USPTO Examiner LETT THOMAS J - Art Unit 2611

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18763631GANTT CHART GENERATION DEVICE, GANTT CHART GENERATION METHOD, AND MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMJuly 2024December 2025Abandon1700NoNo
18733047METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PLACEMENT OF VIRTUAL CHARACTER AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024September 2025Allow1510NoNo
18654254METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING SIMULATION OF OBJECT-TO-OBJECT INTERACTION WITH A 3D AVATARMay 2024October 2025Allow1700NoNo
18607585VISUAL GUIDANCE METHOD FOR USER PLACEMENT IN AVATAR-MEDIATED TELEPRESENCE ENVIRONMENT AND THE SYSTEM THEREOFMarch 2024March 2026Abandon2410NoNo
18529268CONTROLLED EXPOSURE TO LOCATION-BASED VIRTUAL CONTENTDecember 2023January 2026Allow2520NoNo
18528275ELECTRONIC DEVICE SUPPORTING MANUFACTURE OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICEDecember 2023July 2025Allow1900NoNo
18566523GENERATING IMAGE METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMDecember 2023January 2026Allow2610NoNo
18566599EXTENDED REALITY OVERLAY OPTIMIZATION VIA DISTRIBUTED COMPUTINGDecember 2023October 2025Allow2200NoNo
18513160SMART CONTENT RENDERING ON AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICESNovember 2023October 2025Allow2310NoNo
18512871SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADDING TEXT CONTENT TO GENERATED IMAGESNovember 2023November 2025Allow2410NoNo
18382917LIGHTING AND INTERNET OF THINGS DESIGN USING AUGMENTED REALITYOctober 2023December 2025Allow2610NoNo
18378593SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO EFFECT VIRTUAL TRY-ON AND STYLING ON ACTUAL USERSOctober 2023July 2025Allow2110NoNo
18468301APPARATUSES, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IMPROVED DATA TRANSMISSION AND TRACKINGSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18549422SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF PROVIDING VIRTUAL ACTIVITIESSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2200NoNo
18264700INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PROGRAMAugust 2023September 2025Allow2510NoNo
18275803METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SALIENCY BASED FRAME COLOR ENHANCEMENTAugust 2023September 2025Allow2500NoNo
18217412SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO EFFECT VIRTUAL TRY-ON AND STYLING ON ACTUAL USERSJune 2023June 2025Allow2410NoNo
18255992DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION NODE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023September 2025Allow2710NoNo
18321295SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION IN EXTENDED REALITY ENVIRONMENTMay 2023February 2026Allow3310NoNo
18131413OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION FOR AUGMENTED IMAGESApril 2023September 2025Allow2910YesNo
18245081Image Generation Method and ApparatusMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
17935077DETERMINING AN ASSIGNMENT OF VIRTUAL OBJECTS TO POSITIONS IN A USER FIELD OF VIEW TO RENDER IN A MIXED REALITY DISPLAYSeptember 2022January 2026Allow3900NoNo
17860354Robot System for Cell Sites and TowersJuly 2022July 2025Allow3610NoNo
17860337Tethered Robot System for Cell Sites and TowersJuly 2022July 2025Allow3610NoNo
17860473Robot System with Embedded Winches for Cell Sites and TowersJuly 2022August 2025Allow3710NoNo
17860436Robot and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Systems for Cell Sites and TowersJuly 2022November 2025Allow4020NoNo
17860460Robot with Embedded Systems for Flight for Cell Sites and TowersJuly 2022August 2025Allow3710NoNo
17747767DYNAMIC WIDGET PLACEMENT WITHIN AN ARTIFICIAL REALITY DISPLAYMay 2022October 2025Allow4150NoNo
15676592DITHER SPATIAL NOISE AWARE REDUNDANCY BYPASSAugust 2017January 2019Allow1710NoNo
15630776Complementary Color Flashing for Multichannel Image PresentationJune 2017December 2018Allow1810NoNo
15013714GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT PREEMPTION WITH PIXEL TILE LEVEL GRANULARITYFebruary 2016October 2017Allow2010NoNo
14971713SPLIT TILE MAP RENDERINGDecember 2015October 2017Allow3220NoNo
14779672IMAGE COLOR ENHANCEMENT METHOD INCLUDING CONVERSIONS OF COLOR PARAMETERS OF PIXELSSeptember 2015December 2018Allow3910NoNo
14838455PROJECTION MAPPING VIDEO PIPELINEAugust 2015April 2017Allow1910NoNo
14809102STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE OUTPUT SYSTEMJuly 2015January 2017Allow1810NoNo
14799350SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATION AND PRESENTATION OF SIMULTANEOUS ATTENDED AND UNATTENDED ELECTRONIC DATAJuly 2015July 2017Allow2420NoNo
14653513METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING DISCOVERY SIGNALJune 2015July 2016Allow1310NoNo
