USPTO Examiner ANDERSON II JAMES M - Art Unit 2425

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18677600Mixed NAL Unit Picture Constraints In Video CodingMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18671389Signaling of Picture Header in Video CodingMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18668605CAMERA ARRAY SYSTEMS AND DEVICES, INCLUDING FLOATING PLATE CONFIGURATIONS AND SPLIT PLATE CONFIGURATIONSMay 2024February 2025Allow910NoNo
18659605REDUCED COMPLEXITY COEFFICIENT TRANSMISSION FOR ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING (ALF)May 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18653908Pavement Element Annotation Method for Point Cloud Data with Fusion of Height, Device for Constructing and Pre-Annotation Point Cloud Data with Fusion of Height, Electronic Device and Computer-Readable Storage MediumMay 2024November 2024Allow710NoNo
18642239CAMERA-ENABLED LOADER SYSTEM AND METHODApril 2024May 2025Allow1310YesNo
18630933INTRA PREDICTION-BASED VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICEApril 2024May 2025Allow1310NoNo
18621308Self-Supervised Privacy Preservation Action Recognition SystemMarch 2024August 2024Allow511NoNo
18444995SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVE ONSCREEN DISPLAY FOR MORE EFFICIENT SECONDARY ANALYSIS IN VIDEO FRAME PROCESSINGFebruary 2024June 2024Allow410YesNo
18439822PANORAMIC IMAGE CAPTURE FOR MULTISPECTRAL SENSORFebruary 2024May 2025Allow1510YesNo
18433804SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR BOUNDING BOX MERGING FOR MORE EFFICIENT SECONDARY ANALYSIS IN VIDEO FRAME PROCESSINGFebruary 2024July 2024Allow500YesNo
18413565METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA-PREDICTION CODING OF VIDEO DATAJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18413641METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA-PREDICTION CODING OF VIDEO DATAJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18413952METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA-PREDICTION CODING OF VIDEO DATAJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18413864METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA-PREDICTION CODING OF VIDEO DATAJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18413475METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA-PREDICTION CODING OF VIDEO DATAJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18517450AUTO PANNING CAMERA MIRROR SYSTEM INCLUDING IMAGE BASED TRAILER ANGLE DETECTIONNovember 2023April 2025Allow1620NoNo
18562487DETECTION SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ENTRANCE OF AIRCRAFTNovember 2023May 2025Allow1810NoNo
18389573METHOD OF PERFORMING RARE EVENT DETECTION IN VIDEONovember 2023May 2024Allow610YesNo
18507939Method and System for Mapping Objects on Unknown SpecimensNovember 2023July 2024Allow910YesNo
18502069MONITORING METHOD FOR WHEAT KERNEL MOISTURE CONTENT IN-FIELD BASED ON PLANETSCOPE SATELLITE IMAGERYNovember 2023May 2024Allow710NoNo
18558681MULTI MODAL VIDEO CAPTIONING BASED IMAGE SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2023April 2025Abandon1720NoNo
18472907BATTERY-POWERED IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICESSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1530YesNo
18368856TRACKING SYSTEM USING A DIFFERENTIAL CAMERA WITH A CO-ALIGNED LIGHT SOURCE ASSEMBLYSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1910NoNo
18368336INTER-PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN IMAGE CODING SYSTEMSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18241316CONTEXT AND BYPASS ENCODING VIDEOSeptember 2023June 2024Allow910NoNo
18224004MACHINE-VISION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE QUALITY INSPECTION OF A PRODUCTJuly 2023March 2025Allow2020NoNo
18341250REVERSIBLE DIGITAL MIRRORJune 2023February 2024Allow810NoNo
18207876CAMERA ARRAY SYSTEMS AND DEVICES, INCLUDING FLOATING PLATE CONFIGURATIONS AND SPLIT PLATE CONFIGURATIONSJune 2023February 2024Allow810NoNo
18144139SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION TRIANGULATION BASED ON TIME BASED PANORAMIC FRAMESMay 2023December 2023Allow710NoNo
18135112ENHANCED MOTION ESTIMATION FOR INTER CODINGApril 2023March 2025Allow2310NoNo
18175282OVERLAPPED BLOCK MOTION COMPENSATION (OBMC) BLENDING SELECTION IN VIDEO CODINGFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2310NoNo
18100639CONSTRAINTS ON LOCATIONS OF REFERENCE BLOCKS FOR INTRA BLOCK COPY PREDICTIONJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1520NoNo
18098327REVERSIBLE DIGITAL MIRRORJanuary 2023June 2023Allow410YesNo
18092369SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING AN EYE TRACKING SYSTEMJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2110NoNo
18091542IMAGE ENCODING METHOD USING A SKIP MODE, AND A DEVICE USING THE METHODDecember 2022October 2023Allow1010NoNo
