USPTO Examiner CHEN FRANK S - Art Unit 2611

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18957460METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY COLLECTING MULTIPLE INFORMATION OF TUNNEL DURING CONSTRUCTION PERIODNovember 2024April 2025Allow500NoNo
18821534METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING DIGITAL TWIN CONTENT CORRESPONDING TO SPACE IN WHICH MOVEMENT OF OBJECT WITHIN SPACE IS ABLE TO BE TRACKED AND STATE OF OBJECT IS ABLE TO BE DETERMINEDAugust 2024February 2025Allow500NoNo
18662056SURFACE-TO-SURFACE INTERSECTIONS IN COMPUTER-AIDED GRAPHICS AND MODELINGMay 2024October 2024Allow510NoNo
18625576PROJECTION APPARATUSApril 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18618673METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING TRAINED GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS TO IMPUTE 3D DATA FOR CONSTRUCTION AND URBAN PLANNINGMarch 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18601816NON-UNIFORM STEREO RENDERINGMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18441486HYBRID DIFFERENTIABLE RENDERING FOR LIGHT TRANSPORT SIMULATION SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONSFebruary 2024October 2024Allow900NoNo
18406741SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR IMPROVED CREATION OF EXTENDED REALITY WORLDS, EXPERIENCES, SIMULATIONS AND LEARNING ACTIVITIESJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18400289GENERATING GROUND TRUTH DATASETS FOR VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCESDecember 2023September 2024Allow800NoNo
18543803METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RENDERING A 3D SCENE, METHOD FOR GENERATING PATCHES, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMSDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18537217Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process Control, Support and AnalysisDecember 2023May 2025Allow1710NoNo
18526769METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE MODE INTERFACEDecember 2023February 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18518871INPUT DEVICE MODEL PROJECTING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMNovember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18501280POINT CLOUD SEGMENTATION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18557268DISTRIBUTION CONTROL SYSTEM, DISTRIBUTION CONTROL APPARATUS, DISTRIBUTION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2023June 2025Allow1900NoNo
18382547Systems and Methods For Multispectral Landscape MappingOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18488091INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAMOctober 2023June 2024Allow810NoNo
18457398IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023April 2025Allow2000NoNo
18236728System and Method for Generating Computerized Models of Structures Using Geometry Extraction and Reconstruction TechniquesAugust 2023April 2025Allow2020NoNo
18235211METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING DEPTH MAPAugust 2023June 2025Allow2200NoNo
18450193GENERATING 3D DATA IN A MESSAGING SYSTEMAugust 2023March 2025Allow1910NoNo
18449608INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023May 2025Allow2200NoNo
18231025MIRROR-BASED AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCEAugust 2023October 2024Allow1410NoNo
18358734Guide-Assisted Capture of Material DataJuly 2023June 2025Allow2210NoNo
18220589PROVIDING APPARATUS, PROVIDING METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING PROCESSING RELATING TO A VIRTUAL VIEWPOINT IMAGEJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18218251DATA GENERATOR AND DATA GENERATING METHODJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18211494INTERSECTION TESTING IN A RAY TRACING SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE RAY BUNDLE INTERSECTION TESTSJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18209471INPUT DEVICE MODEL PROJECTING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMJune 2023August 2023Allow200NoNo
183318963-D Reconstruction Using Augmented Reality FrameworksJune 2023September 2024Allow1600NoNo
18205028Systems and Methods for Generating Augmented Reality Environments from Two-Dimensional DrawingsJune 2023October 2024Allow1620NoNo
18318249CONFIGURATION TOOL AND METHOD FOR A QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEMMay 2023June 2024Allow1310NoNo
18315634POINT CLOUD DATA HIERARCHYMay 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18252526VIDEO ACQUISITION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2023October 2023Allow610NoNo
18143487Method and System for Visualizing Overlays in Virtual EnvironmentsMay 2023February 2024Allow1010YesNo
18034901RENDERING AND DISPLAYING A 3D REPRESENTATION OF AN ANATOMICAL STRUCTUREMay 2023April 2025Allow2410NoNo
18141869USING AUGMENTED REALITY MARKERS FOR LOCAL POSITIONING IN A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTMay 2023June 2024Abandon1310NoNo
18140783SPATIALLY-RESOLVED DYNAMIC DIMMING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICEApril 2023April 2024Allow1220YesNo
