USPTO Examiner ZHAI KYLE - Art Unit 2611

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19274800AI-ASSISTED SURGICAL MARKING AND INJECTABLE FILLER SYSTEM FOR FACIAL COSMETIC PROCEDURESJuly 2025October 2025Allow310NoNo
18655219Displaying Content in an Augmented Reality SystemMay 2024October 2025Abandon1720NoNo
18412804VIRTUAL REALITY SYSTEM WITH CUSTOMIZABLE OPERATION ROOMJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2330YesNo
18410798Systems and Associated Methods for Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Based Generation of Image of Virtual ObjectJanuary 2024September 2025Allow2100NoNo
18537381APPLYING AUGMENTED REALITY ANIMATIONS TO AN IMAGEDecember 2023October 2025Allow2210NoNo
18514985SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENTNovember 2023August 2025Allow2130YesNo
18229234METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR PROVIDING IMAGE-BASED DRIVING ASSISTANCE GUIDANCE IN WEARABLE HELMETAugust 2023November 2025Allow2720NoNo
18262379IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND SURGICAL MICROSCOPE SYSTEMJuly 2023July 2025Allow2410NoNo
18356303MODELLING METHOD FOR MAKING A VIRTUAL MODEL OF A USER'S HEADJuly 2023December 2025Allow2820NoNo
18352035INCREMENTAL SCANNING FOR CUSTOM LANDMARKERSJuly 2023January 2026Allow3020NoNo
18347373AVATAR GENERATION FROM DIGITAL MEDIA CONTENT ITEMSJuly 2023January 2026Allow3020YesNo
18266696METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE SCREW TRAJECTORY OF A PEDICLE BONE SCREWJune 2023January 2026Allow3110NoNo
18318575METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING VIRTUAL PROP IN REAL ENVIRONMENT IMAGE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2023August 2025Allow2710NoNo
18034966DATA PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHODMay 2023March 2026Allow3530NoNo
18135230TAG-TO-IMAGE STATUS IMAGE GENERATIONApril 2023July 2025Allow2710NoNo
18188536ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING NOTIFICATION ABOUT EXTERNAL OBJECTMarch 2023October 2025Allow3120YesNo
18124320GAZE-AWARE TONE MAPPING WITH ADAPTIVE SPARKLESMarch 2023February 2026Allow3520YesNo
17916043METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROVIDING SURGICAL GUIDE USING AUGMENTED REALITYMarch 2023February 2026Allow4030NoNo
18170205SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTACTLESS ESTIMATION OF RING SIZEFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3111NoNo
18017711EYES REPRODUCTION SYSTEM, METHOD AND PROGRAMJanuary 2023October 2025Abandon3220YesNo
18081561APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO PROVIDE INFORMATIONDecember 2022April 2025Allow2810YesNo
17994144ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SYNTHESIZING TWO-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT WITH THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT, OPERATION METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022July 2025Allow4220YesNo
17969580CHECKING OVERLAPPING-FREE PROPERTY FOR PATCHES IN MESH COMPRESSIONOctober 2022January 2026Allow3931YesNo
17966540DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS BETWEEN AVATAR ATTACHMENTSOctober 2022July 2025Allow3340YesNo
17948478HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTION SYSTEM, METHOD FOR PROCESSING HOLOGRAPHIC PROJECTION IMAGE, AND RELATED APPARATUSSeptember 2022January 2026Allow4031NoNo
17650201PERIPHERAL VIDEO GENERATION DEVICE, PERIPHERAL VIDEO GENERATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMFebruary 2022June 2025Allow4141YesNo
17299295AUGMENTED REALITY FILTERS FOR CAPTURED AUDIOVISUAL PERFORMANCESJune 2021November 2024Abandon4241YesNo
16114759VOTING SPACE-BASED LOOP CLOSURE DETECTIONAugust 2018July 2020Allow2310NoNo
15773412ROTARY OPERATION DEVICEMay 2018October 2019Allow1720YesNo
15764436MOBILE TERMINAL FOR CONTROLLING DYNAMIC RESOLUTION AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFORMarch 2018August 2019Allow1720NoNo
15908928DISPLAY CONTROLLER, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMMarch 2018March 2019Allow1210NoNo
15819262REMAPPING SOFTWARE ELEMENTS TO INCREASE THE USABILITY OF A DEVICE WITH A DAMAGED SCREENNovember 2017April 2019Allow1640YesNo
15557351HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICESeptember 2017January 2019Allow1610NoNo
15629849INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, DISPLAY PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2017February 2019Allow1910NoNo
15629632REMAPPING SOFTWARE ELEMENTS TO INCREASE THE USABILITY OF A DEVICE WITH A DAMAGED SCREENJune 2017April 2019Allow2240YesNo
15465223DYNAMICALLY PRESERVING SCENE ELEMENTS IN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMSMarch 2017November 2019Allow3280YesNo
15176451DISPLAY DEVICEJune 2016December 2018Allow3030YesNo
15082486REORGANIZING DISPLAY OF A RAILWAY TIMETABLE DIAGRAMMarch 2016October 2016Allow710NoNo
14667498MULTI-VIEWPOINT IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD AND IMAGE DISPLAY METHODMarch 2015November 2016Allow2010YesNo
14579522IMAGE-BASED ITEM LOCATION IDENTIFICATIONDecember 2014February 2017Allow2520YesNo
14475333ADAPTIVE FIDUCIALS FOR IMAGE MATCH RECOGNITION AND TRACKINGSeptember 2014July 2018Allow4770YesNo
14473711IMPLEMENTING AND INTERPOLATING ROTATIONS FROM A COMPUTING INPUT DEVICEAugust 2014October 2016Allow2630YesNo
14461911OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICEAugust 2014January 2017Allow2920YesNo