18091540IMAGE ENCODING METHOD USING A SKIP MODE, AND A DEVICE USING THE METHODDecember 2022October 2023Allow1010NoNo
18149051Camera ArrayDecember 2022April 2024Allow1520NoNo
17926558METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO GENERATE PACKED VIDEO FRAMES FOR A VOLUMETRIC VIDEO BITSTREAM AND AN IMMERSIVE VIDEO BITSTREAMNovember 2022March 2025Allow2820YesNo
17989939REDUCED COMPLEXITY COEFFICIENT TRANSMISSION FOR ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING (ALF) IN VIDEO CODINGNovember 2022January 2024Allow1410NoNo
17926097VIEWPOINT DETECTOR AND DISPLAY DEVICENovember 2022September 2024Abandon2210NoNo
18054129DOORBELL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSNovember 2022July 2024Abandon2020NoNo
18052461METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TARGETED ANALYSIS OF VIDEO IMAGES AND DETECTION OF PERSISTENT CHANGES IN A CAMERA VIEWNovember 2022December 2023Allow1320NoNo
17917254METHOD AND ILLUMINATION APPARATUS OF THE ADAPTIVE OPTICS IN REFLECTION MICROSCOPYOctober 2022October 2024Allow2410NoNo
17936003CONTEXT AND BYPASS ENCODING VIDEOSeptember 2022April 2023Allow710NoNo
17930008SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF IMAGING WITH MULTI-DOMAIN IMAGE SENSORSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2830YesNo
17897772SIGNALING OF FLAG INDICATING ZERO MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCE FOR A CONTROL POINTAugust 2022January 2024Allow1610NoNo
17894684IMAGE ENCODING METHOD USING A SKIP MODE, AND A DEVICE USING THE METHODAugust 2022October 2023Allow1310NoNo
17819536EYEBALL TRACKING METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON ON-OFF OF LIGHT SOURCESAugust 2022September 2023Allow1320YesNo
17885573Proximity sensing using structured lightAugust 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17885258METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODULATING DEPTH OF HOLOGRAM AND HOLOGRAPHIC DISPLAY USING THE SAMEAugust 2022July 2024Allow2310NoNo
17787640AIR-CORE INDUCTOR WITH TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMJune 2022August 2024Allow2610NoNo
17843531INTER-PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS IN IMAGE CODING SYSTEMJune 2022June 2023Allow1210NoNo
17840772OBJECT TRACKING APPARATUS, OBJECT TRACKING METHOD, AND PROGRAMJune 2022June 2025Allow3650NoNo
17836451TIME-OF-FLIGHT IMAGE SENSOR WITH QUANTUM DOT PHOTODETECTORSJune 2022June 2025Allow3620NoNo
17835903Camera ArrayJune 2022November 2022Allow610NoNo
17663599Method and System for Mapping Objects on Unknown SpecimensMay 2022July 2023Allow1420YesNo
17732481VIDEO IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUSApril 2022April 2025Allow3520NoNo
17729095TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, TRANSMITTING METHOD, RECEIVING APPARATUS, AND RECEIVING METHODApril 2022August 2023Allow1610NoNo
17729951IMPROVED ARCHITECTURE FOR COUPLING DIGITAL PIXEL SENSORS AND COMPUTING COMPONENTSApril 2022March 2024Abandon2320YesNo
17727669SMART PARKING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND SMART PARKING MANAGEMENT METHODApril 2022December 2023Abandon2010NoNo
17767705IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAMApril 2022April 2025Allow3620YesNo
17713638EVALUATION APPARATUS, EVALUATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022June 2024Abandon2620YesNo
17711842METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING A PLURALITY OF MOTION SENSORS TO CONTROL A PAN-TILT-ZOOM CAMERAApril 2022July 2024Allow2820NoNo
17710568RETAIL COMPUTER VISION SYSTEM FOR SENSORY IMPAIREDMarch 2022March 2025Allow3520YesNo
17765372THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY DEVICE, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND MOVABLE OBJECTMarch 2022May 2024Allow2510NoNo
17707393CAMERA-ENABLED LOADER SYSTEM AND METHODMarch 2022January 2024Allow2220YesNo
17702418Signaling of Picture Header in Video CodingMarch 2022February 2024Allow2320NoNo
17702026HARMONIZING TRIANGULAR MERGE MODE WITH WEIGHTED PREDICTIONMarch 2022July 2024Allow2820YesNo
17700953SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TRAFFIC IN ENVIRONMENTMarch 2022August 2024Abandon2920NoNo
17760916ADAPTIVE READOUT FROM AN OPTICAL BIOMETRIC SENSOR TO A HOST DEVICEMarch 2022September 2022Allow600NoNo
17671410SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A VEHICLE CAMERAFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1610NoNo
17632957SECONDARY TRANSFORM FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND DECODINGFebruary 2022January 2025Allow3530NoNo
17633030METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTRA-PREDICTION CODING OF VIDEO DATAFebruary 2022October 2023Allow2000NoNo
17648176DYNAMIC MATRIX FILTER FOR VEHICLE IMAGE SENSORJanuary 2022January 2024Allow2430YesNo
17570533INDEPENDENTLY CODING FRAME AREASJanuary 2022January 2023Allow1200NoNo
17571122SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING ACTIVITY IN A GYM ENVIRONMENTJanuary 2022September 2024Allow3230NoNo
