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
19253562SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING CANONICAL VIEWS FOR VOLUMETRIC IMAGING DATAJune 2025August 2025Allow200NoNo
19213393SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ADVERBS FOR IMPROVED CREATION OF EXTENDED REALITY WORLDS, EXPERIENCES, SIMULATIONS AND LEARNING ACTIVITIESMay 2025October 2025Allow510NoNo
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
18793739CONVERSION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL DIGITAL MODEL INTO TWO-DIMENSIONAL ORTHOGRAPHIC PROJECTION IMAGESAugust 2024February 2026Allow1800NoNo
18716939DYNAMIC VISUALIZATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EARTHQUAKE DISASTERSJune 2024September 2025Allow1500NoNo
18715973DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED RELIABILITYJune 2024November 2025Allow1800NoNo
18662056SURFACE-TO-SURFACE INTERSECTIONS IN COMPUTER-AIDED GRAPHICS AND MODELINGMay 2024October 2024Allow510NoNo
18650648MAPPING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL COORDINATES TO A 1D SPACEApril 2024March 2026Allow2310NoNo
18643342Generative Model Fine-Tuning Based On Performance And QualityApril 2024November 2025Allow1900NoNo
18625576PROJECTION APPARATUSApril 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18697017INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, VIDEO PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMMarch 2024January 2026Allow2210NoNo
18618673METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING TRAINED GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS TO IMPUTE 3D DATA FOR CONSTRUCTION AND URBAN PLANNINGMarch 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18608941VISUAL POSITIONING SYSTEMMarch 2024November 2025Allow2010NoNo
18601454INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMarch 2024September 2025Allow1820YesNo
18601816NON-UNIFORM STEREO RENDERINGMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18594999DATA STRUCTURES, METHODS AND TILING ENGINES FOR HIERARCHICALLY STORING TILING INFORMATION IN A GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18442482METHOD FOR 3D RECONSTRUCTION FROM SATELLITE IMAGERYFebruary 2024July 2025Allow1710NoNo
18441486HYBRID DIFFERENTIABLE RENDERING FOR LIGHT TRANSPORT SIMULATION SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONSFebruary 2024October 2024Allow900NoNo
18441820SCENE FLOW ESTIMATION TECHNIQUESFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1900NoNo
18437161NEURAL VIEW SYNTHESIS USING TILED MULTIPLANE IMAGESFebruary 2024August 2025Allow1900NoNo
18432502THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE GENERATION APPARATUS, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE GENERATION SYSTEM, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SHAPE GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUMFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2510NoNo
18294975SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEPTH-BASED MEASUREMENT IN A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIEWFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2110YesNo
18418130Distortion-Free Passthrough Rendering for Mixed RealityJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2100NoNo
18413640Rendering Two-Dimensional Image of a Dynamic Three-Dimensional SceneJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1900NoNo
18411358Object Reconstruction Method and Related DeviceJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2610NoNo
18412317SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEDIA CONTENT GENERATIONJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2310NoNo
18410515METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING LARGE-SCALE URBAN POINT CLOUD DATASET AND EXTRACTING BUILDING INSTANCEJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2210NoNo
18406741SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR IMPROVED CREATION OF EXTENDED REALITY WORLDS, EXPERIENCES, SIMULATIONS AND LEARNING ACTIVITIESJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18404998INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1910NoNo
18400289GENERATING GROUND TRUTH DATASETS FOR VIRTUAL REALITY EXPERIENCESDecember 2023September 2024Allow800NoNo
18575397DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMDecember 2023November 2025Allow2310NoNo
18396171INDOOR STRUCTURED RECONSTRUCTION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023August 2025Allow2000NoNo
18543803METHODS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RENDERING A 3D SCENE, METHOD FOR GENERATING PATCHES, AND CORRESPONDING DEVICES AND COMPUTER PROGRAMSDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18570496IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSDecember 2023July 2025Allow1900NoNo
18537217Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Process Control, Support and AnalysisDecember 2023May 2025Allow1710NoNo
18526769METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLE MODE INTERFACEDecember 2023February 2025Abandon1510NoNo
18565922ALIGNMENT OF DENSE POINT CLOUDS OF A PHYSICAL OBJECTNovember 2023October 2025Allow2310NoNo