14434426METHOD FOR THE REDUCTION OF SIGNALLING TRAFFIC ON MOBILE DEVICESApril 2015August 2016Allow1630NoNo
14597606METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DISPLAY SCREEN OF ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND APPLICATION PROGRAM OF USING THE SAMEJanuary 2015August 2016Allow1910NoNo
14590885REAL-TIME DYNAMIC NON-PLANAR PROJECTION APPARATUS AND METHODJanuary 2015June 2016Allow1810NoNo
14533186COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PRINTING APPARATUSNovember 2014January 2015Allow300NoNo
14378655MOBILE STATION THAT ADJUSTS TRANSMISSION TIMING FOR SIGNALAugust 2014August 2016Allow2420NoNo
14344539MOBILE TERMINAL APPARATUS AND DISPLAY METHOD THEREFORMarch 2014July 2017Allow4140NoNo
14197937COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2014July 2014Allow400NoNo
14196335COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PRINTING APPARATUSMarch 2014July 2014Allow500NoNo
14182862IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS USER AUTHENTICATION BY WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2014December 2014Allow910NoNo
14183354PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2014May 2015Allow1510NoNo
14168040CONTROL SYSTEM FOR FORMING AND OUTPUTTING IMAGE, CONTROL APPARATUS FOR FORMING AND OUTPUTTING IMAGE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A CONTROL PROGRAM FOR FORMING AND OUTPUTTING IMAGEJanuary 2014March 2015Allow1310NoNo
14159063CELL PHONE CASE FOR SELECTIVELY BLOCKING SOUND AND VIDEO INPUTJanuary 2014September 2015Allow2010NoNo
14156290EXCHANGING ROAMING AND LOCAL MESSAGES BETWEEN MOBILE DEVICESJanuary 2014December 2015Allow2310NoNo
14150120APPLICATION MANAGEMENT OF PRINTING REQUESTS THROUGH INDUCED ANALYTICSJanuary 2014October 2014Allow1010NoNo
14134635PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINTING METHODDecember 2013June 2014Allow600NoNo
14100996PRINT DATA PROCESSING APPARATUSDecember 2013September 2014Allow900NoNo
14080687METHOD OF ANIMATING MOBILE DEVICE MESSAGESNovember 2013June 2015Allow1910NoNo
14056489FUNCTION SETTING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSOctober 2013October 2014Allow1200NoNo
13978346NETWORK PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, PRINTING DATA TRANSMITTING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMAugust 2013March 2014Allow910NoNo
13943042DESTINATION-TO-SAVE-DATA SPECIFYING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM WITH DESTINATION-TO-SAVE-DATA SPECIFYING PROGRAM STORED THEREONJuly 2013November 2014Allow1610NoNo
13943539DRUG MIXING PREPARATION MANAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAMJuly 2013June 2014Allow1100NoNo
13922503IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSJune 2013November 2014Allow1710NoNo
13897648IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2013November 2014Allow1710NoNo
13897561IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AUTHENTICATION SERVER, CLIENT PERSONAL COMPUTER, AND CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSMay 2013January 2015Allow1910NoNo
13853045PRINTING OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTSMarch 2013April 2015Allow2420NoNo
13778665COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2013April 2014Allow1400NoNo
13778719Bitmap Rotation MechanismFebruary 2013September 2014Allow1810NoNo
13763812DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSFebruary 2013October 2014Allow2010NoNo
13749197PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJanuary 2013January 2014Allow1200NoNo
13749386METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLOADING A REJECTED PRINT JOB REQUEST TO AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONJanuary 2013August 2014Allow1910NoNo
13749341Printer-Server ConnectionsJanuary 2013February 2015Allow2510NoNo
13711379Image Forming ApparatusDecember 2012November 2014Allow2300NoNo
13711081APPLICATION MANAGEMENT OF PRINTING REQUESTS THROUGH INDUCED ANALYTICSDecember 2012October 2014Allow2210NoNo
13692955NETWORK PRINTING SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT SERVER AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMDecember 2012May 2014Allow1710NoNo
13676591IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMNovember 2012February 2014Allow1510NoNo
13673297PRINTING DEVICE AND PRINTING METHOD OF PRINTING DEVICENovember 2012July 2014Allow2010NoNo
13672425Portable Multiuse Projector with Fiber Optic ProjectionNovember 2012January 2014Allow1500NoNo
13672168DISPLAYING POWER-ON INSTRUCTIONS DURING POWER-SAVING MODE USING BISTABLE DISPLAYNovember 2012January 2014Allow1410NoNo
13671827PRINT RELAY DEVICE, PRINT SYSTEM, PRINT RELAY DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2012February 2014Allow1500NoNo
