USPTO Examiner SCHWARTZ RAPHAEL M - Art Unit 2661

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17104364OBJECT DETECTION BASED ON WRIST-AREA REGION-OF-INTERESTNovember 2020March 2022Allow1640YesNo
17094275IMAGE PROCESSING-BASED WEIGHT ESTIMATION FOR AQUACULTURENovember 2020December 2022Allow2520YesNo
17093070SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIMODAL SPATIOTEMPORAL PAIN ASSESSMENTNovember 2020December 2022Allow2520NoNo
17083678OPTICAL FLOW COMPUTING METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICEOctober 2020August 2022Allow2210NoNo
17077900METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI INSTANCE VISUAL TRACKING BASED ON OBSERVER MOTION MODELLINGOctober 2020April 2022Allow1700NoNo
17064465SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENROLLMENT AND IDENTITY MANAGEMENT USING MOBILE IMAGINGOctober 2020September 2021Allow1100NoNo
17035638LANE DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON VISION AND LIDAR MULTI-LEVEL FUSIONSeptember 2020December 2020Allow300NoNo
16999618SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RISK ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT PLANNING OF ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATIONAugust 2020September 2021Allow6000YesNo
16988716METHOD FOR TREATING ARTERIAL STENOSISAugust 2020April 2023Allow3210NoNo
16650870IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODMarch 2020June 2022Allow2700NoNo
16829402SEMI-SUPERVISED LEARNING BASED ON CLUSTERING OBJECTS IN VIDEO FROM A PROPERTYMarch 2020September 2022Allow3010NoNo
16814593NEURAL NETWORK BASED RADIOWAVE MONITORING OF ANATOMICAL DYNAMICS IN PATIENT DEGENERATIVE CONDITIONSMarch 2020November 2022Allow3320YesNo
16811688Methods, Systems, and Apparatuses for Quantitative Analysis of Heterogeneous Biomarker DistributionMarch 2020February 2021Allow1210YesNo
16806390METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FALL PREVENTIONMarch 2020March 2023Allow3620NoNo
16638551A LABEL-FREE METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASURING DRUG RESPONSE KINETICS OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL CELLULAR STRUCTURESFebruary 2020April 2023Abandon3810NoNo
16734894REFINED SEARCHING BASED ON DETECTED OBJECT CONFIGURATIONSJanuary 2020September 2022Allow3210YesNo
16727161SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMBOLISM PREDICTION USING EMBOLUS SOURCE AND DESTINATION PROBABILITIESDecember 2019December 2022Allow3670YesNo
16625172Weakly-Supervised Action Localization by Sparse Temporal Pooling NetworkDecember 2019December 2022Allow3610NoNo
16720795GROUND SURFACE IMAGING COMBINING LIDAR AND CAMERA DATADecember 2019February 2023Allow3820NoNo
16708770PROCESS FOR UPDATING TEMPLATES USED IN FACIAL RECOGNITIONDecember 2019April 2022Abandon2830YesNo
16616962OBJECT TRACKING METHOD, OBJECT TRACKING APPARATUS, VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME, AND COMPUTER-PROGRAM PRODUCTNovember 2019June 2022Allow3110YesNo
16691182SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE-FEATURE-BASED RECOGNITIONNovember 2019October 2020Allow1000YesNo
16686909DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ANALYZING SPATIOTEMPORAL DATA OF GEOGRAPHICAL SPACENovember 2019April 2022Allow2910NoNo
16591331SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE MATCHING AND RETRIEVAL PROCESSOctober 2019June 2022Allow3210NoNo
16499840FACE AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND FACE AUTHENTICATION METHODSeptember 2019August 2022Abandon3520NoNo
16540759AUTOMATED ULTRASOUND VIDEO INTERPRETATION OF A BODY PART WITH ONE OR MORE CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKSAugust 2019June 2022Allow3410YesNo
16533850ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFAugust 2019March 2021Allow1940YesNo
16524638DEEP LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTIONJuly 2019December 2021Allow2810YesNo
16523491PARTICLE FILTERING FOR CONTINUOUS TRACKING AND CORRECTION OF BODY JOINT POSITIONSJuly 2019March 2021Allow2000YesNo
16480113CHIP RECOGNIZING AND LEARNING SYSTEMJuly 2019August 2022Abandon3740NoNo
16458737Method for Diagnosing, Predicting, Determining Prognosis, Monitoring, or Staging Disease Based on Vascularization PatternsJuly 2019August 2021Allow2520NoNo
16433642REAL-TIME VIDEO STREAM ANALYSIS SYSTEM USING DEEP NEURAL NETWORKSJune 2019September 2022Allow3940YesNo
16427250ON-PLATFORM ANALYTICSMay 2019September 2023Abandon5160YesNo
16382698METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE DATAApril 2019December 2021Allow3210YesNo
16376717HIGH BANDWIDTH CAMERA DATA TRANSMISSIONApril 2019July 2021Allow2710YesNo
16376366SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RISK ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT PLANNING OF ARTERIO-VENOUS MALFORMATIONApril 2019May 2020Allow1320NoNo
16338815CURRENCY CLASSIFICATION DEVICE AND CURRENCY CLASSIFICATION METHODApril 2019March 2021Allow2320YesNo
16369908OBJECT CO-SEGMENTATION IN IMAGE DATA USING SEMANTIC FILTERMarch 2019November 2021Allow3120NoNo
