USPTO Examiner GILES NICHOLAS G - Art Unit 2639

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18955334LENS MOVING APPARATUS WITH A BOBBIN COMPRISING A GROOVE AND ELASTIC MEMBERS AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAMENovember 2024March 2026Allow1600NoNo
18849633LENS DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGING SYSTEMSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1600NoNo
18815281MODULAR MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODSAugust 2024March 2026Allow1800NoNo
18810384CIS PIXEL READOUT CIRCUIT STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAMEAugust 2024December 2025Allow1600YesNo
18839527SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT WITH A SAMPLE-AND-HOLD CIRCUIT INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF CAPACITOR ELEMENTSAugust 2024March 2026Allow1900NoNo
18803210APPARATUSES AND METHODOLOGIES FOR FLICKER CONTROLAugust 2024November 2025Allow1500NoNo
18796403INTEGRATED CAPACITOR FOR IMAGE SENSORAugust 2024March 2026Allow1910NoNo
18727000SIGNAL GENERATION CIRCUIT AND PHOTODETECTION APPARATUSJuly 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18755745IMAGE SENSOR WITH TRANSMISSION CONTROL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18755294PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND DEVICE FOR OUTPUTTING GRADATION AND EVENT PATTERNS AT DIFFERENT RATESJune 2024October 2025Allow1500NoNo
18751676Approach to Deinterleave Parallel Row Reads in Image SensorsJune 2024November 2025Allow1600NoNo
18672934DETECTION DEVICE USING THRESHOLDMay 2024March 2026Allow2210NoNo
18670698HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE CMOS IMAGE SENSOR PIXEL WITH REDUCED METAL-INSULATOR-METAL LATERAL OVERFLOW INTEGRATION CAPACITOR LAGMay 2024March 2025Allow1010NoNo
18663768REDUCED LOGIC GATE ACCUMULATORSMay 2024March 2026Allow2200NoNo
18708233IMAGING DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORYMay 2024March 2026Abandon2210NoNo
18654548IMAGE SENSOR WITH BOOSTING DRIVERMay 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18652215Imaging Element Having Pixels, Signal Lines, and Comparison UnitsMay 2024January 2026Allow2020NoNo
18641206SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS HAVING LATERAL OVERFLOW STORAGE CAPACITANCE CONFIGURATIONApril 2024February 2026Allow2210NoNo
18640233PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2024August 2025Allow1600NoNo
18637543FOLDABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SENSOR DATA ON BASIS OF CHANGE IN ANGLE, AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFApril 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18699436SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY READING SIGNAL LEVELS OF DIFFERENT CAPACITIVE ELEMENTSApril 2024September 2025Allow1700YesNo
18616231Four-Transistor Pixel with Charge SharingMarch 2024August 2025Allow1700NoNo
18585219MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING A LIGHT SOURCE AND AN APPLICATION TO EXTRACT EMBEDDED INFORMATION FROM AN ILLUMINATED PRINTED IMAGE AND METHODFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1420NoNo
18436743VISION SENSOR, EVENT SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD OF THE VISION SENSOR, AND IMAGING PROCESSING DEVICE INCLUDING THE VISION SENSORFebruary 2024July 2025Allow1800NoNo
18294554IMAGING DEVICE, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD REPEATEDLY PERFORMING A PRODUCT-SUM OPERATIONFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2510YesNo
18422181SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICE THAT DETECT ADDRESS EVENTJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18414547Read-out Integrated Circuit (ROIC) Interface System for Digitization and Control (RIS-DC)January 2024August 2025Allow1900YesNo
18407717COMPARATOR AND IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING THE SAMEJanuary 2024November 2025Allow2210NoNo
18391691IMAGE SENSING DEVICE USING ADAPTIVELY ADJUSTED PRE-CHARGE CURRENTDecember 2023September 2025Allow2121YesNo
18531208SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IMPROVED AUTO-FOCUSING ACCURACYDecember 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18528158Delay Equalization in Event-Based Vision SensorsDecember 2023April 2025Allow1620NoNo
18526611SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE WITH REDUNDANT AD CONVERSION CIRCUITS AND SELECTIVE EXCLUSIONDecember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18526343IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING DARK CURRENT REMOVALDecember 2023February 2026Allow2710YesNo
18563888IMAGING PIXEL TO MITIGATE CROSS-TALK EFFECTSNovember 2023June 2025Allow1800NoNo
18389123METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM PROVIDING AN IMAGER WITH PIXELS HAVING EXTENDED DYNAMIC RANGENovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18503303IMAGE STABILIZATION APPARATUS AND METHOD AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUSNovember 2023August 2024Allow1000NoNo
