Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19098050 | ELECTRIC SHAVER WITH IMAGING CAPABILITY | April 2025 | June 2025 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 19008747 | DETECTING AND USING LIGHT REPRESENTATIVE OF A SAMPLE | January 2025 | January 2026 | Abandon | 13 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18969393 | IMAGE COMPRESSION DEVICE AND IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD | December 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18949731 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND SYSTEM | November 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18940335 | FIXED RATE INTRAFRAME COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION OF VIDEO BASED ON VISUAL QUALITY | November 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18934814 | IMAGE SENSOR AND OPERATING METHOD OF IMAGE SENSOR | November 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18859081 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A STATE OF A DRIVER MONITORING DEVICE AND DRIVER MONITORING DEVICE | October 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18855102 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A VEHICLE ACCESS POINT | October 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18888216 | IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM | September 2024 | January 2026 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18841261 | METHOD FOR REPRESENTING SURROUNDINGS OF A VEHICLE | August 2024 | November 2025 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18788137 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE FOR CAPTURING PERIPHERAL IMAGES FROM A VEHICLE-MOUNTED IMAGE CAPTURING UNIT | July 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18775271 | CAMERA MONITOR SYSTEM TRAILER BACKUP TRAJECTORY OVERLAY WITH VEHICLE SPEED-BASED CORRECTION | July 2024 | February 2026 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18726825 | OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE AND OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD | July 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18754270 | VEHICULAR DRIVING ASSIST SYSTEM WITH TRAFFIC LIGHT RECOGNITION | June 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18750267 | CROSS COMPONENT PREDICTION | June 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18743310 | OBJECT TRACKING FOR VEHICLE | June 2024 | December 2025 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18741625 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DECODER-SIDE INTRA MODE DERIVATION | June 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18669045 | IMAGE SENSORS WITH DYNAMIC PIXEL DEFECT DETECTION AND CORRECTION | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18662064 | DETECTING AND USING LIGHT REPRESENTATIVE OF A SAMPLE | May 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18709083 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICE | May 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18645723 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM | April 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18632467 | ADAPTIVE WAVELET TRANSFORM | April 2024 | March 2026 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18393622 | PIPELINE ENDOSCOPE PROBE AND PIPELINE ENDOSCOPE ASSEMBLY | December 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18544493 | VEHICULAR DRIVER MONITORING SYSTEM | December 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18531926 | IMAGING SYSTEM, MOVABLE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18530393 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF VEHICLE AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME | December 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18518094 | INDICATION OF END OF SEQUENCE IN CODED VIDEO | November 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18513114 | SIGNALING OF DECODED PICTURE BUFFER PARAMETERS IN LAYERED VIDEO | November 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18510884 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE FRAME FREEZE DETECTION | November 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18507518 | VEHICULAR TRAILERING ASSIST SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATIC TRAILER RECOGNITION | November 2023 | May 2025 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18504698 | VEHICLE SURROUNDING MONITORING APPARATUS, VEHICLE SURROUNDING MONITORING METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING VEHICLE SURROUNDING MONITORING PROGRAM | November 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18488815 | ELECTRICAL RECEPTACLE WITH BUILT-IN CAMERA | October 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 16 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18487350 | Unified Neural Network Filter Model | October 2023 | February 2026 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18376352 | IBC CHROMA BLOCK VECTOR SEARCH RANGE VALIDATION | October 2023 | October 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 18472808 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING SYSTEM, VEHICLE PERIPHERY MONITORING METHOD AND A NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18473077 | FACE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AUTHENTICATION METHOD OF FACE AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | September 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18367732 | SURROUNDING IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS THAT DISPLAYS SURROUNDING IMAGE WHEN DRIVER INTENDS TO MAKE A LANE DEPARTURE AND METHOD | September 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18235812 | VIEW SUPPORT SYSTEM AT A VEHICLE FOR SUPPORTING A VEHICLE OCCUPANT TO SEE THE SURROUNDINGS OF THE VEHICLE | August 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18329676 | METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR OBTAINING COLOR IMAGE BASED ON FUSING NARROW BAND IMAGES | June 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18165206 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR HIERARCHICALLY ENCODING AND DECODING A BYTESTREAM | February 2023 | July 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18092352 | ELECTRIC SHAVER WITH IMAGING CAPABILITY | January 2023 | February 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18092354 | Line-powered non-visible spectrum camera | January 2023 | January 2026 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18075748 | IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING SAME | December 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18060468 | VEHICLE PROXIMITY SENSOR FOR POSITIONING A VEHICLE AT A DOCK | November 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18052633 | METHOD FOR REFERENCE PICTURE PROCESSING IN VIDEO CODING | November 2022 | December 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17971893 | CAMERA SYSTEM USING STABILIZING GIMBAL | October 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17954233 | Retina Imaging Apparatus | September 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17892246 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALING VIDEO STREAMS | August 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17857558 | REDUCED COMPLEXITY TRANSFORMS FOR HIGH BITDEPTH VIDEO CODING | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17850608 | SUBPICTURE PARTITIONING AND SCALING WINDOW INFORMATION | June 2022 | September 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17836309 | APPARATUS, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR VIDEO CODING | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17773909 | Method and Apparatus of Signaling Adaptive Motion Vector Difference Resolution in Video Coding | May 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 40 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17706912 | Surgery 3D Visualization Apparatus | March 2022 | July 2022 | Allow | 3 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17677935 | METHODS AND APPARATUS ON PREDICTION REFINEMENT WITH OPTICAL FLOW | February 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 36 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17622486 | Method and device for processing multi-view video data | December 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17518762 | METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH ESTIMATION OF DISTANCE BETWEEN PEDESTRIAN AND CAMERA | November 