USPTO Examiner CHIN MICHELLE - Art Unit 2614

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19065225SURGICAL DISPLAYFebruary 2025September 2025Allow610NoNo
18921337SURGICAL DISPLAYOctober 2024February 2025Allow410NoNo
18740209DIGITAL BLOCK OUT OF DIGITAL PREPARATIONJune 2024July 2025Allow1310NoNo
18666992Orientation Based on Vanishing PointsMay 2024January 2026Allow2010NoNo
18658845IMAGE GENERATION WITH FLEXIBLE SAMPLER FOR DIFFUSION MODELINGMay 2024November 2025Allow1800NoNo
18636687MIXTURE OF VOLUMETRIC PRIMITIVES FOR EFFICIENT NEURAL RENDERINGApril 2024March 2025Allow1110YesNo
18631809ENHANCING MONITORING SYSTEM WITH AUGMENTED REALITYApril 2024January 2026Allow2130YesNo
18632144SCALABLE, INTERACTIVE WORLD COMPONENTS COMBINING LOGIC, STRUCTURE, AND INTERACTIVITYApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18628668METHODS FOR MODELLING AND MANAUFACTURING A DEVICEApril 2024February 2026Allow2210NoNo
18628611GRAPH SIMULATION FOR FACIAL MICRO FEATURES VIA PRE-COMPUTED DISPLACEMENT TEXTURE MAPSApril 2024February 2026Allow2210NoNo
18625462Systems and Methods for Automatically Defining and Accurately Adjusting Normals for Primitives of a Three-Dimensional ModelApril 2024October 2024Allow610NoNo
18618535SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC PLACEMENT OF CONTENT IN A MULTIUSER AR SYSTEMMarch 2024February 2026Allow2310NoNo
18610391GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RENDERINGMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18608266SURGICAL DISPLAYMarch 2024August 2024Allow520YesNo
18603077FEEDBACK FOR SURGICAL ROBOTIC SYSTEM WITH VIRTUAL REALITYMarch 2024December 2025Allow2230YesNo
18595832Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Modeling Roofs of Structures Using Two-Dimensional and Partial Three-Dimensional DataMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18440764ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELING TECHNIQUES FOR VISION-BASED OCCUPANCY DETERMINATIONFebruary 2024July 2025Allow1740YesNo
18431476IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1420NoNo
18293573GRAPHICS RENDERING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2110NoNo
18424077Multiple Household ManagementJanuary 2024September 2025Allow2000NoNo
18423370INTELLIGENT REGULATION AND MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR CAR BEAUTY LAMP AND IN-VEHICLE HUMAN BODY BEAUTY LIGHT SOURCEJanuary 2024May 2024Allow310NoNo
18419443COMPUTER-AIDED TECHNIQUES FOR DESIGNING 3D SURFACES BASED ON GRADIENT SPECIFICATIONSJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2330NoNo
18415053Systems, Methods, And Media For Detecting Object-Free SpaceJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18393167GRAPHICS PROCESSINGDecember 2023March 2026Allow2710NoNo
18393365METHOD FOR VERIFYING HARD TISSUE LOCATION USING IMPLANT IMAGINGDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18540069Method of Operating Shared GPU Resource and a Shared GPU DeviceDecember 2023December 2025Allow2410NoNo
18535307GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODSDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18568680MIXED SHEET EXTENSIONDecember 2023December 2025Allow2410NoNo
18289721METHOD AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR GRAPHICALLY VISUALIZING DATA TRANSFER IN A 3D VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTNovember 2023January 2026Allow2610NoNo
18288738MULTI-GPU-BASED IMAGE RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18384340VISUALIZATION OF POST-TREATMENT OUTCOMES FOR MEDICAL TREATMENTOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18239310Low Latency Distortion Unit for Head Mounted DisplaysAugust 2023October 2025Allow2610NoNo
18456988CAMERA POSITION INDICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSAugust 2023January 2025Allow1720YesNo
18456207METHOD OF GENERATING 3D SCAN DATA THROUGH BROADBAND LIDAR SCAN-BASED IMAGE INTERPOLATION AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING PLATFORMAugust 2023December 2025Abandon2810NoNo
18455534Visual Editor For Designing Augmented-Reality Effects that Utilize Voice RecognitionAugust 2023October 2024Allow1410YesNo
18237621ASSISTED SPEECHAugust 2023October 2024Allow1410NoNo
184551613D SCENE DESCRIPTION DATA, SCENE RENDERING APPARATUS FOR RENDERING A SCENE FROM 3D SCENE DESCRIPTION DATA, AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING A SCENE INTO 3D SCENE DESCRIPTION DATAAugust 2023October 2025Allow2610NoNo
18364852METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING VIRTUAL SPACESAugust 2023September 2025Allow2510NoNo