16365214OBJECT OF INTEREST DATABASE MANAGEMENT USING INSPECTION DATAMarch 2019January 2022Abandon3340YesNo
16360682CONTRAST PARAMETER LEARNING SYSTEMMarch 2019February 2022Allow3520YesYes
16353935LESION TRACKING SYSTEMMarch 2019February 2022Allow3521YesYes
16332989INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2019October 2021Allow3140YesNo
16289910METHOD FOR GENERATING PLURAL INFORMATION USING CAMERA TO SENSE PLURAL WAVE BANDWIDTH AND APPARATUS THEREOFMarch 2019September 2021Allow3130NoNo
16282250SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENROLLMENT AND IDENTITY MANAGEMENT USING MOBILE IMAGINGFebruary 2019July 2020Allow1740YesNo
16234701SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND POSITIONING OBJECTS AROUND A VEHICLEDecember 2018October 2021Abandon3340NoNo
16202146SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEDICAL IMAGE DATANovember 2018May 2022Allow4140YesNo
16194581PERIPHERY MONITORING DEVICENovember 2018October 2020Allow2310NoNo
16194243SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COUCH SAG COMPENSATIONNovember 2018March 2021Allow2810YesNo
16190466UTILIZING GLYPH-BASED MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO GENERATE MATCHING FONTSNovember 2018September 2021Allow3420YesNo
16301302METHOD FOR DETECTING THE DIRECTION OF ORIENTATION OF A VEHICLE AND USE OF THE METHODNovember 2018December 2021Abandon3730NoNo
16185362Method for Processing a Raw Image of a Time-of-Flight Camera, Image Processing Apparatus and Computer ProgramNovember 2018August 2022Abandon4540YesYes
16179154Determining Malignancy of Pulmonary Nodules using Deep LearningNovember 2018December 2021Allow3760YesNo
16139969IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2018January 2021Allow2710NoNo
16121667LEARNING METHOD, LEARNING DEVICE FOR OPTIMIZING PARAMETERS OF CNN BY USING MULTIPLE VIDEO FRAMES AND TESTING METHOD, TESTING DEVICE USING THE SAMESeptember 2018March 2019Allow600YesNo
16121681LEARNING METHOD, LEARNING DEVICE FOR DETECTING OBSTACLES AND TESTING METHOD, TESTING DEVICE USING THE SAMESeptember 2018February 2019Allow500YesNo
16121640LEARNING METHOD, LEARNING DEVICE FOR DETECTING LANE THROUGH LANE MODEL AND TESTING METHOD, TESTING DEVICE USING THE SAMESeptember 2018December 2018Allow400YesNo
16121670LEARNING METHOD, LEARNING DEVICE FOR DETECTING LANE BY USING CNN AND TESTING METHOD, TESTING DEVICE USING THE SAMESeptember 2018December 2018Allow300YesNo
16120664LEARNING METHOD, LEARNING DEVICE FOR DETECTING OBJECT USING EDGE IMAGE AND TESTING METHOD, TESTING DEVICE USING THE SAMESeptember 2018November 2018Allow200YesNo
16102837METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING SAMPLE DATAAugust 2018March 2023Allow5510NoNo
16013768METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING VEHICLE INFORMATION FROM AN IMAGEJune 2018July 2019Allow1320YesNo
16007924SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY DISCOVERING, CHARACTERIZING, CLASSIFYING AND SEMI-AUTOMATICALLY LABELING ANIMAL BEHAVIOR AND QUANTITATIVE PHENOTYPING OF BEHAVIORS IN ANIMALSJune 2018November 2021Allow4140YesNo
15988592ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFMay 2018January 2020Allow2040YesNo
15977140SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RISK ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT PLANNING OF ARTERIO-VENOUS MALFORMATIONMay 2018December 2018Allow810YesNo
15954335REMOTE DISTANCE ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHODApril 2018May 2021Abandon3720NoNo
15737019IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUMApril 2018January 2021Allow3720NoNo
15938914LOW FEATURE OBJECT DETECTION AND POSE ESTIMATION FOR IMAGE DATA STREAMSMarch 2018April 2020Allow2510NoNo
15926269SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE-FEATURE-BASED RECOGNITIONMarch 2018August 2019Allow1710NoNo
15761038AUTOMATED STAIN FINDING IN PATHOLOGY BRIGHT-FIELD IMAGESMarch 2018January 2021Allow3440YesNo
15921054METHOD AND MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ABNORMALITIES IN MEDICAL IMAGE DATA OF A REGION OF A PATIENT OUTSIDE OF A REGION TO BE EXAMINEDMarch 2018August 2021Abandon4140NoNo
15920027Interaction Detection Model for Identifying Human-Object Interactions in Image ContentMarch 2018April 2021Allow3710YesNo
15917841WATERMARK EMBEDDING METHOD AND APPARATUSMarch 2018January 2022Abandon4740NoNo
15914314IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2018March 2021Allow3630YesNo
15900905VEIN MATCHING FOR DIFFICULT BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION CASESFebruary 2018March 2020Allow2440YesNo
15889757SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FOLLOW-UP FUNCTIONAL IMAGINGFebruary 2018August 2020Allow3010NoNo
15881261PROCESS FOR UPDATING TEMPLATES USED IN FACIAL RECOGNITIONJanuary 2018August 2019Allow1820YesNo
15879278Method For Reconstructing Joined Part Surfaces Of Two Adjacent Teeth Of A 3D Digital Model Of TeethJanuary 2018May 2020Allow2810YesNo
15877453CHIP RECOGNIZING AND LEARNING SYSTEMJanuary 2018August 2023Abandon6060NoNo
