Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18610293 | AMBIENT LIGHT DETECTION AND HYPERLAPSE VIDEO GENERATION | March 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18440814 | Dispatch-Based Responder Camera Activation | February 2024 | September 2024 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18413646 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND MOVING BODY PROVIDED WITH SAME | January 2024 | June 2025 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18237981 | DYNAMIC IMAGE GENERATING METHOD AND DYNAMIC IMAGE SENSOR THEREOF | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18366434 | IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD FOR ACQUIRING IMAGE FRAME USING TWO OR MORE VALUES , AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFOR | August 2023 | June 2025 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18221921 | IMAGE SENSOR CONTROLLING A CONVERSION GAIN, IMAGING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | July 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18211376 | TEMPORAL FILTERING WEIGHT COMPUTATION | June 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18196463 | IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR IMPROVING AN OPERATION OF MOVING A FOCAL POINT DETECTION REGION | May 2023 | February 2025 | Abandon | 21 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18138241 | METHOD TO DESIGN MINIATURE LENSES WITH ON-PURPOSE DISTORTION | April 2023 | October 2024 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18138231 | IMAGE SENSOR PROCESSING MERGED IMAGE AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM COMPRISING THE SAME | April 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18132558 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM WITH GAIN CORRECTION BASED ON CORRECTION CONTROL INFORMATION | April 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18194756 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A TRACK AND HOLD AMPLIFIER | April 2023 | July 2024 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18126829 | Image Processing for Preventing Flickering | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18189920 | APPARATUS, LENS APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PERFORMING SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR A SIGNAL USING A CORRECTION VALUE | March 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18172926 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS TO COMBINE IMAGES AND PERFORM IMAGE PROCESSING FOR EXTENDING THE DYNAMIC RANGE OF AN IMAGE | February 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18042266 | IMAGING DEVICE | February 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18111037 | IMAGING APPARATUS WITH SWITCHABLE LOWER-LIMIT VOLTAGE | February 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18167004 | PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM | February 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18019666 | PHOTOGRAPHING DEVICE STABILIZER | February 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18163517 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2023 | September 2024 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18101184 | NON-PLANAR LENTICULAR ARRAYS FOR LIGHT FIELD IMAGE CAPTURE | January 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18157417 | CAMERA AND FLASHLIGHT OPERATION IN HINGED DEVICE | January 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 25 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18157770 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING CAMERA LENS | January 2023 | April 2024 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18156068 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME TO FACILITATE IMAGING MODE SELECTION | January 2023 | November 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18071421 | CAMERA MODULE COMPENSATING FOR LOSS OF FOCUS BY HEAT-DEFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME | November 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17928049 | CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT COMPRISING SAME | November 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18058968 | THIN-FILM OPTICAL SYSTEM | November 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18058722 | IMAGE SENSOR HAVING COLUMN-LEVEL CORRELATED-DOUBLE-SAMPLING CHARGE TRANSFER AMPLIFIER | November 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17988392 | LENS SYSTEM FOR REDUCING A SHAKE INDUCED BY A TOUCH-DOWN OPERATION | November 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18054461 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS HAVING A FAN AND FOREIGN SUBSTANCE REMOVER | November 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18050282 | AUTOMATIC ILLUMINATION SWITCHING FOR A SCANNING DEVICE USING REFLECTIONS | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17921255 | Camera Control Method and System, and Electronic Device | October 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17918341 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL SELF-SERVICE MULTIMEDIA STUDIO FOR PRODUCING PHOTO/VIDEO MATERIALS | October 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17950331 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR CAPTURING MEDIA USING UNDER DISPLAY CAMERA | September 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17912069 | CAMERA MODULE FOR THE ADJUSTMENT OF LIGHT INTAKE VIA AN OPTICAL FILTER | September 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17940780 | IMAGE ACQUISITION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR OBTAINING A TARGET IMAGE WITH A SAME RESOLUTION AS RESOLUTION OF A PIXEL ARRAY | September 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17929723 | IMAGE CAPTURE SCENE RECOGNITION CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE | September 2022 | July 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17895089 | MULTI-CAMERAS WITH SHARED CAMERA APERTURES | August 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 29 | 7 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17801422 | INFORMATION PROCESSING WITH ALIGNMENT OF IMAGES OF FIRST AND SECOND IMAGING DEVICES | August 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17865549 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING IMAGE PROCESSING AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF TO REDUCE ARTIFACTS IN AN IMAGE CAPTURED BY A CAMERA THROUGH A DISPLAY | July 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17866338 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CORRECTING INFLUENCE CAUSED BY AN EFFECTIVE F-NUMBER | July 2022 | September 2023 | Allow | 14 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17812635 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR) PHOTOGRAPHY USING MULTIPLE FRAME RATES | July 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17811735 | CROSS FIELD OF VIEW FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SYSTEMS | July 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17846138 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | June 2022 | June 2023 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17834861 | Dispatch-Based Responder Camera Activation | June 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17834780 | IMAGING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR IMAGING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING AN IN-FOCUS POSITION OF A FOCUS LENS | June 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17830835 | IMAGE ACQUISITION APPARATUS PROVIDING WHITE BALANCE FUNCTION AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME | June 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17749562 | IMAGE BLENDING | May 2022 | May 2024 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17749666 | IMAGING WITH CAMERAS HAVING DIFFERENT DISTORTION PROFILES | May 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17737676 | HYPERLAPSE IMAGING USING WEARABLE DEVICES | May 2022 | December 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17659041 | LOW POWER CURRENT INTEGRATION DAC RAMP SETTLING ASSIST CIRCUIT | April 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17711809 | IMAGE SENSOR CONTROLLING A CONVERSION GAIN, IMAGING DEVICE HAVING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME | April 2022 | October 2023 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17690791 | CAMERA MODULE AND MOBILE TERMINAL | March 2022 | February 2024 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17688387 | WEARABLE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, PORTABLE DEVICE AND CALIBRATOR THAT COMMUNICATE WITH IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, CONTROL METHODS THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIA STORING CONTROL PROGRAMS THEREFOR | March 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17679197 | FOCUS DETECTION DEVICE, FOCUS DETECTION METHOD, AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS | February 2022 | August 2023 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17670632 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | February 2022 | June 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17671303 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR FOCUSING ON TARGET SUBJECT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | February 2022 | June 2024 | Abandon | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17665992 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CAPTURING AN IMAGE BY CONFIGURING INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) LIGHT DEVICES IN A IOT ENVIRONMENT | February 2022 | June 2024 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17591156 | OPTICAL SYSTEM, LENS MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | February 2022 | March 2024 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17630505 | OPTICAL UNIT | January 2022 | July 2024 | Abandon | 30 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17584813 | IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, CAMERA ASSEMBLY, AND MOBILE TERMINAL | January 2022 | May 2024 | Abandon | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17584646 | IN-VEHICLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND VEHICLE | January 2022 | August 2024 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17547058 | COLOR FILTER ARRAY INTERPOLATION FOR RGB-IR IMAGE SENSORS | December 2021 | June 2024 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17537456 | CAMERA LENS SYSTEM FILTER | November 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17534318 | ELECTRONIC CAMERA FILTER | November 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 42 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17531419 | BLENDED GRAY IMAGE ENHANCEMENT | November 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17455862 | Optical Devices For Tilt In Camera Systems | November 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17506277 | IMAGING APPARATUS USING GHOST IMAGING | October 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17467384 | CAMERA SYSTEM WITH EXCHANGEABLE ILLUMINATION ASSEMBLY | September 2021 | November 2023 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17445156 | MULTI-SENSOR SYSTEM | August 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 39 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17401385 | HARDWARE IMPLEMENTATION OF SENSOR ARCHITECTURE WITH MULTIPLE POWER STATES | August 2021 | August 2023 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17352177 | Location Systems for Electronic Device Interactions with Environment | June 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17350773 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE USING A NOISE CORRESPONDENCE TO A REAL IMAGE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | June 2021 | March 2024 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17344571 | CAMERA-PUDDLE LAMP INTEGRATED APPARATUS AND SIDE MIRROR INCLUDING THE SAME | June 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 28 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17297201 | Method for Shooting Long-Exposure Image and Electronic Device | May 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 40 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17291316 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING TWO FLOATING DIFFUSION REGIONS | May 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 42 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17291470 | IMAGING DEVICE | May 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 44 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17205650 | APPARATUS, A METHOD AND A COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM TO PICK UP A PLURALITY OF IMAGE AT DIFFERENT IN-FOCUS POSITIONS | March 2021 | September 2023 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17189665 | PRINTER-EQUIPPED CAMERA AND DISPLAYING CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | March 2021 | January 2024 | Allow | 35 | 5 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17163971 | Generating Calibration Images By Merging Captured Recalibration Images With Previously Captured Calibration Images | February 2021 | December 2023 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17158209 | CONVERTING DUAL-CONTEXT VIDEO DATA TO FULL COLOR VIDEO | January 2021 | October 2023 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17029608 | LENS SYSTEM, IMAGING DEVICE, AND IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING A LENS ELEMENT HAVING A FREE-CURVE SURFACE | September 2020 | September 2023 | Allow | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17018948 | RECONSTRUCTION OF OBSCURED VIEWS IN CAPTURED IMAGERY USING PIXEL REPLACEMENT FROM SECONDARY IMAGERY | September 2020 | October 2023 | Abandon | 37 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16978692 | MULTI-CAMERAS WITH SHARED CAMERA APERTURES | September 2020 | August 2024 | Abandon | 47 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16988441 | CAMERA BALLS | August 2020 | November 2024 | Abandon | 51 | 8 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16965622 | FULL-SCREEN DISPLAY DEVICE | July 2020 | October 2024 | Abandon | 50 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16940655 | IMAGE-PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR INDICATING A RANGE WITHIN AN INPUT IMAGE, PROCESSING METHOD, AND MEDIUM | July 2020 | June 2024 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16964496 | CAMERA MODULE HAVING A LIQUID LENS AND A VOLTAGE CONTROL CIRCUIT | July 2020 | December 2023 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13468238 | IMAGING USING NORMALIZED LUMINANCE VALUE TO DISPLAY FOCUS STATE | May 2012 | April 2014 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13415846 | IMAGE PROCESSING CIRCUIT FOR PROCESSING IMAGE ABNORMALITY CAUSED BY POWER SUPPLY | March 2012 | July 2013 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13351804 | Orientation Detection Using Image Processing | January 2012 | September 2013 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13256980 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR IMAGE FLICKER CORRECTION | September 2011 | July 2014 | Allow | 34 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13235248 | IMAGE-SHAKE CORRECTION DEVICE, LENS BARREL, AND OPTICAL APPARATUS | September 2011 | June 2013 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13016616 | IMAGING DEVICE MODULE | January 2011 | February 2013 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PHAM, QUAN L.
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.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner PHAM, QUAN L works in Art Unit 2637 and has examined 91 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 83.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.
Examiner PHAM, QUAN L's allowance rate of 83.5% places them in the 52% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by PHAM, QUAN L receive 1.70 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 49% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by PHAM, QUAN L is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 66% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +20.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PHAM, QUAN L. This interview benefit is in the 69% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 26.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 35% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 20.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 17% 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.
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.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 40.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 39% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 1.1% of allowed cases (in the 69% 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 5.3% of allowed cases (in the 80% 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.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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