USPTO Examiner PIERORAZIO MICHAEL - Art Unit 2426

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19141073SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS DIGITAL IMAGE CALIBRATIONJune 2025January 2026Allow700NoNo
19073992PROCESSING MULTIPLEX IMAGES AND ANALYSIS OF IMMUNE ENRICHED SPATIAL PROTEOMIC DATAMarch 2025March 2026Allow1200NoNo
19041587CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND PROJECTORJanuary 2025February 2026Allow1200NoNo
18980056PLATFORM, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING, DISTRIBUTING, AND INTERACTING WITH LAYERED MEDIADecember 2024January 2026Allow1300YesNo
18980042PLATFORM, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING, DISTRIBUTING, AND INTERACTING WITH LAYERED MEDIADecember 2024January 2026Allow1300YesNo
18978919CONTENT OUTPUT DEVICE AND CONTENT OUTPUT METHODDecember 2024October 2025Allow1000NoNo
18973924OPTIMAL PLAY ROUTE PREDICTION DURING SPORTS BROADCASTSDecember 2024October 2025Allow1000NoNo
18972394CONTENT ITEM PLACEMENT OPTIMIZATION SYSTEMDecember 2024October 2025Allow1100NoNo
18967081ADAPTIVE CONTENT COMPOSITE INTERACTION AND CONTROL INTERFACEDecember 2024March 2026Allow1510YesNo
18959242METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPTIMIZING STATION REFERENCE FINGERPRINT LOADING USING REFERENCE WATERMARKSNovember 2024February 2026Allow1510NoNo
18957703METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CORRELATE CENSUS MEASUREMENT DATA WITH PANEL DATANovember 2024January 2026Allow1410NoNo
18957514MULTI-MODE CONVERSION OF MULTIPLE VIDEO STREAMSNovember 2024March 2026Allow1510NoNo
18949184ADAPTIVE SUBTITLE COLOR MANAGEMENT ENGINENovember 2024October 2025Allow1100NoNo
18944571SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING CONTENT SHARING PLATFORM RECOMMENDATIONS USING MACHINE LEARNINGNovember 2024October 2025Allow1100NoNo
18932958SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROJECTION MAPPING ONTO MULTIPLE RIGID BODIESOctober 2024January 2026Allow1510NoNo
18930391COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2024October 2025Allow1200NoNo
18914417APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING CONTENT BASED ON USER UTTERANCEOctober 2024January 2026Allow1610NoNo
18891626METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SYNCHRONIZATION BETWEEN VIDEO FRAME AND AUDIO FRAMESeptember 2024March 2026Allow1810NoNo
18889298ELECTRONIC SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1810NoNo
18847616SYNCHRONIZATION METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PLAYING INFORMATION, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2024December 2025Allow1510NoNo
18884991METHOD FOR CLIENT-SIDE, ON-EDGE JUST-IN-TIME TRANSCODING OF VIDEO CONTENTSeptember 2024September 2025Allow1200NoNo
18826994SATELLITE RETURN LINK COMMUNICATIONS USING 1+N-ARY SIGNAL CONSTELLATIONSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1100NoNo
18843233CONTENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD AND APPARATUSAugust 2024November 2025Allow1400NoNo
18808064ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TESTING IMAGE STABILIZATION FUNCTION THEREOFAugust 2024July 2025Allow1100NoNo
18807230METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AND PROVIDING PROGRAM GUIDES AND CONTENTAugust 2024December 2025Allow1610NoNo
18806372Use of Steganographically-Encoded Time Information as Basis to Establish a Time Offset, to Facilitate Taking Content-Related ActionAugust 2024November 2025Allow1510NoNo
18804186ESTIMATION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING ESTIMATION PROGRAM, AND COMMUNICATION PROCESSING DEVICEAugust 2024September 2025Allow1400NoNo
18788594SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LATENCY OPTIMIZATION FOR CLOUD APPLICATIONSJuly 2024August 2025Allow1300NoNo
18781020SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AVOIDING SPOILERS IN PRESENTING RECORDING PROMPTS RELATING TO A COMPETITIONJuly 2024November 2025Allow1610NoNo
18780189INTELLIGENT AND ADJUSTABLE CONFIGURATION AND PRESENTATION OF MEDIA CONTENTJuly 2024July 2025Allow1200NoNo
18780278TECHNIQUES FOR TRAFFIC SURGE PROTECTION OF LIVE ORIGIN SERVERJuly 2024February 2026Allow1910NoNo
18768364METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTIVE PLAYBACK AND ATTENUATION OF AUDIO BASED ON USER PREFERENCEJuly 2024October 2025Allow1510NoNo
18756757TRANSITIONING OF CONTENTJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18754798USER PREMISES FIBER INTERCONNECT AS-A-SERVICEJune 2024September 2025Allow1500NoNo
18753440FRAGMENT SERVER DIRECTED DEVICE FRAGMENT CACHINGJune 2024October 2025Allow1610NoNo
18748942METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC ROUTING OF CONTENT USING A STATIC PLAYLIST MANIFESTJune 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18721928RENDERING MEDIA STREAMSJune 2024July 2025Allow1300NoNo
18742516SECURE REMOTE-LESS CONFIGURATION OF A MEDIA PLAYBACK DEVICEJune 2024July 2025Allow1320YesNo
18718911DELIVERY PLATFORM FOR CINEMA CONTENTJune 2024August 2025Allow1400NoNo