17570619CONSTRUCTING IMAGES OF USERS' FACES BY STITCHING NON-OVERLAPPING IMAGESJanuary 2022May 2023Allow1610NoNo
17568517Mixed NAL Unit Picture Constraints In Video CodingJanuary 2022February 2024Allow2610NoNo
17621476METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR KERNEL TENSOR AND TREE PARTITION BASED NEURAL NETWORK COMPRESSION FRAMEWORKDecember 2021June 2025Allow4220NoNo
17557930ADAPTIVE FILTER STRENGTH SIGNALLING FOR GEOMETRIC PARTITION MODEDecember 2021February 2024Allow2610NoNo
17557704PERSON-OF-INTEREST (POI) DETECTIONDecember 2021June 2024Allow3020NoNo
17556308METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEATBELT DETECTION USING DETERMINATION OF SHADOWSDecember 2021March 2024Allow2730NoNo
17620563METHOD, DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE USING REFERENCE PICTUREDecember 2021July 2024Allow3120NoNo
17553264METHODS FOR VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION BY IMAGE ANALYSISDecember 2021April 2023Allow1630NoNo
17550100SECURITY SYSTEMDecember 2021July 2024Abandon3140NoNo
17618471ANIMAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ANIMAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHODDecember 2021February 2024Abandon2610NoNo
17542768WASTE AUDITING SYSTEM USING SERVICE VEHICLESDecember 2021February 2025Allow3911NoNo
17541102SUB-BLOCK TEMPORAL MOTION VECTOR PREDICTION FOR VIDEO CODINGDecember 2021May 2024Allow3010NoNo
17541038SUB-BLOCK BASED INTRA BLOCK COPYDecember 2021June 2025Allow4340NoNo
17539199Vehicle Signature Capture Apparatus and System For Entry, Occupancy, Exit, and SecurityDecember 2021December 2024Allow3611NoNo
17538180METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING SYMMETRICAL MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCE MODENovember 2021August 2024Allow3220YesNo
17612760INTER PREDICTION INFORMATION ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICENovember 2021May 2025Allow4240YesNo
17524751METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUAL ANALYSIS AND ASSESSMENT OF CUSTOMER INTERACTION AT A SCENENovember 2021April 2023Allow1780NoNo
17504648CAMERA MIRROR SYSTEM DISPLAY FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES INCLUDING SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING ROAD MARKINGSOctober 2021April 2024Allow2920NoNo
17494583OVERLAY VIDEO DISPLAY FOR VEHICLEOctober 2021March 2023Abandon1810NoNo
17492057REGISTRATION METHOD AND SETUPOctober 2021April 2022Allow720NoNo
17486083Detecting the Presence of Pests Using Networked SystemsSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3340YesNo
17484851SPOOF DETECTION BY CORRELATING IMAGES CAPTURED USING FRONT AND BACK CAMERAS OF A MOBILE DEVICESeptember 2021January 2023Allow1610NoNo
17483243APPARATUS, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VIDEO CODING AND DECODINGSeptember 2021January 2023Allow1610NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ANDERSON II, JAMES M.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
2
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
5.4%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
5
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(40.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(60.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
63.2%
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, 40.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

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

Examiner ANDERSON II, JAMES M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ANDERSON II, JAMES M works in Art Unit 2425 and has examined 325 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ANDERSON II, JAMES M's allowance rate of 85.5% places them in the 57% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ANDERSON II, JAMES M receive 1.90 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 60% 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 ANDERSON II, JAMES M is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 65% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +2.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ANDERSON II, JAMES M. This interview benefit is in the 21% 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, 28.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 53.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 75% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 200.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 94% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). 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, 23.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 14% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 12% 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 15% 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.

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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