18556482DYNAMIC VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCY SCALING FOR IMAGE-SENSOR APPLICATIONSOctober 2023May 2025Allow1900NoNo
18482923STACKED IMAGE SENSORSOctober 2023April 2025Allow1800NoNo
18376131IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOF WITH DUMMY CODE GENERATOROctober 2023May 2025Allow1900YesNo
18471466PhotoVoltaic Image Sensor To Supress Black SolarSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2400NoNo
18370417IMAGING APPARATUS AND AN IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE IMAGING APPARATUSSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1900NoNo
18469377LENS MOVING APPARATUS WITH A BOBBIN COMPRISING A GROOVE AND ELASTIC MEMBERS AND CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING THE SAMESeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18463919IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE COMPRISING IMAGE SENSOR WITH REFERENCE RAMP SIGNALSeptember 2023February 2025Allow1700NoNo
18549277SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, IMAGING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENTSeptember 2023April 2025Allow1900NoNo
18548591PHOTON COUNTING SENSOR DEVICESeptember 2023August 2025Allow2310NoNo
18547949EVENT DETECTION DEVICEAugust 2023March 2025Allow1900NoNo
18453345PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION METHODAugust 2023March 2025Allow1900NoNo
18453342PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION METHOD FOR SHADING CORRECTIONAugust 2023June 2025Allow2200YesNo
18360972Image Sensors with Extended Dynamic RangeJuly 2023August 2025Allow2410NoNo
18356373IMAGE SENSOR CAPABLE OF ADDING PIXEL SIGNALS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSJuly 2023July 2025Allow2310NoNo
18353085Partial Pixel Oversampling for High Dynamic Range ImagingJuly 2023November 2025Allow2810NoNo
18220760EVENT-BASED SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN EVENT-BASED SENSOR SYSTEMJuly 2023October 2025Allow2710YesNo
18271518SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE BY COMPRESSIVE SENSING TECHNIQUEJuly 2023July 2025Allow2410NoNo
18260706IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSJuly 2023April 2025Allow2100NoNo
18348084PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, METHOD OF DRIVING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE, AND IMAGING SYSTEMJuly 2023March 2025Allow2000NoNo
18260329ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHODJuly 2023January 2026Abandon3010NoNo
18260251SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE FOR SUPPRESSING DETERIORATION IN IMAGE QUALITYJuly 2023November 2025Allow2810NoNo
18345948IMAGE SENSING DEVICE FOR OBTAINING HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGE AND IMAGING DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMEJune 2023December 2025Allow3020YesNo
18259334IMAGING DEVICE AND DISTANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMJune 2023December 2024Allow1800NoNo
18269049APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING AN IMAGE AND DETERMINING AN AMBIENT LIGHT INTENSITYJune 2023October 2025Abandon2701NoNo
18335488IMAGE SENSOR PERFORMING SELECTIVE MULTIPLE SAMPLING AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJune 2023November 2024Allow1700NoNo
18329836IMAGE SENSOR INCLUDING TIME-DIVISION CONTROLLED CORRELATED DOUBLE SAMPLER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAMEJune 2023June 2025Allow2410NoNo
18329710DISPLAY CONTROL DEVICE, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING CAPTURED IMAGE INCLUDING TWO IMAGE REGIONSJune 2023July 2025Allow2610NoNo
18325507IMAGE SENSOR FOR REDUCING NOISEMay 2023February 2026Allow3320YesNo
18203358Camera Module and Electronic DeviceMay 2023February 2025Allow2100NoNo
18202560IMAGING OPTICAL SYSTEM, IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE, AND CAMERA SYSTEMMay 2023February 2025Allow2000NoNo
18322226IMAGE SENSOR AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFMay 2023April 2025Allow2300NoNo
18314130IMAGING SUPPORT APPARATUS, IMAGING SUPPORT METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING A SATELLITE IMAGE CAPTURE TIMING BASED ON SIMILARITYMay 2023October 2024Allow1700NoNo
18308025LENS AND LENS ASSEMBLY INCLUDING THE SAMEApril 2023October 2024Allow1800NoNo
18302299PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND SYSTEM HAVING PHOTODIODES TO PERFORM AVALANCHE MULTIPLICATIONApril 2023September 2024Allow1700NoNo
18300764Container for Video or Photographic Image-Taking ApparatusesApril 2023January 2025Allow2110NoNo
18301034Camera-Targeted Sound PickupApril 2023December 2025Allow3220NoNo
18300050IMAGE SENSOR ASSEMBLY WITH A FASTENER RECEIVED BY A LENS HOUSINGApril 2023March 2025Allow2310NoNo