18737547IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJune 2024December 2025Allow1810NoNo
18732031Headend Controller and Method of UseJune 2024July 2025Allow1400NoNo
18673868SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING AND FACILITATING THE DELIVERY OF AUDIO-VISUAL CONTENT TO A GROUP OF PEOPLEMay 2024June 2025Allow1200NoNo
18667654AI-BASED VIDEO SUMMARY GENERATION FOR CONTENT CONSUMPTIONMay 2024July 2025Allow1400NoNo
18666826TEMPERATURE CONTROL MODULE AND TEMPERATURE CONTROL METHODMay 2024December 2025Allow1910NoNo
18664974CAMERA UNIT CALIBRATING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATING METHODMay 2024June 2025Allow1300NoNo
18664810CAMERA UNIT CALIBRATING APPARATUS AND CALIBRATING METHODMay 2024October 2025Allow1710NoNo
18710212IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2024October 2025Allow1710NoNo
18662666DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DEVICE ON BASIS OF IR SIGNAL RECEIVED USING IR LEDMay 2024November 2025Allow1820YesNo
18652393AUDIO VIDEO RECEIVER (AVR) ARCHITECTUREMay 2024December 2024Allow720NoNo
18652539SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING NOTIFICATIONS OF ANTICIPATED DYNAMIC EVENTS ON A MEDIA PROGRESS INDICATORMay 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18648803SYSTEM FOR CENSORING DIGITAL MEDIAApril 2024November 2025Allow1810NoNo
18640063METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CONTENT MANAGEMENTApril 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18631624Automated Motion Feature-Based Video SynchronizationApril 2024January 2026Allow2110NoNo
18629639APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRE-TUNING A SECOND TUNER IN ANTICIPATION OF A CHANNEL SURFING ACTIVITYApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18699572DISPLAY DEVICEApril 2024December 2025Allow2010NoNo
18628425IMAGE SENSORApril 2024June 2025Allow1400NoNo
18626027ADVANCED TRICK-PLAY MODES FOR STREAMING VIDEOApril 2024February 2025Allow1110YesNo
18625232MACHINE LEARNING-BASED METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A CAMERA WITH RESPECT TO A SCENEApril 2024May 2025Allow1300NoNo
18606046LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE AND PROJECTORMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18600254METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CORRELATE CENSUS MEASUREMENT DATA WITH PANEL DATAMarch 2024June 2024Allow310NoNo
18597381SYSTEM FOR CHANNEL MAP DELIVERY FOR HI SPLIT CABLE NETWORKSMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18593495METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING CONTENT CONSUMPTIONMarch 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18584979ADAPTIVE VIDEO SLEW RATE FOR VIDEO DELIVERYFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18683284PROJECTION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEFebruary 2024January 2026Abandon2310NoNo
18436501VIDEO PROCESSING ADJUSTMENT BASED ON USER LOOKING/NOT LOOKINGFebruary 2024July 2025Allow1710NoNo
18681698INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND PATTERN CODEFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1810NoNo
18292991SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY MEASURING DEVICE AND SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY MEASURING METHODJanuary 2024September 2025Allow1910NoNo
18425416METHOD OF INSPECTING IMAGE QUALITY, IMAGE QUALITY INSPECTION SYSTEM PERFORMING THE SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE TO WHICH THE SAME IS APPLIEDJanuary 2024May 2025Allow1600NoNo
18417802SEAMLESS VIDEO SWITCHING METHOD AND SYSTEM IN VIDEO MATRIXJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1500NoNo
18416691TIME SIMULATION MANAGEMENT OF REAL WORLD SENSOR FRAME DATAJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2100NoNo
18412931EXTRINSIC CALIBRATION BETWEEN DISPLAY AND EYE-TRACKING CAMERA IN HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICESJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1500NoNo
18409136IN-STREAM CONTROLS FOR NATIONAL VIDEO DISTRIBUTIONJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18406038PARTIAL VIDEO ASYNC SUPPORT USING R-MACPHY DEVICEJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18542909Management of standby of a multimedia stream reader terminalDecember 2023February 2026Allow2620NoNo
18539923HOLOGRAM PROJECTION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAMEDecember 2023December 2025Allow2400NoNo
18538981DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHODDecember 2023April 2025Allow1600NoNo
18569288OPTICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, MACHINE LEARNING METHOD, TRAINED MODEL, MACHINE LEARNING PRE-PROCESSING METHOD, OPTICAL IMAGE PROCESSING MODULE, OPTICAL IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND OPTICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMDecember 2023November 2025Allow2310NoNo
18532396MACHINE LEARNING DRIVEN TELEPROMPTERDecember 2023August 2024Allow810NoNo
18531560ADAPTIVE BITRATE STREAMING USING VIDEO QUALITY INFORMATIONDecember 2023September 2025Allow2110YesNo
