENCE VALUE WITH THRESHOLDMarch 2015January 2021Allow6050YesYes
14540408DEPLOYABLE AIRBORNE SENSOR ARRAY SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USENovember 2014December 2021Allow6071YesYes
14503158PICTURE-LEVEL RATE CONTROL FOR VIDEO ENCODINGSeptember 2014April 2020Abandon6061YesYes
14089169METHOD OF VIDEO INFORMATION TRANSMISSION, AS WELL AS AN INFORMATION CARRIER, A DEVICE FOR RECEIVING AND A DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING VIDEO INFORMATIONNovember 2013February 2021Abandon6091YesYes
13977426PANORAMA BASED 3D VIDEO CODINGOctober 2013April 2020Abandon6061YesYes
12309454METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING VIEW SCALABILITY IN MULTI-VIEW VIDEO CODINGJanuary 2009June 2015Allow60130NoYes

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LEE, Y YOUNG.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
21
Examiner Affirmed
4
(19.0%)
Examiner Reversed
17
(81.0%)
Reversal Percentile
90.5%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 81.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
31
Allowed After Appeal Filing
17
(54.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(45.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
85.8%
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, 54.8% 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 LEE, Y YOUNG - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LEE, Y YOUNG works in Art Unit 2419 and has examined 100 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 70.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LEE, Y YOUNG's allowance rate of 70.0% places them in the 34% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by LEE, Y YOUNG receive 2.17 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 55% 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 LEE, Y YOUNG is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 67% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -4.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LEE, Y YOUNG. This interview benefit is in the 7% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 14.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 12% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 14.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 16% 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 7% 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 47.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 13% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 5.3% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 44.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 35% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 14% 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 2.9% of allowed cases (in the 75% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

  • 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.

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.