USPTO Examiner CRADDOCK ROBERT J - Art Unit 2617

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18817884Non-Transitory Computer-Readable Storage Medium, Information Processing Method, and Information Processing DeviceAugust 2024December 2024Allow410NoNo
18763468RENDERING 3D CAPTIONS WITHIN REAL-WORLD ENVIRONMENTSJuly 2024June 2025Allow1110YesNo
18760307Systems and Methods for Generating Customized Enhanced Reality Experiences Based On Multi-Angle Fiducial MarkersJuly 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18748120HEAD-MOUNTED INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY SYSTEMJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18741962ADDING BEAUTY PRODUCTS TO AUGMENTED REALITY TUTORIALSJune 2024March 2025Allow910YesNo
18679836Method and Devices for Presenting and Manipulating Conditionally Dependent Synthesized Reality Content ThreadsMay 2024May 2025Allow1110YesNo
18648737Regional Adjustment of Render RateApril 2024May 2025Allow1310NoNo
18645152METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MERGING DISTANT SPACESApril 2024February 2025Allow1010YesNo
18630917THREE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT MAP APPAREL RECOMMENDATIONApril 2024January 2025Allow900NoNo
18594690TIME-DEPENDENT CLIENT INACTIVITY INDICIA IN A MULTI-USER ANIMATION ENVIRONMENTMarch 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18441360DYNAMICALLY RENDERING A 3D MODEL OF AN OBJECT IN A DIGITAL ENVIRONMENTFebruary 2024August 2024Allow610NoNo
18418075MACHINE LEARNING AVATAR FOR CONSOLIDATING AND PRESENTING DATA IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTSJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18413423DEFORMING CUSTOM MESH BASED ON BODY MESHJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18412251Systems, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Adding Effects in Augmented Reality EnvironmentsJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1720YesNo
18395986CREATING CLOUD-HOSTED, STREAMED AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES WITH LOW PERCEIVED LATENCYDecember 2023December 2024Allow1200NoNo
18517544Interactive Avatars in Artificial RealityNovember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18513217METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR 0-PHASE MOTION VECTORS IN 3D GRAPHICSNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18513213METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAY OF AN ELECTRONIC REPRESENTATION OF PHYSICAL EFFECTS AND PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM A PARAMETRIC NATURAL DISASTER EVENTNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18502074METHOD FOR REDUCING COMPUTATIONAL LOADING WHILE GENERATING CONTENT AND HOSTNovember 2023June 2025Allow1900NoNo
18386630Firearm System that Tracks Points of Aim of a FirearmNovember 2023July 2024Allow810NoNo
18385129METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MASKED LATE-STAGE SHIFTOctober 2023June 2024Allow800NoNo
18496407CROSS REALITY SYSTEM WITH LOCALIZATION SERVICE AND SHARED LOCATION-BASED CONTENTOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210YesNo
18382272TESTING OF COLLABORATIVE MIXED REALITY OBJECTSOctober 2023June 2025Allow2000NoNo
18378264LOCALIZATION ACCURACY RESPONSEOctober 2023June 2024Allow800NoNo
18377239ADDING AUGMENTED REALITY TO A SUB-VIEW OF A HIGH RESOLUTION CENTRAL VIDEO FEEDOctober 2023November 2024Allow1410YesNo
18481068IMAGE RENDERING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18373563DYNAMIC OVER-RENDERING IN LATE-WARPINGSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18474361Regional Adjustment of Render RateSeptember 2023April 2024Allow600NoNo
18472749INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2000NoNo
18367418USER INTERFACES FOR MANAGING LIVE COMMUNICATION SESSIONSSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2100YesNo
18241278NOVEL SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLECTING, LOCATING AND VISUALIZING SENSOR SIGNALS IN EXTENDED REALITYSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18457038PROCEDURALLY GENERATING AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT GENERATORSAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18457314CROSS REALITY SYSTEM WITH ACCURATE SHARED MAPSAugust 2023December 2024Allow1510NoNo
18234471PIXEL-BASED DEFORMATION OF FASHION ITEMSAugust 2023April 2025Allow2000NoNo
18449313SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT REPRESENTING A STORED-VALUE CARD FOR DISPLAY IN AUGMENTED REALITYAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18233867METHOD AND DEVICES FOR PRESENTING AND MANIPULATING CONDITIONALLY DEPENDENT SYNTHESIZED REALITY CONTENT THREADSAugust 2023March 2024Allow700NoNo