18524803SCENE RECONSTRUCTION FROM MONOCULAR VIDEONovember 2023February 2026Allow2610NoNo
18518871INPUT DEVICE MODEL PROJECTING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMNovember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18517435SINGLE-PASS OBJECT SCANNINGNovember 2023January 2026Allow2610YesNo
18561926SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DULL GRADINGNovember 2023December 2025Allow2510NoNo
18389543FILTERING REFLECTED POINTS IN A 3D LIDAR SCAN BY JOINT EVALUATION OF LIDAR DATA AND IMAGE DATA WITH A REFLECTION POINT CLASSIFIERNovember 2023September 2025Allow2210NoNo
18504082SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MIXED REALITY (MR) AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)-ENHANCED FIRE INVESTIGATIONNovember 2023June 2025Allow1900NoNo
18501280POINT CLOUD SEGMENTATION METHOD AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
184948963D MODEL GENERATION APPARATUS, GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023October 2025Allow2310YesNo
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
18488671METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ANCHORING OBJECTS IN AUGMENTED OR VIRTUAL REALITYOctober 2023October 2025Allow2420YesYes
18555068METHOD FOR MODELLING A HEART VALVEOctober 2023September 2025Allow2310NoNo
18554181VEHICLE DAMAGE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODOctober 2023July 2025Allow2110NoNo
184811973-D Reconstruction Using Augmented Reality FrameworksOctober 2023July 2025Allow2110NoNo
18376093INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2023August 2025Allow2200NoNo
18375640SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALTERNATIVE PROJECTIONS OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATIONOctober 2023August 2025Allow2310NoNo
18472710Deep Learning Based Causal Image Reprojection for Temporal Supersampling in AR/VR SystemsSeptember 2023March 2026Allow2920NoNo
18369517Alternative Object Representations in Multi-User Communication SessionsSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2510YesNo
18469392MODELLING AN ENVIRONMENT USING IMAGE DATASeptember 2023February 2026Abandon2910NoNo
18281966HAIR RENDERING SYSTEM BASED ON DEEP NEURAL NETWORKSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2200NoNo
18467451SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECURSIVE DIMENSIONAL DECOMPOSITION CONVOLUTIONSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2200NoNo
18457398IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023April 2025Allow2000NoNo
18237551Sports MetaverseAugust 2023October 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18454513METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SEMANTIC-DRIVEN INTELLIGENT RECONSTRUCTION OF LARGE-SCENE SPARSE LIGHT FIELDAugust 2023July 2025Allow2310NoNo
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
18362581ESTIMATING 3D SCENE REPRESENTATIONS OF IMAGESJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18358734Guide-Assisted Capture of Material DataJuly 2023June 2025Allow2210NoNo
18352989SPATIAL MASKING FOR STITCHED IMAGES AND SURROUND VIEW VISUALIZATIONSJuly 2023September 2025Allow2610NoNo
18351917GENERATING OBJECT REPRESENTATIONS USING NEURAL NETWORKS FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONSJuly 2023November 2025Allow2820YesNo
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
18031799Content Display ProcessApril 2023September 2025Abandon2900NoNo
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
18124787SENSOR EMULATIONMarch 2023January 2026Allow3411NoNo
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
18114661METHOD OF CREATING A MEASURABLE THREE-DIMENSIONAL VIRTUAL MODELFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2410NoNo
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

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
60.0%
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
49.5%
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 622 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 19 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CHEN, FRANK S'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 CHEN, FRANK S receive 1.57 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 30% 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 94% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CHEN, FRANK S. This interview benefit is in the 26% 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, 29.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 57% 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 40.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 62% 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 26% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 58.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 32% 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, 58.8% 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 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 51% 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 58% 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

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