14248542System and Method to Select and Characterize Building Floors Using 2D RepresentationsApril 2014November 2016Allow3130NoNo
14053607AUGMENTED REALITY APPARATUSOctober 2013August 2014Allow1020YesNo
14015610METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CAMERA LOCATION INFORMATION AND/OR CAMERA POSE INFORMATION ACCORDING TO A GLOBAL COORDINATE SYSTEMAugust 2013February 2017Allow4250YesNo
13990824IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMMay 2013October 2017Allow5340NoNo
13857688METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING CAMERA LOCATION INFORMATION AND/OR CAMERA POSE INFORMATION ACCORDING TO A GLOBAL COORDINATE SYSTEMApril 2013September 2016Allow4240YesNo
13840742DYNAMICALLY PRESERVING SCENE ELEMENTS IN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMSMarch 2013December 2016Allow4550YesNo
13840767TEMPORAL ELEMENT RESTORATION IN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMSMarch 2013July 2018Allow6080YesYes
13780497CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM WITH AUGMENTED REALITY MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOFFebruary 2013January 2017Allow4670YesNo
13753691REORGANIZING DISPLAY OF A RAILWAY TIMETABLE DIAGRAMJanuary 2013December 2015Allow3520NoNo
13631921CLAMPING OF DYNAMIC CAPACITANCE FOR GRAPHICSSeptember 2012June 2015Allow3310NoNo
13484617INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODMay 2012September 2014Allow2810NoNo
13409858STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING METHODMarch 2012November 2014Allow3320NoNo
13279465KEEPING MAP LABELS CONSISTENT ACROSS MULTIPLE ZOOM LEVELSOctober 2011August 2014Allow3420YesNo
13220410Augmented Reality Environment With Environmental Condition ControlAugust 2011May 2016Allow5740NoNo
13084995INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING A ZOOMING OPERATIONApril 2011December 2016Allow60110YesYes
13078726MOBILE TERMINAL AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING IMAGE OF MOBILE TERMINALApril 2011September 2014Allow4220NoNo
13073485METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEATURE-BASED PRESENTATION OF CONTENTMarch 2011May 2016Allow6070YesNo
13073909Column ZoomMarch 2011December 2014Allow4430YesNo
12999281IMPLEMENTING AND INTERPOLATING ROTATIONS FROM A COMPUTING INPUT DEVICEMarch 2011May 2014Allow4110YesNo
13041588IMAGE GENERATING METHODMarch 2011September 2014Allow4330NoNo
12753369Method for Determining the Characteristic Points of a Bridge on an Airport MapApril 2010July 2013Allow3910NoNo
12726541FULL-WINDSHIELD HEAD-UP DISPLAY ENHANCEMENT: ANTI-REFLECTIVE GLASS HARD COATMarch 2010May 2014Allow4930NoNo
12702464IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUSFebruary 2010March 2017Allow6040YesYes
12521249LINE DRAWING PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2009July 2013Allow4930YesNo
12465326MANAGING GRAPHICS LOAD BALANCING STRATEGIESMay 2009July 2016Allow6050NoYes
12447029SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOVERING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PARTICLE SYSTEMS FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGESApril 2009September 2013Allow5320YesNo
12446861SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAKING EMOTION BASED DIGITAL STORYBOARDApril 2009May 2014Allow6040NoNo
12445223METHOD AND DEVICES FOR PROJECTING TWO-DIMENSIONAL PATTERNS ONTO COMPLEX SURFACES OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTSApril 2009September 2013Allow5330YesNo
12200592Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Computer Program Storage MediumAugust 2008October 2013Allow6040YesYes

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
2
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
7.9%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
5
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
4.2%
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, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

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 ZHAI, KYLE - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ZHAI, KYLE works in Art Unit 2611 and has examined 46 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 97.8%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 41 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ZHAI, KYLE's allowance rate of 97.8% places them in the 89% 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 ZHAI, KYLE receive 3.33 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 92% 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 ZHAI, KYLE is 41 months. This places the examiner in the 21% 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 -3.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ZHAI, KYLE. This interview benefit is in the 6% 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, 18.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 18% 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 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.

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 71.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 59% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 40.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 47% 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 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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