18306800SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR IMPROVED CREATION OF EXTENDED REALITY WORLDS, EXPERIENCES, SIMULATIONS AND LEARNING ACTIVITIESApril 2023September 2023Allow510NoNo
18300277POINT CLOUD DATA HIERARCHYApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18299642POINT CLOUD DATA HIERARCHYApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18298677POINT CLOUD DATA HIERARCHYApril 2023April 2024Allow1220NoNo
18130448GPU MATERIAL ASSIGNMENT FOR 3D PRINTING USING 3D DISTANCE FIELDSApril 2023June 2024Allow1410NoNo
18193208INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAMMarch 2023July 2023Allow300NoNo
18187481DIGITAL GARMENT GENERATIONMarch 2023March 2024Allow1220NoNo
18122042Data Structures, Methods and Tiling Engines for Hierarchically Storing Tiling Information in a Graphics Processing SystemMarch 2023October 2023Allow710NoNo
18179340SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING A NEURAL NETWORK MODEL FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGMarch 2023October 2023Allow710NoNo
18174737SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE OF A PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENTFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1300NoNo
18173260SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELINGFebruary 2023October 2023Allow810NoNo
18020891METHOD OF TRAINING FUSION MODEL, METHOD OF FUSING IMAGE, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023May 2025Abandon2710NoNo
18106572Graphics Processing Architecture Employing a Unified ShaderFebruary 2023September 2023Allow710NoNo
18163318METHOD FOR 3D RECONSTRUCTION FROM SATELLITE IMAGERYFebruary 2023November 2023Allow910NoNo
18163136INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PRESENTING VIRTUAL OBJECTFebruary 2023November 2024Allow2210NoNo
18162376METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BUFFER SHARINGJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2920NoNo
18158485INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUMJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2810NoNo
18157917METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE MODE INTERFACEJanuary 2023December 2023Abandon1010NoNo
18095180Single-Pass Object ScanningJanuary 2023August 2023Allow710NoNo
18148208METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING VIRTUAL SPACE AT VARIOUS POINT-IN-TIMESDecember 2022November 2024Allow2310NoNo
18091213METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING TRAINED GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS TO IMPUTE 3D DATA FOR FACILITIES MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONSDecember 2022March 2024Allow1510YesNo
18091183METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING TRAINED GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS TO IMPUTE 3D DATA FOR VEHICLES AND TRANSPORTATIONDecember 2022March 2024Allow1510YesNo
18091227METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING TRAINED GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS TO IMPUTE 3D DATA FOR MODELING PERILDecember 2022April 2024Allow1510NoNo
18091254METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING TRAINED GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS TO IMPUTE 3D DATA FOR CONSTRUCTION AND URBAN PLANNINGDecember 2022December 2023Allow1200NoNo
18091235METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING TRAINED GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS TO IMPUTE 3D DATA FOR UNDERWRITING, CLAIM HANDLING AND RETAIL OPERATIONSDecember 2022January 2024Allow1200NoNo
18089487LATENT SPACE EDITING AND NEURAL ANIMATION TO GENERATE HYPERREAL SYNTHETIC FACESDecember 2022February 2025Allow2510NoNo
18089367SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCED NETWORKING AND REMOTE COMMUNICATIONSDecember 2022April 2024Allow1610NoNo
18083796CROPPING FOR EFFICIENT THREE-DIMENSIONAL DIGITAL RENDERINGDecember 2022May 2024Allow1700NoNo
18083383RAY TRACING WITH SHARED TRAVERSALDecember 2022November 2024Allow2310YesNo
18011065Color Correction PipelineDecember 2022February 2025Allow2610YesNo
18080736VISUALIZATION OF BIOSIGNALS USING MACHINE-LEARNING GENERATED CONTENTDecember 2022May 2025Allow2920YesNo
18077749SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RENDERING VIRTUAL REALITY INTERACTIONSDecember 2022April 2024Allow1620NoNo
18059957MIXED REALITY ENVIRONMENT DISPLAY USING SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION MESH AND LIVE VIDEO OVERLAYNovember 2022August 2024Allow2010YesNo
18059279MATCHMAKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A VIRTUAL EVENTNovember 2022April 2024Allow1700NoNo
17992915CAMERA MOTION ESTIMATION METHOD FOR AUGMENTED REALITY TRACKING ALGORITHM AND SYSTEM THEREFORNovember 2022May 2023Allow610NoNo
17990614NEURAL NETWORKS TO GENERATE PIXELSNovember 2022May 2025Allow3020NoNo
17998736GEOMETRY-AWARE AUGMENTED REALITY EFFECTS WITH REAL-TIME DEPTH MAPNovember 2022September 2024Allow2210YesNo
17982174IMPUTATION OF 3D DATA USING GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKSNovember 2022January 2024Allow1420NoNo
18052827METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VIDEO TRANSFORMATION FOR VIDEO SEE-THROUGH AUGMENTED REALITYNovember 2022July 2024Allow3110NoNo
