USPTO Examiner RICKS DONNA J - Art Unit 2612

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18805196DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING A PERSONAL BOUNDARY OF AN AVATAR IN AN XR ENVIRONMENTAugust 2024April 2025Allow800YesNo
18584537KERNEL OPTIMIZATION AND DELAYED EXECUTIONFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1620YesNo
18426221MULTI-RENDERING IN GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITS USING RENDER PROGRESSION CHECKSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18405646METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HARDWARE ACCELERATED IMAGE PROCESSING FOR SPHERICAL PROJECTIONSJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510YesNo
18403526PORTABLE DEVICE HAVING USER INTERFACE FOR VISUALIZING DATA FROM MEDICAL MONITORING AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENTJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18396231TILE REGION PROTECTION USING MULTIPLE GPUsDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18536265AGENT PROVIDING SYSTEM, AGENT PROVIDING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18480466MULTI-ACCELERATOR COMPUTE DISPATCHOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18231126Task MergingAugust 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18229535ARTISTIC EFFECTS FOR IMAGES AND VIDEOSAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18345406PRE-FILTERING WITH ANISOTROPIC FILTER IN DECOUPLED SHADINGJune 2023May 2025Allow2200YesNo
18317825FAST INCREMENTAL SHARED CONSTANTSMay 2023May 2024Allow1210YesNo
18187070EMULATION PIPELINE SELECTION AND EMULATION PIPLELINE PARAMETER PREDICTIONMarch 2023May 2024Allow1410NoNo
18245847METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTION OF RENDERING MODESMarch 2023February 2025Allow2310NoNo
18118393System and Method for Talking AvatarMarch 2023June 2024Allow1520YesNo
18024021TEXT-BASED VIRTUAL OBJECT ANIMATION GENERATION METHOD, APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND TERMINALFebruary 2023October 2023Allow810NoNo
18104773UNCONSTRAINED MULTIPLANE IMAGESFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2510YesNo
18146289SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING EXECUTABLE OBJECT TO A PROCESSING UNITDecember 2022December 2023Allow1220NoNo
18065987COLLABORATIVE SYSTEMDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18070944ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING USER AVATAR-BASED EMOJI STICKERNovember 2022August 2024Allow2100NoNo
18057851MULTI-MODAL IMAGE EDITINGNovember 2022June 2025Allow3110YesNo
17968469WORKLOAD SCHEDULING AND DISTRIBUTION ON A DISTRIBUTED GRAPHICS DEVICEOctober 2022June 2025Abandon3240YesNo
17933841VIRTUAL GRAPHICS PROCESSING WITH REMOTE EXECUTIONSeptember 2022April 2024Allow1910NoNo
17943087SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE IN AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAYS USING LIGHT INTENSITY MEASUREMENTSSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3010NoNo
17941489DYNAMICALLY ADJUSTING A PERSONAL BOUNDARY OF AN AVATAR IN AN XR ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2022May 2024Allow2010NoNo
17930602METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HARDWARE ACCELERATED IMAGE PROCESSING FOR SPHERICAL PROJECTIONSSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1210NoNo
17902787CONTROLLING INTERACTIVITY OF DIGITAL CONTENT OVERLAID ONTO DISPLAYED DATA VIA GRAPHICS PROCESSING CIRCUITRY USING A FRAME BUFFERSeptember 2022February 2023Allow610NoNo
17893904APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA TRANSFER IN DISPLAY IMAGES UNTO LED PANELSAugust 2022June 2023Allow1010NoNo
17821575POLYGON LOCALIZATION VIA A CIRCULAR-SOFTMAX BLOCKAugust 2022July 2024Allow2310NoNo
17821620THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSE DETECTION BASED ON TWO-DIMENSIONAL SIGNATURE MATCHINGAugust 2022May 2024Allow2110YesNo
17821320SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUGMENTED INTELLIGENCE IN DENTAL PATTERN RECOGNITIONAugust 2022October 2024Allow2600NoNo
17819588INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM DISPLAYING IMAGES OF A MIXED REALITY SPACEAugust 2022April 2024Allow2010YesNo
17885317FLOOR PLAN IMAGE GENERATING METHOD AND DEVICE, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022August 2024Allow2400NoNo
17760076OVERSMOOTHING PROGRESSIVE IMAGESAugust 2022September 2024Allow2620YesNo
17877935Techniques for Abstract Image Generation from Multimodal Inputs with Content Appropriateness ConsiderationsJuly 2022November 2024Allow2810YesNo
17814127END-CLOUD COLLABORATIVE MEDIA DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2022June 2023Allow1110NoNo
17794081METHOD FOR GENERATING DRIVABLE 3D CHARACTER, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2022October 2024Abandon2710NoNo
17868435APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR IMPLICIT REPRESENTATION OF TEXTURE ON 3D IMAGESJuly 2022March 2024Allow2010NoNo
