USPTO Examiner TORRES JUAN A - Art Unit 2634

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19314696SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONAugust 2025February 2026Allow510NoNo
19302898SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONAugust 2025January 2026Allow410NoNo
19262770SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONJuly 2025August 2025Allow210NoNo
19256878SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONJuly 2025January 2026Allow610NoNo
19247556SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONJune 2025August 2025Allow210NoNo
19202656SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONMay 2025July 2025Allow210NoNo
19170598SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONApril 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
19084039SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONMarch 2025June 2025Allow210NoNo
19081688SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONMarch 2025May 2025Allow210NoNo
19040819SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING DEVICE NETWORKSJanuary 2025July 2025Allow500YesNo
19024518SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19021982SELF-IMPLEMENTING ACCURATE BODY MEASUREMENTS BY A USER USING A MOBILE DEVICEJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19016267SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
18990248SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SENSOR DATA FUSIONDecember 2024March 2025Allow300NoNo
18946889ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AGENT OUTPUT THROUGH CACHING PREDICTED INPUTSNovember 2024February 2025Allow300NoNo
18923359LANE DEPARTURE MONITORINGOctober 2024August 2025Allow1030NoNo
18848346System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Generating and Improving Multitask Learning ModelsSeptember 2024February 2025Allow500NoNo
18670271MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHODMay 2024January 2025Allow800NoNo
18664807DATA EXTRACTION FROM FORM IMAGESMay 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18647545Optimizing Generative Networks Via Latent Space RegularizationsApril 2024April 2025Allow1100NoNo
18629975SIMILARITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS, SIMILARITY DETERMINATION METHOD, AND SIMILARITY DETERMINATION PROGRAMApril 2024January 2025Allow910NoNo
18605382FIBER INDEXING SYSTEMSMarch 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18593464ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ROBOTIC SURGERYMarch 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18587869CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAMEFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18585036SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING HABITAT CONDITION ASSESSMENTSFebruary 2024April 2024Allow200NoNo
18582865Control Method For Realizing Manipulation Of Bluetooth Headset And Intercom NetworkFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18437200RESPONSE PLAN MODIFICATION THROUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE APPLIED TO AMBIENT DATA COMMUNICATED TO AN INCIDENT COMMANDERFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18426212EFFICIENT DECODING OF OUTPUT SEQUENCES USING ADAPTIVE EARLY EXITINGJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2510NoNo
18424484MOBILE STATION AND RECEPTION METHODJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18422563DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PRECODING METHOD, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18400814PRE-FETCHING RESULTS FROM LARGE LANGUAGE MODELSDecember 2023March 2024Allow200NoNo
18561552MULTI-ACCESS EDGE COMPUTINGNovember 2023March 2026Allow2810NoNo
18506545ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSINGNovember 2023November 2024Allow1220YesNo
18558483METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING RADIO SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMNovember 2023January 2026Allow2600NoNo
18493398METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR SMALL DATA TRANSMISSIONOctober 2023January 2026Allow2710NoNo
18489225HIERARCHICAL PHYSICAL CELL IDENTIFIER ADDRESSINGOctober 2023November 2025Allow2500NoNo
18488437MONITORING BANDWIDTH UTILIZATION ON AN INTERNATIONAL MOBILE SUBSCRIBER IDENTITY (IMSI) BASISOctober 2023January 2026Allow2700NoNo
18483124PERSONAL CARE DEVICE WITH CAMERAOctober 2023August 2024Allow1000NoNo
18480965POSITIONINGOctober 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18552860METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPORTING POWER HEADROOM, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICESeptember 2023March 2026Allow2910NoNo
18471934MULTI-MODAL MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURES INTEGRATING LANGUAGE MODELS AND COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMSSeptember 2023October 2023Allow100NoNo
18468066WAVELENGTH-TUNABLE PLUGGABLE OPTICAL MODULE, OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND WAVELENGTH CHANGE METHOD OF WAVELENGTH-TUNABLE PLUGGABLE OPTICAL MODULESeptember 2023March 2025Abandon1820NoNo