18447929TEXTURE DECOMPRESSION TECHNIQUESAugust 2023February 2024Allow710YesNo
18232680ADDING BEAUTY PRODUCTS TO AUGMENTED REALITY TUTORIALSAugust 2023March 2024Allow700NoNo
18364591Systems and Methods for Synchronizing the Scanning of a Scene with the Viewing of the Scan Results Relative to a Live View of the SceneAugust 2023October 2023Allow300NoNo
18353592OBJECT SCANNING USING PLANAR SEGMENTATIONJuly 2023January 2024Allow700NoNo
18348456Systems and Methods for Collaborative Location Tracking and Sharing Using Augmented RealityJuly 2023March 2024Allow800NoNo
18335364XR Preferred Movement Along PlanesJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18209643METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LATENCY REDUCTION OF AN IMAGE PROCESSING PIPELINEJune 2023June 2024Allow1210YesNo
18334064DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING MIXED REALITY SPACE IMAGE ANDPROCESSING METHOD FOR USE OF DISPLAY SYSTEMJune 2023April 2025Allow2200NoNo
18266317DYNAMIC DEFORMATION TRACKING FOR NAVIGATIONAL BRONCHOSCOPYJune 2023June 2025Allow2400NoNo
18203882Control-Deck Graphical User Interface In XRMay 2023March 2025Allow2100NoNo
18321556SYSTEMS AND METHODS CONFIGURED TO FACILITATE ANIMATIONMay 2023March 2024Allow1010YesNo
18197838SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED TRANSACTIONS BASED ON 3D REPRESENTATIONS OF USER PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICSMay 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18144323TIME-DEPENDENT CLIENT INACTIVITY INDICIA IN A MULTI-USER ANIMATION ENVIRONMENTMay 2023December 2023Allow700NoNo
18144084METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MERGING DISTANT SPACESMay 2023January 2024Allow800NoNo
18309158METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR 3D STRUCTURE ESTIMATION USING NON-UNIFORM REFINEMENTApril 2023October 2024Abandon1810NoNo
18303489Picking and Placement Processes Using an AR HeadsetApril 2023March 2025Allow2200NoNo
18116665DYNAMIC OVER-RENDERING IN LATE-WARPINGMarch 2023August 2023Allow510NoNo
18177028THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT PART SEGMENTATION USING A MACHINE LEARNING MODELMarch 2023October 2024Allow2000NoNo
18115510SMART-HOME DEVICE PLACEMENT AND INSTALLATION USING AUGMENTED-REALITY VISUALIZATIONSFebruary 2023November 2023Allow800NoNo
18018814AUGMENTED REALITY DEVICE FOR OBTAINING POSITION INFORMATION OF JOINTS OF USER'S HAND AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2410NoNo
18099095TEXTURE DECOMPRESSION TECHNIQUESJanuary 2023July 2023Allow610YesNo
18098799BODY NORMAL NETWORK LIGHT AND RENDERING CONTROLJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2910YesNo
18086754METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBJECT ANTIALIASING IN AN AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCEDecember 2022February 2025Allow2510NoNo
18084214APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TEXTURE MAP FOR 3D WIDE AREA TERRAINDecember 2022April 2025Allow2810NoNo
18066829ADDING AUGMENTED REALITY TO A SUB-VIEW OF A HIGH RESOLUTION CENTRAL VIDEO FEEDDecember 2022July 2023Allow710NoNo
18076803Tile-Based GraphicsDecember 2022December 2023Allow1210NoNo
18073280RENDERING 3D CAPTIONS WITHIN REAL-WORLD ENVIRONMENTSDecember 2022May 2024Allow1810YesNo
17994451A Firearm System that Tracks Points of Aim of a FirearmNovember 2022September 2023Allow1010NoNo
17973817METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING LARGE-CAPACITY 3D MODEL FOR AR DEVICEOctober 2022July 2024Allow2100NoNo
17921434CONTROL FOR USING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS IN VIRTUAL SPACEOctober 2022November 2024Allow2500NoNo
18048562IDENTITY INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, TERMINAL, SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022December 2024Allow2610YesNo
18048681DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA VISUALIZATION AND INTERACTION IN AN AUGMENTED REALITY VIRTUAL REALITY OR MIXED REALITY IMAGE GUIDED SURGERYOctober 2022September 2024Allow2300NoNo
17917690DIGITAL POSITIONING HANDLES FOR A DESIGN PLATFORMOctober 2022April 2024Allow1800NoNo
17960582NONLINEAR REPRESENTATIONS FOR VECTOR OBJECTSOctober 2022May 2024Allow2000NoNo
17959374Regional Adjustment of Render RateOctober 2022July 2023Allow910NoNo
17953868PROCESS FOR CREATING AN AUGMENTED IMAGESeptember 2022January 2024Allow1510YesNo
17947217INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE ESTIMATING A PARAMETER BASED ON ACQUIRED INDEXES REPRESENTING AN EXERCISE STATE OF A SUBJECT, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUMSeptember 2022February 2024Allow1700NoNo