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17204706 | IMAGE SCALING | March 2021 | June 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17194300 | TIME-MULTIPLEXED BACKLIGHT AND MULTIVIEW DISPLAY USING SAME | March 2021 | September 2022 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17249557 | TURN DIRECTION GUIDANCE OF AN ENDOSCOPIC DEVICE | March 2021 | July 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17192881 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE, GIMBLE CAMERA, AND UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE | March 2021 | June 2022 | Abandon | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17188977 | FLEXIBLE QUANTIZATION | March 2021 | February 2022 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17185665 | MAP SYSTEM, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR AUTONOMOUSLY NAVIGATING VEHICLE | February 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17174815 | DISPLAY SYSTEM | February 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17268157 | REARVIEW DEVICE AND MOTOR VEHICLE WITH REARVIEW DEVICE | February 2021 | June 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17266299 | Camera Monitoring System | February 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 14 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17248736 | VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM WITH CENTER STACK DISPLAY AND MIRROR DISPLAY FOR SURROUND VIEW AND CMS CAMERAS | February 2021 | December 2021 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17161852 | RECEIVING METHOD, RECEIVING DEVICE, AND TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION SYSTEM | January 2021 | January 2022 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17141849 | ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHOD | January 2021 | December 2021 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17140826 | Camera System Using Stabilizing Gimbal | January 2021 | June 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17137255 | MAKING OBJECT-LEVEL PREDICTIONS OF THE FUTURE STATE OF A PHYSICAL SYSTEM | December 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17121973 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CAMERA PARAMETER FOR A CAMERA OF A PICKUP VEHICLE BY A REGRESSION-ANALYSIS ALGORITHM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, ELECTRONIC COMPUTING DEVICE AS WELL AS CAMERA SYSTEM | December 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17118713 | VEHICLE SURROUNDING AREA MONITORING DEVICE, VEHICLE SURROUNDING AREA MONITORING METHOD, VEHICLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR THE VEHICLE SURROUNDING AREA MONITORING DEVICE | December 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17114371 | CONTROL DEVICE | December 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17097433 | FLOW METER AND RELATED METHOD | November 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17092866 | VIDEO IMAGE OUTPUT APPARATUS, VIDEO IMAGE OUTPUT METHOD, AND MEDIUM | November 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17084737 | ROTATABLE OUTSIDE MIRROR WITH IMAGER ASSEMBLY | October 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17080366 | DISPLAY SYSTEM | October 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17074496 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING DEVICE AND METHODS | October 2020 | March 2022 | Abandon | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17073247 | IRIS LIVENESS DETECTION FOR MOBILE DEVICES | October 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17028678 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING AND DECODING IMAGE | September 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17023908 | VEHICLE INSPECTION DEVICE AND VEHICLE INSPECTION SYSTEM | September 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17012658 | PICTURE PREDICTION METHOD AND PICTURE PREDICTION APPARATUS | September 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17004669 | NAVIGATION OF TUBULAR NETWORKS | August 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16992130 | VEHICLE INTERIOR DETECTION DEVICE, VEHICLE INTERIOR DETECTION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2020 | December 2021 | Abandon | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16969915 | VEHICLE SIGHTING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF SETTING ANGLE OF VIEW OF IMAGING SECTION OF VEHICLE SIGHTING DEVICE | August 2020 | July 2021 | Abandon | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16992691 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | August 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16966624 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MONITORING A VEHICLE CAMERA SYSTEM | July 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16941363 | WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE USING MONOCHROMATIC SENSOR | July 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16964643 | MULTIVIEWING VIRTUAL REALITY USER INTERFACE | July 2020 | March 2022 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16963637 | Method and Device for Operating a Video Monitoring System for a Motor Vehicle | July 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 22 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 16931522 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IDENTIFYING LIGHT SOURCE AND APPLICATION THEREOF | July 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16929462 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY DISPLAY DEVICE | July 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16929454 | VEHICLE PERIPHERY DISPLAY DEVICE | July 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16960661 | REAR VIEW MIRROR ARRANGEMENT | July 2020 | March 2021 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16908937 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NON-UNIFORM VIDEO CODING | June 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 7 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16635118 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A MONITOR OF A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND MOTOR VEHICLE | June 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16901017 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | June 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 19 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16901809 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN EYE TRACKING SYSTEM | June 2020 | January 2021 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16896366 | MACHINE LEARNING-BASED DEVICE PLACEMENT AND CONFIGURATION SERVICE | June 2020 | November 2020 | Allow | 5 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16893602 | ANTI-GLARE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, REAR-VIEW MIRROR, AND ANTI-GLARE METHOD | June 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PONTIUS, JAMES M.
With a 30.0% 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.
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, 22.2% 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.
⚠ 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 PONTIUS, JAMES M works in Art Unit 2488 and has examined 573 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.
Examiner PONTIUS, JAMES M's allowance rate of 89.0% places them in the 70% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by PONTIUS, JAMES M receive 1.31 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 18% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by PONTIUS, JAMES M is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 82% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PONTIUS, JAMES M. This interview benefit is in the 30% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 32.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 68% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 35.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 28.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 17% 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 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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 37.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 26% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.7% of allowed cases (in the 63% 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 0.8% of allowed cases (in the 59% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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