18051789DYNAMIC DATA TILINGNovember 2022September 2024Allow2210NoNo
17974863SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MESH GEOMETRY PREDICTION FOR HIGH EFFICIENCY MESH CODINGOctober 2022September 2024Allow2210NoNo
17974105AUGMENTED REALITY LENS SELECTIVE TINT ADJUSTMENTSOctober 2022August 2024Allow2210NoNo
17965902SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTOMATIC ROOM SEGMENTATION FOR TWO-DIMENSIONAL LASER FLOORPLANSOctober 2022July 2023Abandon910NoNo
17963087METHOD FOR RENDERING 2D AND 3D DATA WITHIN A 3D VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTOctober 2022September 2023Allow1110NoNo
17956698NON-UNIFORM STEREO RENDERINGSeptember 2022February 2024Allow1710NoNo
17935722SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RENDERING AND OPERATING VIRTUAL VEHICLESSeptember 2022May 2024Allow2010NoNo
17951582AUGMENTED REALITY TRAFFIC ADVISOR SYSTEM AND METHODSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2210NoNo
17933707DEVICES, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR CONTENT APPLICATIONSSeptember 2022March 2024Allow1700NoNo
17946088IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND PROJECTORSeptember 2022October 2024Allow2500NoNo
17932393VIRTUAL DISPLAY CHANGES BASED ON POSITIONS OF VIEWERSSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1110NoNo
17945963DIGITAL ASSISTANT FOR PROVIDING VISUALIZATION OF SNIPPET INFORMATIONSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2100NoNo
17943775INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAMSeptember 2022January 2023Allow400NoNo
17942125METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING PHYSICAL OBJECTSSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1620YesNo
17909823ORTHOIMAGE CREATION METHOD, GROUND MODEL CREATION METHOD, ORTHOIMAGE CREATION SYSTEM, AND GROUND MODEL CREATION SYSTEMSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2400NoNo
17900840TIMELAPSE OF GENERATING A COLLABORATIVE OBJECTAugust 2022January 2024Allow1710NoNo
17822219METHOD AND COMPUTER DEVICE FOR 3D SCENE GENERATIONAugust 2022September 2024Allow2510NoNo
17895313SPATIALLY-RESOLVED DYNAMIC DIMMING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICEAugust 2022January 2023Allow500NoNo
17893779INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMAugust 2022December 2023Allow1500NoNo
17890107COMPACT NEAR EYE DISPLAY ENGINEAugust 2022August 2024Allow2410NoNo
17887742User Responsive Augmented Reality Enhancement of Moving ImagesAugust 2022August 2024Allow2410NoNo
17885972IMAGE-BASED RENDERING OF REAL SPACESAugust 2022June 2023Allow1010NoNo
17797786MODEL-BASED IMAGE SEGMENTATIONAugust 2022April 2024Allow2010NoNo
17879439SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING APPLICATION REFRESH RATES PRESENTED ON A DISPLAYAugust 2022May 2024Allow2110NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CHEN, FRANK S.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
13
Examiner Affirmed
8
(61.5%)
Examiner Reversed
5
(38.5%)
Reversal Percentile
59.1%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 38.5% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
28
Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(32.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
19
(67.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
46.8%
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, 32.1% 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 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner CHEN, FRANK S - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CHEN, FRANK S works in Art Unit 2611 and has examined 760 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 19 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CHEN, FRANK S's allowance rate of 86.6% places them in the 60% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by CHEN, FRANK S receive 1.45 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 33% 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 CHEN, FRANK S is 19 months. This places the examiner in the 91% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CHEN, FRANK S. This interview benefit is in the 24% 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, 30.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 51% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 43.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 59% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 16.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 24% 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 58.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 26% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 44.4% 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, 50.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 62% 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 0.1% of allowed cases (in the 47% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.5% of allowed cases (in the 61% 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:

    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

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