18530888TERMINAL, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM INCLUDING PROGRAM INSTRUCTIONSDecember 2023February 2026Abandon2610NoNo
18526569IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND NOISE REMOVAL METHODDecember 2023July 2025Allow1910NoNo
18525669ONBOARD SCREEN CASTING SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2023October 2025Allow2310NoNo
18520203VIDEO GENERATION SYSTEM TO RENDER FRAMES ON DEMAND USING A FLEET OF GPUSNovember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18514476Use of Steganographically-Encoded Time Information as Basis to Control Implementation of Dynamic Content ModificationNovember 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18511770METHOD, SYSTEM, AND APPARATUS FOR PROGRAMMATICALLY GENERATING A CHANNEL INCREMENTALITY RATIONovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18507014VIDEO QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEMNovember 2023January 2025Allow1500NoNo
18560063Managing Content Quality and Related Characteristics of a Media Playback SystemNovember 2023December 2024Allow1300YesNo
18559188METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR REALIZING SHUTTER SYNCHRONIZATION OF CAMERANovember 2023July 2025Allow2110NoNo
18502767LATENCY COMPENSATION FOR EXTERNAL NETWORKSNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18503018METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES TO RESPOND TO VOICE REQUESTS TO PLAY DESIRED VIDEO CLIPS IN STREAMED MEDIA BASED ON MATCHED CLOSE CAPTION AND SUB-TITLE TEXTNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18502024Touch Controlled, Low-Latency, Laser Pet ToyNovember 2023July 2025Allow2010NoNo
18501284COMPUTER PROJECTOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOM LABELLING OF APPARELNovember 2023March 2026Allow2810NoNo
18499814ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY METHOD, ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY PROGRAMNovember 2023March 2025Allow1620YesNo
18498171METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CORRELATE CENSUS MEASUREMENT DATA WITH PANEL DATAOctober 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18383305PROJECTION IMAGE ADJUSTMENT METHOD, PROJECTION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMOctober 2023November 2025Allow2500NoNo
18492292PLATFORM, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING, DISTRIBUTING, AND INTERACTING WITH LAYERED MEDIAOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110YesNo
18492297PLATFORM, SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING, DISTRIBUTING, AND INTERACTING WITH LAYERED MEDIAOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110YesNo
18382132SUB-PICTURE BASED RASTER SCANNING CODING ORDEROctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18381825NOISE REMOVAL FOR SURVEILLANCE CAMERA IMAGE BY MEANS OF AI-BASED OBJECT RECOGNITIONOctober 2023February 2025Allow1600NoNo
18487410VIDEO RIGHTS MANAGEMENT FOR AN IN-CABIN MONITORING SYSTEMOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
8
Examiner Affirmed
6
(75.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(25.0%)
Reversal Percentile
39.1%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 25.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
17
Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(29.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
12
(70.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
44.1%
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, 29.4% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL works in Art Unit 2426 and has examined 558 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 20 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL's allowance rate of 85.5% places them in the 62% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL receive 1.61 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 31% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL is 20 months. This places the examiner in the 92% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +11.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PIERORAZIO, MICHAEL. This interview benefit is in the 47% 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, 34.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 77% 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 22.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 29% 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 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 60.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 35% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 8.3% 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, 61.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 65% 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 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 57% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 17% 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.

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.