18461620POWER SAVING MODE COVERAGE CONTROLSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2800NoNo
18458528REAL-TIME LOCATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING SENSOR-TO-SENSOR DATA COLLECTIONAugust 2023November 2025Allow2710NoNo
18457694POSITIONING ACCURACY ENHANCEMENTSAugust 2023January 2026Allow2910YesNo
18230314IMAGE COMPRESSION AND DECODING, VIDEO COMPRESSION AND DECODING: METHODS AND SYSTEMSAugust 2023January 2024Allow610YesNo
18230312IMAGE COMPRESSION AND DECODING, VIDEO COMPRESSION AND DECODING: METHODS AND SYSTEMSAugust 2023January 2024Allow510YesNo
18279635METHODS, ARCHITECTURES, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS DIRECTED TO DATA AUGMENTATION OF RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) DATA FOR IMPROVED RF FINGERPRINTINGAugust 2023October 2025Allow2500NoNo
18262790UL-TDOA AND DL-TDOA FOR ACCURACY ENHANCEMENTJuly 2023February 2026Allow3111NoNo
18222395EFFICIENT DECODING OF OUTPUT SEQUENCES USING ADAPTIVE EARLY EXITINGJuly 2023September 2023Allow200NoNo
18352336TARGET DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023February 2024Allow710NoNo
18342497DATA TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUSJune 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18340598USER-EQUIPMENT-REQUESTED BEAMFORMING CALIBRATIONJune 2023December 2025Allow3000NoNo
18339991PREAMBLE-BASED PAGING OF IDLE MODE USER EQUIPMENTJune 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18337802MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, FACE RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023April 2024Allow1010NoNo
18268116DUAL-CONNECTION DEVICE ENABLING SERVICE ADVERTISEMENT AND DISCOVERY OF SERVICES BETWEEN NETWORKS, USER DEVICE AND SYSTEMJune 2023October 2025Allow2810YesNo
18336004INFORMATION SHARING METHOD AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEJune 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18333622SENSING SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKSJune 2023February 2026Allow3200NoNo
18332631Systems and Methods for Training Predictive Models that Ignore Missing FeaturesJune 2023August 2023Allow200NoNo
18330443METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING A CLASSIFICATION MODEL BASED ON IMAGES OF NON-BAGGED PRODUCE OR IMAGES OF BAGGED PRODUCE GENERATED BY A GENERATIVE MODELJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18319109Optimizing Supervised Generative Adversarial Networks via Latent Space RegularizationsMay 2023January 2024Allow900NoNo
18316474DEVICES AND METHODS EMPLOYING OPTICAL-BASED MACHINE LEARNING USING DIFFRACTIVE DEEP NEURAL NETWORKSMay 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18195813REALISTIC NEURAL NETWORK BASED IMAGE STYLE TRANSFERMay 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18195448MACHINE LEARNING FEATURE VECTOR GENERATOR USING DEPTH IMAGE FOREGROUND ATTRIBUTESMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18036070Sidelink Data Transmission Method and Related ApparatusMay 2023November 2025Allow3010YesNo
18249790METHOD FOR CONNECTION INDICATION, METHOD FOR CONNECTION ADJUSTMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2023December 2025Allow3210NoNo
18302337DATA EXTRACTION FROM FORM IMAGESApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18132634FIBER INDEXING SYSTEMSApril 2023December 2023Allow800NoNo
18191746MULTI-MODAL MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURES INTEGRATING LANGUAGE MODELS AND COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMSMarch 2023July 2023Allow400NoNo
18190016MOBILE STATION AND RECEPTION METHODMarch 2023November 2023Allow710NoNo
18028107POWER CONTROL SYSTEM, DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMMarch 2023March 2026Allow3610NoNo
18188851SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROAMING USER EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENT SERVICES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKSMarch 2023May 2025Allow2600NoNo
18121546AUXILIARY POSITIONING SYSTEM AND METHODMarch 2023December 2025Abandon3310NoNo
18180556METHOD FOR MANAGING ENCRYPTION BY A TRANSMITTING ENTITY IN A 3GPP MCS NETWORKMarch 2023May 2025Allow2600NoNo
18180053Variable-Focus Dynamic Vision for Robotic SystemMarch 2023October 2023Allow710YesNo
18043778PAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023August 2025Allow2910NoNo
18174682DISTRIBUTED MOBILITY FOR RADIO DEVICESFebruary 2023November 2023Allow810NoNo
18023547Radio Receiver, Transmitter and System for Pilotless-OFDM CommunicationsFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3010YesNo
18169272ENHANCING GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS USING COMBINED INPUTSFebruary 2023June 2024Allow1610NoNo
18041197Wearable Assembly, Apparatus and MethodFebruary 2023December 2025Abandon3410NoNo
18160860USING AUTOMATICALLY UNCOVERED FAILURE CASES TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF NEURAL NETWORKSJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2500NoNo