15871758SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING CROPSJanuary 2018November 2020Allow3420YesNo
15851201PERSON COUNTING AREA SETTING METHOD, PERSON COUNTING AREA SETTING PROGRAM, MOVING LINE ANALYSIS SYSTEM, CAMERA DEVICE, AND PERSON COUNTING PROGRAMDecember 2017September 2019Allow2120YesNo
15826783SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING ACCELERATIONNovember 2017January 2022Allow4931YesNo
15827725SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMBOLISM PREDICTION USING EMBOLUS SOURCE AND DESTINATION PROBABILITIESNovember 2017September 2019Allow2240YesNo
15788400TERMINAL CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROLLER, AND TERMINAL CONTROL METHODOctober 2017October 2020Abandon3640NoNo
15616823METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BLOCKING INFORMATION FROM AN IMAGEJune 2017July 2019Allow6040YesNo
15606122Methods, Systems, and Apparatuses for Quantitative Analysis of Heterogeneous Biomarker DistributionMay 2017January 2020Allow3110NoNo
15483700SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE SHOPPING EXPERIENCE VIA WEBCAMApril 2017July 2022Abandon60130YesNo
15322911ORIENTATION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND ORIENTATION ESTIMATION DEVICEDecember 2016January 2020Abandon3710NoNo
15392599HEAD MOUNTED VIDEO AND TOUCH DETECTION FOR HEALTHCARE FACILITY HYGIENEDecember 2016March 2020Allow3920YesNo
15391952IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMDecember 2016October 2019Abandon3320NoNo
15391909DISTRIBUTED IMAGE COGNITION PROCESSING SYSTEMDecember 2016October 2020Abandon4540NoYes
15392817GAS LEAKAGE DETECTION METHODDecember 2016May 2020Abandon4011NoNo
15393114CONTEXTUAL-BASED DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAMEDecember 2016May 2020Abandon4040NoNo
15393097USER-ADJUSTED DISPLAY DEVICES AND METHODS OF OPERATING THE SAMEDecember 2016February 2020Allow3840NoNo
15322689PROJECTION OF HAZARDOUS ITEMS INTO X-RAY IMAGES OF INSPECTION OBJECTSDecember 2016May 2019Allow2910YesNo
15391205MOVING INFORMATION ANALYZING SYSTEM AND MOVING INFORMATION ANALYZING METHODDecember 2016September 2019Abandon3320NoNo
15380014LARGE MARGIN HIGH-ORDER DEEP LEARNING WITH AUXILIARY TASKS FOR VIDEO-BASED ANOMALY DETECTIONDecember 2016June 2019Allow3010NoNo
15310325METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING PAIR-WISE EPIPOLAR CONSTRAINTS AND SOLVING FOR PANORAMA POSE ON A MOBILE DEVICENovember 2016March 2021Allow5250NoNo
15193782Systems and Methods for Deriving Spatial Attributes for Imaged Objects Utilizing Three-Dimensional InformationJune 2016February 2019Allow3120YesNo
15192603STOCHASTIC MAP-AWARE STEREO VISION SENSOR MODELJune 2016January 2020Allow4240YesNo
15192874MAP GENERATION BASED ON RAW STEREO VISION BASED MEASUREMENTSJune 2016June 2019Abandon3620NoNo
15192944STOCHASTIC MAP GENERATION AND BAYESIAN UPDATE BASED ON STEREO VISIONJune 2016June 2019Abandon3620NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
3
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
9.2%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
8
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(25.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(75.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
36.2%
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, 25.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

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 SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M works in Art Unit 2661 and has examined 121 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 75.2%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M's allowance rate of 75.2% places them in the 42% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M receive 2.62 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 73% 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 SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M is 34 months. This places the examiner in the 44% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +31.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SCHWARTZ, RAPHAEL M. This interview benefit is in the 79% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 21.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 28% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 10.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 11% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 11% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 57.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. 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, 87.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 87% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 21% 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 29% 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:

  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.
  • 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.

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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