13661480IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING REAL-SIZE PREVIEW FUNCTION, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2012July 2014Allow2110NoNo
13597358ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING DISPLAY SECTIONS CONFIGURED TO FACE IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONSAugust 2012June 2014Allow2210NoNo
13568753PRINTING SYSTEM AND PRINT CONTROL METHODAugust 2012November 2013Allow1500NoNo
13568926IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PEFORMING POWER-SAVING CONTROLAugust 2012June 2014Allow2210NoNo
13552676SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING A LOCATION OF AN IMAGE FORMING DEVICE USING MOBILE DEVICE LOCALIZATIONJuly 2012June 2014Allow2210NoNo
13534197PRINTER DRIVERJune 2012May 2014Allow2210NoNo
13363797PRINTING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMFebruary 2012February 2014Allow2510NoNo
13300159PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVICE APPARATUS, SERVICE PROVIDING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMNovember 2011November 2013Allow2400NoNo
13292505PRINT CONTROL APPARATUS, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2011October 2013Allow2300NoNo
13292617IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING A SELECTABLE POWER-SAVING MODE, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD USING THE SELECTABLE POWER-SAVING MODENovember 2011October 2014Allow3520NoNo
13292529IMAGE TRANSMISSION APPARATUS, IMAGE TRANSMISSION SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHODNovember 2011May 2014Allow3010NoNo
13237158CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMSeptember 2011August 2014Allow3520NoNo
13230551IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMSeptember 2011September 2013Allow2400NoNo
13118923DEVICE CAPABLE OF EXTRACTING OUTPUT CONTROL INFORMATION, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2011April 2015Allow4750NoNo
12955529IMAGE READING APPARATUS, MULTIFUNCTION PRINTER, AND IMAGE READING METHODNovember 2010January 2013Allow2600NoNo
12955715PRINTING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING SYSTEMNovember 2010June 2013Allow3110NoNo
12830196IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR RECEIVING A VARIABLE PRINT JOB HAVING A PLURALITY OF RECORDSJuly 2010October 2013Allow3910NoNo
12794899IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHODJune 2010September 2013Allow4010NoNo
12756028INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2010December 2013Allow4420NoNo
12755722IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT DETERMINES SCANNING RESOLUTION BASED ON CONTINUOUS, SAME-KIND PIXELSApril 2010October 2013Allow4220NoNo
12618447BANNER PAGES GENERATED WITHIN A PRINTING SYSTEMNovember 2009March 2014Allow5260NoNo
12496991METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SCAN DATAJuly 2009April 2014Allow5740NoNo
12482650IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICEJune 2009February 2015Allow6051YesNo
12247843DEVICES AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS ON IMAGE DATA STORED IN AN EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICEOctober 2008March 2014Allow6040NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner LETT, THOMAS J - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LETT, THOMAS J works in Art Unit 2611 and has examined 75 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 100.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 20 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LETT, THOMAS J's allowance rate of 100.0% places them in the 95% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by LETT, THOMAS J receive 1.25 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 16% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by LETT, THOMAS J is 20 months. This places the examiner in the 93% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LETT, THOMAS J. This interview benefit is in the 14% 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, 33.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 72% 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 50.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 75% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 150.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 97% 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 4.0% of allowed cases (in the 83% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

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:

  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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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