17945778METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELECTING A 3D OBJECT FOR DISPLAY IN AN EXTENDED REALITY ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1700NoNo
17944091IMAGE PROCESSING USING COLOR VISION DEFICIENCY COMPENSATIONSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3010YesNo
17859655DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL DATA VISUALIZATION AND INTERACTION IN AN AUGMENTED REALITY VIRTUAL REALITY OR MIXED REALITY ENVIRONMENTJuly 2022November 2024Allow2810NoNo
17855058ROTATIONAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM IN AUGMENTED REALITY ENVIRONMENTJune 2022November 2023Allow1600NoNo
17809177MACHINE LEARNING AVATAR FOR CONSOLIDATING AND PRESENTING DATA IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTSJune 2022November 2023Allow1700NoNo
17847969PASSENGER-ORIENTED PATH ESTIMATION AND DISPLAYJune 2022October 2024Allow2710NoNo
17841333DOMAIN CHANGES IN GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKSJune 2022July 2024Allow2500NoNo
17839646INCREASING VISIBILITY OF PIXEL PATTERNS IN IMAGESJune 2022October 2024Allow2810YesNo
17783193Determining Spatial Relationship Between Upper and Lower TeethJune 2022January 2025Allow3120NoNo
17783189Determining Spatial Relationship Between Upper Teeth and Facial SkeletonJune 2022March 2024Allow2100YesNo
17781212IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODMay 2022January 2024Allow2010NoNo
17780726POINT CLOUD DATA BASED MODELING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022December 2023Allow1900NoNo
17824839CROSS REALITY SYSTEM WITH LOCALIZATION SERVICE AND SHARED LOCATION-BASED CONTENTMay 2022September 2023Allow1610YesNo
17737947Firearm Sight Improvements using OLED or LCoS ArraysMay 2022January 2024Allow2001NoNo
17732128METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANIPULATING VIRTUAL BOUNDING VOLUMESApril 2022April 2024Allow2420YesNo
17732133METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR MANIPULATING VIRTUAL BOUNDING VOLUMESApril 2022December 2023Allow2010NoNo
17730491AUGMENTED REALITY FOR REFLECTIVE PARTICLE TAG ALIGNMENTApril 2022January 2024Allow2110YesNo
17771900AN IMAGE SYNTHESIS SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFORApril 2022July 2023Allow1500NoNo
17660018MERGING MULTIPLE ENVIRONMENTS TO CREATE AN EXTENDED REALITY ENVIRONMENTApril 2022January 2024Abandon2110NoNo
17724075Technique of Providing User Guidance For Obtaining A Registration Between Patient Image Data And A Surgical Tracking SystemApril 2022February 2024Allow2210NoNo
17769532AUGMENTED REALITY ANNOUNCEMENT INFORMATION DELIVERY SYSTEM, AND ITS DELIVERY CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAMApril 2022April 2024Allow2410NoNo
17720227Systems, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Adding Effects in Augmented Reality EnvironmentsApril 2022November 2023Allow1910NoNo
17718840FILLING GAPS IN ELECTRIC GRID MODELSApril 2022April 2024Allow2410YesNo
17716343THREE-DIMENSIONAL HEAT MAP APPAREL RECOMMENDATIONApril 2022January 2024Allow2110YesNo
17658194PROVIDING CONTEXT-AWARE AVATAR EDITING WITHIN AN EXTENDED-REALITY ENVIRONMENTApril 2022November 2024Allow3130YesNo
17711119Localization Accuracy ResponseApril 2022August 2023Allow1600NoNo
17656677CREATING CLOUD-HOSTED, STREAMED AUGMENTED REALITY EXPERIENCES WITH LOW PERCEIVED LATENCYMarch 2022September 2023Allow1820YesNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner CRADDOCK, ROBERT J - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CRADDOCK, ROBERT J works in Art Unit 2617 and has examined 121 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 96.7%, 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 CRADDOCK, ROBERT J's allowance rate of 96.7% 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 CRADDOCK, ROBERT J receive 0.73 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 6% 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 CRADDOCK, ROBERT J is 20 months. This places the examiner in the 88% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CRADDOCK, ROBERT J. This interview benefit is in the 27% 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, 47.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 96% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 44.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 62% 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, 36.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 32% 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 16% 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 6.8% of allowed cases (in the 83% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

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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