17866476Reduction of a Number of Stages of a Graph Streaming ProcessorJuly 2022March 2023Allow810YesNo
17860302User Terminal and Control Method ThereofJuly 2022September 2024Allow2610NoNo
17846026INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF OPERATING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR GENERATING VIRTUAL VIEWPOINT IMAGEJune 2022June 2024Allow2310NoNo
17787761Mediated RealityJune 2022October 2024Allow2810YesNo
17805790COMPUTER-AUTOMATED SEPARATION RULES COMPLIANCE ANALYSISJune 2022April 2024Allow2210NoNo
17778607IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR GENERATING COMMON IMAGES AND INDIVIDUAL IMAGES FOR USERS WITH OVERLAPPING FIELDS OF VIEWMay 2022March 2024Allow2210NoNo
17734983COMPILER ASSISTED REGISTER FILE WRITE REDUCTIONMay 2022October 2023Allow1710NoNo
17726304MACHINE LEARNING-BASED CHROMA KEYING PROCESSApril 2022June 2024Allow2610YesNo
17724800PORTABLE DEVICE HAVING USER INTERFACE FOR VISUALIZING DATA FROM MEDICAL MONITORING AND LABORATORY EQUIPMENTApril 2022September 2023Allow1710NoNo
17723606TILE REGION PROTECTION USING MULTIPLE GPUsApril 2022August 2023Allow1500YesNo
17720258RENDERING OF PERSISTENT PARTICLE TRAILS FOR DYNAMIC DISPLAYSApril 2022August 2024Allow2910NoNo
17706811SPATIAL PARTITIONING IN A MULTI-TENANCY GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNITMarch 2022August 2024Allow2940YesNo
17705028SYSTEMS AND METHODS CONFIGURED TO FACILITATE ANIMATION GENERATIONMarch 2022March 2024Allow2300YesNo
17637451AGENT PROVIDING SYSTEM, AGENT PROVIDING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMFebruary 2022September 2023Allow1910YesNo
17651795Method for Objectively Tracking and Analyzing the Social and Emotional Activity of a PatientFebruary 2022April 2023Allow1400NoNo
17675950CONTROLLING INTERACTIVITY OF DIGITAL CONTENT OVERLAID ONTO DISPLAYED DATA VIA GRAPHICS PROCESSING CIRCUITRY USING A FRAME BUFFERFebruary 2022April 2022Allow200NoNo
17671890DATA PROCESS APPARATUS FOR TO-BE-CACHED MATRIX AND METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2022August 2023Allow1810NoNo
17668880INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING AN OPERATION RATE OF A PROCESSING OPERATION ACCORDING TO A CHANGE OF RELATIVE DISTANCE BETWEEN CONTACT POSITIONSFebruary 2022October 2024Allow3250NoNo
17578774Multi-Rendering in Graphics Processing Units Using Render Progression ChecksJanuary 2022September 2023Allow2010NoNo
17561865LOW-LATENCY ARCHITECTURE FOR FULL FREQUENCY NOISE REDUCTION IN IMAGE PROCESSINGDecember 2021January 2025Allow3630YesNo
17534990IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR, METHOD OF OPERATING THE IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR, AND APPLICATION PROCESSOR INCLUDING THE IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSORNovember 2021February 2024Allow2720YesNo
17535433DYNAMIC REFRESH RATES IN MULTI-DISPLAY SYSTEMSNovember 2021June 2025Allow4310NoNo
17450743KERNEL OPTIMIZATION AND DELAYED EXECUTIONOctober 2021December 2023Allow2610YesNo
17498140ARTISTIC EFFECTS FOR IMAGES AND VIDEOSOctober 2021April 2023Allow1810NoNo
17495804METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE AUTOMATION OF VARIABLE RATE SHADING IN A GPU DRIVER CONTEXTOctober 2021May 2023Allow1910YesNo
17483030SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING WHEN GEOMETRY SHADERS OUTPUT A CONSTANT AMOUNT OF DATASeptember 2021March 2023Allow1810YesNo
17476312Display Tracking Systems and MethodsSeptember 2021November 2023Allow2610YesNo
17467662USE OF INNER COVERAGE INFORMATION BY A CONSERVATIVE RASTERIZATION PIPELINE TO ENABLE EARLYZ FOR CONSERVATIVE RASTERIZATIONSeptember 2021December 2024Abandon3940YesYes
17464841INTERACTIVE ILLUSTRATION SYSTEM, INTERACTIVE ANIMATION SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF USESeptember 2021June 2024Abandon3310YesNo
17460726Image Processing Method and DeviceAugust 2021December 2024Abandon3920YesYes
17412965DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUIT AND OPERATING METHOD FOR PERFORMING ENCODING AND DECODINGAugust 2021May 2023Allow2000NoNo
17379945EVALUATION OF DIGITAL TWINS USING SOCIAL AUTOMATONSJuly 2021March 2023Allow2010NoNo
17379998ANIMATION RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DEVICEJuly 2021June 2023Allow2300YesNo
17378807METHOD, SYSTEM, MEDIUM, AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING VECTOR GRAPHICS PRIMITIVES TO DETERMINE PATH EDGE ORDER FOR PATH FILLINGJuly 2021June 2023Allow2310NoNo
17379964ANIMATION FILE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DEVICEJuly 2021December 2023Allow2920YesNo
17378803TESSELLATION DATA PROCESSING METHOD, SYSTEM, MEDIUM AND VECTOR GRAPHICS PROCESSING DEVICEJuly 2021October 2022Allow1400NoNo
17305265INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODJuly 2021April 2023Abandon2110NoNo
17362791DISPLAY ENGINE INITIATED PREFETCH TO SYSTEM CACHE TO TOLERATE MEMORY LONG BLACKOUTJune 2021May 2023Allow2330NoNo
17339419DISPLAY SCREEN CASTING TO TARGET DEVICE USING CASTING EXTENSIONJune 2021August 2022Allow1410NoNo