18160466Method for Sensing Sneezing Based on Wireless Signal, and Related ApparatusJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3010NoNo
18159043CLOSED LOOP AUTOMATIC DATASET CREATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2500NoNo
18006346USE OF TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATION STATE SUBSETS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3610YesNo
18157154FREQUENCY-DOMAIN CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKJanuary 2023August 2023Allow600NoNo
18154433ANTENNA FILTER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING SAME IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3010YesNo
18096483Wi-Fi DBDC RF Front-End Circuit DesignsJanuary 2023December 2025Allow3610YesNo
18084602REFLECT ARRAY, REFLECT ARRAY SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, WALL MATERIAL WITH BUILT-IN REFLECT ARRAY, AND MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMDecember 2022April 2025Allow2800YesNo
17928712APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ACCELERATING GRID-OF-BEAMS OPTIMIZATION WITH TRANSFER LEARNINGNovember 2022April 2025Allow2900YesNo
18070897MOBILE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMNovember 2022July 2025Allow3110YesNo
17999162Dynamic Labeling For Machine Learning Models for Use in Dynamic Radio Environments of a Communications NetworkNovember 2022July 2025Allow3200YesNo
18054040SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA GRAFTING TO ENHANCE MODEL ROBUSTNESSNovember 2022July 2024Allow2010YesNo
17981623CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAMENovember 2022November 2023Allow1220NoNo
18049949ML-BASED MEASUREMENTS FOR UPLINK POSITIONINGOctober 2022March 2025Allow2900NoNo
17971312MACHINE-LEARNED HORMONE STATUS PREDICTION FROM IMAGE ANALYSISOctober 2022July 2023Allow910NoNo
18046087METHOD FOR MONITORING LOGICAL CONSISTENCY IN A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL AND ASSOCIATED MONITORING DEVICEOctober 2022December 2025Allow3810NoNo
17947743DOMAIN RESTRICTION OF NEURAL NETWORKS THROUGH SYNTHETIC DATA PRE-TRAININGSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1120YesNo
17906382COMMUNICATION CONTROL DEVICE, COMMUNICATION CONTROL METHOD, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHODSeptember 2022October 2025Abandon3700NoNo
17932043METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR INTERACTIVE CONTOURING OF MEDICAL IMAGE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3710NoNo
17943987DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA FOR A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEMSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3300NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner TORRES, JUAN A.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
7
Examiner Affirmed
6
(85.7%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(14.3%)
Reversal Percentile
26.1%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 14.3% 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
15
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(6.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(93.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
12.1%
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, 6.7% 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 TORRES, JUAN A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner TORRES, JUAN A works in Art Unit 2634 and has examined 554 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 92.2%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 17 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner TORRES, JUAN A's allowance rate of 92.2% places them in the 78% 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 TORRES, JUAN A receive 0.98 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 8% 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 TORRES, JUAN A is 17 months. This places the examiner in the 97% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by TORRES, JUAN A. This interview benefit is in the 38% 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, 33.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 74% 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 47.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 72% 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, 22.2% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 28% 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 63.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 42% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% 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, 43.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 36% 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 1.3% of allowed cases (in the 70% 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 36.4% of allowed cases (in the 96% 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:

    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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