18275468SCENE UNDERSTANDING USING OCCUPANCY GRIDSAugust 2023July 2025Allow2410NoNo
18262008HAIR MODEL RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023November 2025Allow2810NoNo
18223048SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF BUILDING STRUCTURESJuly 2023November 2024Allow1620NoNo
18221760SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREOPERATIVE PLANNING AND POSTOPERATIVE ANALYSIS OF SURGICAL PROCEDURESJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18342779DISPLAYING A VIRTUAL MODEL OF A PLANNED INSTRUMENT ATTACHMENT TO ENSURE CORRECT SELECTION OF PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT ATTACHMENTJune 2023January 2025Allow1930NoNo
18258856METHOD AND APPARATUS OF QUANTIZING SPHERICAL COORDINATES USED FOR ENCODING/DECODING POINT CLOUD GEOMETRY DATAJune 2023July 2025Allow2510NoNo
18338835Rendering Method, Device, and Rendering SystemJune 2023July 2025Allow2510NoNo
18211823HYBRID GPU-CPU APPROACH FOR MESH GENERATION AND ADAPTIVE MESH REFINEMENTJune 2023January 2026Allow3110YesNo
18211570REAL-TIME SYSTEM FOR STREAMING WITH LIVE VOLUMETRIC CAPTURE AND ASSOCIATED METADATAJune 2023October 2025Allow2810YesNo
18336243SCALABLE, INTERACTIVE WORLD COMPONENTS COMBINING LOGIC, STRUCTURE, AND INTERACTIVITYJune 2023January 2024Allow710YesNo
18205386Container File ViewingJune 2023June 2025Allow2510YesNo
18204771TECHNIQUES FOR PROVIDING PROPRIETARY TILE-BASED AND/OR NON-TILE-BASED GRAPHICS PROCESSING TO AN OPEN-SOURCE INFRASTRUCTURE MODELING PLATFORMJune 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18202631METHODS OF IMPERSONATION IN STREAMING MEDIAMay 2023November 2025Allow3010NoNo
18321997SURGICAL DISPLAYMay 2023February 2024Allow920NoNo
18320857IDENTITY-PRESERVING IMAGE GENERATION USING DIFFUSION MODELSMay 2023March 2026Allow3420YesNo
18198209AVATAR LIVESTREAMING METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2023July 2025Allow2610YesNo
18316793AUTOMATIC IMAGE INPAINTINGMay 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18310889Systems and Methods for Generating Consistently Sharp, Detailed, and In-Focus Three-Dimensional Models from Pixels of Two-Dimensional ImagesMay 2023October 2023Allow510NoNo
18305175METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING BASED ON IMPORTANCE VALUESApril 2023May 2024Allow1320YesNo
18300052HANDLING PIPELINE SUBMISSIONS ACROSS MANY COMPUTE UNITSApril 2023April 2024Allow1210NoNo
18298957PROCESSING DEVICE, PROCESSING SYSTEM, HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY, PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023June 2025Allow2610NoNo
18131233VISUAL PRESENTATION OF GINGIVAL LINE GENERATED BASED ON 3D TOOTH MODELApril 2023April 2024Allow1210YesNo
18193988VERTEX INDEX ROUTING THROUGH CULLING SHADER FOR TWO LEVEL PRIMITIVE BATCH BINNINGMarch 2023July 2025Allow2810NoNo
18127601METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED RENDERING FOR SIMULATIONMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
181852173D DIGITAL AVATAR GENERATION FROM A SINGLE OR FEW PORTRAIT IMAGESMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710NoNo
18121571METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MULTIPLE MODEL SINGLE DEPLOYMENT ENGINE IMPLEMENTATIONMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710NoNo
18172847RENDERING THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS UTILIZING SHARP TESSELLATIONFebruary 2023August 2023Allow610YesNo
18109517GENERATING VIRTUAL OBJECTS FROM EMBEDDED CODEFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2830YesNo
18166075SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR DETECTING OBJECT-FREE SPACEFebruary 2023October 2023Allow810NoNo
18018683DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2910NoNo
18099696DIGITAL BLOCK OUT OF DIGITAL PREPARATIONJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1310YesNo
18155400TEXT TO 3D AVATARSJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2510NoNo
18150138PROVIDING METHOD AND DEVICE OF INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL REALITY CONTENTSJanuary 2023October 2023Allow1010YesNo
18149967CONTROLLABLE MAKEUP TRANSFER VIA SCRIBBLE INPUTSJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3210YesNo
18012816INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMDecember 2022November 2025Allow3530NoNo
18069390OCCLUSION DETECTIONDecember 2022April 2025Allow2810NoNo
18067878NEURAL PHOTOFINISHER DIGITAL CONTENT STYLIZATIONDecember 2022September 2025Allow3330YesNo
18081387BOUNDING VOLUME HIERARCHY LEAF NODE COMPRESSIONDecember 2022May 2025Allow2930YesNo