18298428ELECTRONIC IMAGE STABILIZATION DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOFApril 2023June 2025Allow2620NoNo
18031047IMAGING SENSOR AND IMAGING DEVICE WITH WIRINGS BETWEEN PORTIONS OF SIGNAL LINESApril 2023August 2025Allow2810NoNo
18248246MULTI-SPECTRAL OPTICAL SENSOR AND SYSTEMApril 2023June 2025Allow2610NoNo
18193987IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF RECOGNIZING RECOGNITION TARGET WITH HIGH ACCURACY, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023September 2024Allow1800NoNo
18192150SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A CAMERA BASED ON CONTEXT DATAMarch 2023September 2025Allow3020YesNo
18245391INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AN INJECTED DROPLETMarch 2023March 2025Allow2410YesNo
18115659COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT WITH OPTICAL IMAGE STABILIZATION, CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION CIRCUIT, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2510YesNo
18043128IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND SETTING METHOD OF IMAGING APPARATUSFebruary 2023May 2025Abandon2720NoNo
18112551WATERPROOF THERMAL CAMERA ENCLOSUREFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2810YesNo
18112310IMAGE STABILIZATION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREFORFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3211YesNo
18040859SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT AND IMAGING DEVICEFebruary 2023December 2024Allow2201NoNo
18103831APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING CAMERA WITH AUTO-ZOOMINGJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2820YesNo
18160013REAR-VIEW MIRROR SYSTEMJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2710YesNo
18006006MULTI-SPECTRAL LIGHT-FIELD DEVICEJanuary 2023June 2025Abandon2910NoNo
18003302METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM TO COMBINE FRAME IMAGE AND EVENT DATADecember 2022September 2024Allow2110NoNo
18002780Delta Image Sensor With Digital Pixel Storage With Long Term Interruptable OperationDecember 2022July 2025Abandon3110NoNo
18068062SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING A DYNAMIC PRIVACY ZONE FOR AN OBJECTDecember 2022February 2025Allow2610NoNo
18081879POSITIONAL LENS LOCKINGDecember 2022February 2025Allow2610YesNo
17985610ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING IMAGE AND METHOD THEREOFNovember 2022March 2025Allow2911YesNo
17982870DUAL CAMERA MODULE STRUCTURE WITH ADJUSTABLE ANGLE OF VIEWNovember 2022December 2024Allow2510NoNo
18050339CONTROL METHOD, CAMERA ASSEMBLY, AND MOBILE TERMINAL WITH PANCHROMATIC PIXELS AND MINIMUM REPEATING UNITSOctober 2022December 2024Allow2610NoNo
17997311CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME CAPABLE OF PERFORMING ACCURATE OIS FEEDBACK OPERATIONOctober 2022February 2025Allow2811NoNo
17961300Video Game Engine Assisted Virtual Studio Production ProcessOctober 2022May 2025Allow3110NoNo
17959831DISPLAY METHOD PERFORMED BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEOctober 2022December 2024Allow2610NoNo
17932831METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING JITTER IN VIDEO, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3310NoNo
17939341MEDICAL PROCEDURE DOCUMENTATION SYSTEM AND METHODSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2910NoNo
17909290DISTANCE MEASURING CAMERA APPARATUSSeptember 2022October 2024Allow2610YesNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner GILES, NICHOLAS G - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner GILES, NICHOLAS G works in Art Unit 2639 and has examined 30 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 100.0%, 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 GILES, NICHOLAS G's allowance rate of 100.0% places them in the 96% 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 GILES, NICHOLAS G receive 1.43 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 23% 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 GILES, NICHOLAS G is 28 months. This places the examiner in the 69% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GILES, NICHOLAS G. This interview benefit is in the 14% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 29.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 56% 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 62.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 87% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 25.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 13% 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 3.3% of allowed cases (in the 81% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 26% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may 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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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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