17333695Task MergingMay 2021March 2023Allow2200YesNo
17331537PRIMITIVE FRAGMENT PROCESSING IN THE RASTERIZATION PHASE OF A GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMMay 2021August 2023Allow2710YesNo
17318871CONVERSATIONAL AI PLATFORM WITH RENDERED GRAPHICAL OUTPUTMay 2021October 2024Allow4160YesNo
17234039WORKLOAD SCHEDULING AND DISTRIBUTION ON A DISTRIBUTED GRAPHICS DEVICEApril 2021June 2022Allow1410NoNo
17231425PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH SELECTIVE PRIORITY-BASED TWO-LEVEL BINNINGApril 2021November 2024Allow4320NoYes
17223464DYNAMIC CONSTANT UPDATE MECHANISMApril 2021June 2022Allow1420NoNo
17218421MULTI-ACCELERATOR COMPUTE DISPATCHMarch 2021June 2023Allow2620YesNo
17217050WAVE THROTTLING BASED ON A PARAMETER BUFFERMarch 2021March 2023Allow2310NoNo
17213714EMULATION PIPELINE SELECTION AND EMULATION PIPELINE PARAMETER PREDICTIONMarch 2021December 2022Allow2110YesNo
17203224METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TUNING GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT (GPU) PARAMETERS OF A GPU KERNELMarch 2021January 2023Allow2210YesNo
17274255DISPLAY APPARATUS OF A MEDICAL TREATMENT DEVICEMarch 2021July 2022Allow1620YesNo
17190318METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR INCREMENTAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR JANK FREE COMPOSITION CONVERGENCEMarch 2021December 2022Abandon2210NoNo
17187748INTERACTIVE ILLUSTRATION SYSTEM, INTERACTIVE ANIMATION SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF USEFebruary 2021July 2021Allow411YesNo
17184417VIRTUAL GRAPHICS PROCESSING WITH REMOTE EXECUTIONFebruary 2021May 2022Allow1410YesNo
17178524MIXED REALITY SYSTEM WITH MULTI-SOURCE VIRTUAL CONTENT COMPOSITING AND METHOD OF GENERATING VIRTUAL CONTENT USING SAMEFebruary 2021April 2022Allow1310NoNo
17169785FRACTIONAL VISIBILITY ESTIMATION USING PARTICLE DENSITY FOR LIGHT TRANSPORT SIMULATIONFebruary 2021October 2022Allow2010NoNo
17156606SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTELLIGENT VIRTUAL BACKGROUND MANAGEMENT FOR VIDEOCONFERENCING APPLICATIONSJanuary 2021May 2022Allow1500NoNo
17146828METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS STREAMINGJanuary 2021June 2024Allow4140YesNo
17139702REDUCING LATENCY OF AN APPLICATION IN A SERVER-SIDE HOSTED ENVIRONMENTDecember 2020July 2023Allow3130YesNo
17256203APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EFFICIENT LOCALDISPLAY SHARING FOR A VIRTUALIZED GRAPHICS PROCESSORDecember 2020September 2023Abandon3240YesNo
17123359FRAME REFRESH SYNCHRONIZATION WITH SYNCHRONIZATION BOUNDARYDecember 2020November 2021Allow1110NoNo
17123978THROTTLING SHADERS BASED ON RESOURCE USAGE IN A GRAPHICS PIPELINEDecember 2020May 2023Allow2940YesNo
17120744VARIABLE RESOLUTION GRAPHICS PROCESSINGDecember 2020February 2024Allow3840NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner RICKS, DONNA J.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
10
Examiner Affirmed
7
(70.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(30.0%)
Reversal Percentile
45.9%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 30.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
24
Allowed After Appeal Filing
10
(41.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(58.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
66.7%
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, 41.7% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner RICKS, DONNA J - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner RICKS, DONNA J works in Art Unit 2612 and has examined 442 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner RICKS, DONNA J's allowance rate of 85.1% places them in the 56% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by RICKS, DONNA J receive 1.86 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 58% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by RICKS, DONNA J is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 66% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +7.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RICKS, DONNA J. This interview benefit is in the 37% 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, 28.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 37.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 50% 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, 54.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 45% 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 61.5% of appeals filed. This is in the 34% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.0% 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, 73.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 89% 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 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 58% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 21% 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:

    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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