18078235MESHING OPERATION FOR REPRESENTING A 3D PRINTED OBJECTDecember 2022December 2023Allow1210NoNo
18000914MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, SURGICAL IMAGE CONTROL DEVICE, AND SURGICAL IMAGE CONTROL METHODDecember 2022February 2025Allow2610NoNo
18071937AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCE BASED ON PHYSICAL ITEMSNovember 2022August 2024Allow2110NoNo
17927857GENERATING ANIMATED INFOGRAPHICS FROM STATIC INFOGRAPHICSNovember 2022October 2024Allow2210NoNo
17994273NOTIFICATION APPLICATION FOR A COMPUTING DEVICENovember 2022January 2025Allow2610NoNo
17993932Systems and methods for automatically recolouring a designNovember 2022May 2025Allow3010NoNo
17989889DISPLAY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMENovember 2022October 2025Allow3530YesNo
18055068AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) MEASUREMENT DISPLAYNovember 2022October 2024Allow2310YesNo
18055318DISPLAYING BLOCKCHAIN DATA ASSOCIATED WITH A THREE-DIMENSIONAL DIGITAL OBJECTNovember 2022May 2025Abandon3010NoNo
180548023D GAZE POINT FOR AVATAR EYE ANIMATIONNovember 2022September 2024Allow2210NoNo
18054248APPLYING VECTOR-BASED DECALS ON THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTSNovember 2022September 2024Allow2210YesNo
17982997ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY SERVICE, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREFORNovember 2022April 2025Allow2910YesNo
17975516VIRTUAL SCENE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCTOctober 2022March 2025Allow2810NoNo
17973422TWO-DIMENSIONAL FIGURE DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIRTUAL OBJECT, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022November 2024Allow2510NoNo
17971729IMAGE-TILES-BASED ENVIRONMENT RECONSTRUCTIONOctober 2022September 2024Allow2300NoNo
17968118IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE GENERATING 3D CULTURAL ASSET DATA AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFOctober 2022October 2024Allow2410NoNo
17912266METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING BANNER IMAGE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2810NoNo
17942796THREE-DIMENSIONAL ASSET RECONSTRUCTIONSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2930YesNo
17930917Multiple Household ManagementSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1210NoNo
17823560TOUCH INPUT DEVICE AND DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAMEAugust 2022April 2025Allow3230NoNo
17818346CONCURRENT RENDERING OF CANVASES FOR DIFFERENT APPS AS PART OF 3D SIMULATIONAugust 2022February 2024Allow1810YesNo
17814455SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE THREE-DIMENSIONAL PREVIEWJuly 2022October 2024Allow2610YesNo
17854406GRAPHICS PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF RENDERINGJune 2022December 2023Allow1800NoNo
17853855SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANIMATING TRANSITION OF AN OBJECTJune 2022April 2025Allow3330YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(100.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
96.7%
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, 100.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

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

Examiner CHIN, MICHELLE - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CHIN, MICHELLE works in Art Unit 2614 and has examined 47 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 97.9%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 28 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CHIN, MICHELLE's allowance rate of 97.9% places them in the 90% 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 CHIN, MICHELLE receive 2.04 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 53% 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 CHIN, MICHELLE is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 68% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CHIN, MICHELLE. This interview benefit is in the 31% 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, 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 17.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 20% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 3% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

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 24% 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:

  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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.

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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.