USPTO Examiner HE WEIMING - Art Unit 2611

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18772339SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A FACIAL IMAGE FROM A VOICE SAMPLE USING A STYLEGANJuly 2024January 2026Abandon1830YesNo
18580103MULTIMEDIA PLAYBACK MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2200NoNo
18513815System, Method And Software Program For Aiding In Positioning Of Objects In A Surgical EnvironmentNovember 2023September 2025Allow2200YesNo
18354159INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD OF INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM WITH WHITE-BALANCE CORRECTION VALUE CORRESPONDING TO COLOR TEMPERATURE OF ENVIRONMENT LIGHT-SOURCEJuly 2023December 2025Allow2910YesNo
18337634TEXT-TO-IMAGE SYNTHESIS UTILIZING DIFFUSION MODELS WITH TEST-TIME ATTENTION SEGREGATION AND RETENTION OPTIMIZATIONJune 2023March 2026Allow3220YesNo
18256182IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAMJune 2023January 2026Abandon3210NoNo
18001120AUTOMATIC LAYER FLATTENING WITH REAL-TIME VISUAL DEPICTIONDecember 2022August 2025Allow3220YesNo
18059377System and method for an audio-visual avatar creationNovember 2022October 2025Allow3520YesNo
18057117REFINEMENT OF FACIAL KEYPOINT METADATA GENERATION FOR VIDEO CONFERENCING OR OTHER APPLICATIONSNovember 2022January 2026Allow3840YesNo
17974033System for Derivation of Consistent Avatar Appearance Across Metaverse EcosystemsOctober 2022February 2026Abandon3940YesNo
17948456MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS IN CONTRAST-ENHANCED DYNAMIC EXAMINATION, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMSeptember 2022January 2026Abandon4040YesNo
17802752INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAMAugust 2022November 2025Abandon3840YesNo
17620948METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING SPEECH VIDEO ON BASIS OF MACHINE LEARNINGMay 2022February 2026Abandon4960YesNo
17662061DIGITAL IMAGE SUB-DIVISIONMay 2022October 2025Abandon4140YesNo
17678384SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING THREE-DIMENSIONAL RENDERINGS OF ENVIRONMENTS FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGESFebruary 2022January 2024Abandon2330NoNo
17475472ROBOT SURGICAL PLATFORMSeptember 2021December 2025Abandon5130NoYes
17334769SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENCODING A BLOCK-BASED VOLUMETRIC VIDEO HAVING A PLURALITY OF VIDEO FRAMES OF A 3D OBJECT INTO A 2D VIDEO FORMATMay 2021October 2025Abandon5260YesNo
16900500DATA SERIALIZATION EXTRUSION FOR CONVERTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES TO THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRYJune 2020July 2023Abandon3740YesNo
16583599BIOMETRIC VERIFICATION FRAMEWORK THAT UTILIZES A CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR FEATURE MATCHINGSeptember 2019November 2025Abandon6060YesYes
16532321SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FEW-SHOT TRANSFER LEARNINGAugust 2019July 2025Allow6040YesYes
16518501AUTOMATIC VIEW MAPPING FOR SINGLE-IMAGE AND MULTI-VIEW CAPTURESJuly 2019December 2025Abandon60120YesNo
15663691SELECTIVE REDUCTION OF BLUE LIGHT IN A DISPLAY FRAMEJuly 2017July 2019Allow2420NoNo
15616827DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY DISPLAYING A PLURALITY OF IMAGESJune 2017January 2019Allow2020NoNo
15209758METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR 3D IMAGING AND CUSTOM MANUFACTURINGJuly 2016March 2018Abandon2010NoNo
15155488SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTING AND CONTROLLING COLOR REPRODUCTION AT MULTIPLE SITESMay 2016October 2017Allow1721YesNo
14535543PROJECTED CONTENT BASED DISPLAY DEVICE AND DISPLAY METHODNovember 2014January 2020Allow6090YesNo
13942467PATTERNED PROJECTION WITH MULTI-PANEL DISPLAYJuly 2013June 2016Allow3530YesNo
13978952GRAY-SCALE CORRECTION METHOD FOR DISPLAY DEVICE, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING DISPLAY DEVICEJuly 2013June 2015Allow2300NoNo
13936867SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL FACE MODELJuly 2013October 2017Allow5170YesNo
13978659TEXTURE MAPPING DEVICEJuly 2013September 2015Allow2610NoNo
13050443APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A THUMBNAIL IMAGE INCLUDING A MAGNIFIED CHARACTERISTIC REGION AND ANOTHER DEFORMED REGION AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM THEREOFMarch 2011August 2014Allow4120YesNo
13049998METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING IMAGES OF A VIRTUAL WORLD SCENE AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING THE SAMEMarch 2011May 2014Allow3820YesNo
13049959METHOD FOR GENERATING LOOKUP TABLE FOR COLOR CORRECTION FOR DISPLAY DEVICEMarch 2011November 2013Allow3210NoNo
12761756IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODApril 2010August 2013Allow4020YesNo
12761322TERMINAL DEVICE INCLUDING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL CAPABLE DISPLAYApril 2010May 2014Allow4930YesNo
12662287Image processing apparatus performing rendering using multiple viewpoints and methodApril 2010February 2014Allow4630NoNo
12730134System and Method for Generating a Three-Dimensional Image on a Pre-Printed Lined SubstrateMarch 2010July 2014Allow5230YesNo
12606559CONTROLLING ANIMATION FRAME RATE OF APPLICATIONSOctober 2009July 2013Allow4430NoNo
12462938THREE-DIMENSIONAL TACTICAL DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING DATA WITH A PROBABILITY OF UNCERTAINTYAugust 2009February 2016Allow6020NoYes
12423769ADJUSTING THE DISPLAY ORIENTATION OF AN IMAGE ON A MOBILE TERMINALApril 2009June 2013Allow5040YesNo
12266870METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING DATASTREAM INCLUDING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON MULTIVIEW IMAGE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING DATASTREAM BY USING THE SAMENovember 2008June 2014Allow6060YesNo
12169081COREGISTRATION AND ANALYSIS OF MULTI-MODAL IMAGES OBTAINED IN DIFFERENT GEOMETRIESJuly 2008June 2015Allow6040NoYes

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
3
(60.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(40.0%)
Reversal Percentile
61.9%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 40.0% 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
5
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(40.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(60.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
65.9%
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 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 is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner HE, WEIMING - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HE, WEIMING works in Art Unit 2611 and has examined 28 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 75.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 49 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HE, WEIMING's allowance rate of 75.0% places them in the 40% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HE, WEIMING receive 3.68 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 95% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by HE, WEIMING is 49 months. This places the examiner in the 7% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -11.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HE, WEIMING. This interview benefit is in the 3% 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, 17.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 16% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 21.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 28% 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 9% 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 37.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 6% percentile among all examiners. 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 100.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 91% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 18% 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 23% 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:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

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.