USPTO Examiner BALI VIKKRAM - Art Unit 2663

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18619844TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM TO PERFORM MOTION ESTIMATION OF OBJECTS IN A SET OF FRAMESMarch 2024February 2025Allow1100NoNo
18436865SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC OBJECT TRACKING USING A MESH NETWORK OF NODES COUPLED TO CAMERASFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1320YesNo
18499799Methods and Systems for Determining Accuracy of Sport-Related Information Extracted from Digital Video FramesNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18495776TRACKING AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD, DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR MULTIPLE VESSEL TARGETSOctober 2023April 2024Allow610NoNo
18484039ANOMALOUS ACTIVITY RECOGNITION IN VIDEOSOctober 2023December 2023Allow200NoNo
18236590Neural Flow AttestationAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110YesNo
18364281Method and Device for Situation AwarenessAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18215075TRACKING USERS ACROSS IMAGE FRAMES USING FINGERPRINTS OBTAINED FROM IMAGE ANALYSISJune 2023April 2025Abandon2120NoNo
18139971SKELETON BASED DRIVER MONITORINGApril 2023October 2024Abandon1811NoNo
18185142SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTING A NEURAL NETWORK MODEL ON A HARDWARE PLATFORMMarch 2023July 2024Allow1620YesNo
18182807ACTION RECOGNITION USING IMPLICIT POSE REPRESENTATIONSMarch 2023August 2024Allow1720YesNo
18174667Systems and methods for detecting movement of at least one non-line-of-sight objectFebruary 2023May 2023Allow200NoNo
18174664Systems and methods for detecting movement of at least one non-line-of-sight objectFebruary 2023May 2023Allow300NoNo
18172411STATIC PRIVACY MASKINGFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1810NoNo
18102196APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A PERSONAL GROOMING APPLIANCE OR HOUSEHOLD CLEANING APPLIANCEJanuary 2023July 2024Abandon1820NoNo
18149303System and Method For Capturing By A Device An Image Of A Light Colored Object on a Light Colored Background For Uploading To A Remote ServerJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1910NoNo
18087374LEARNED STATE COVARIANCESDecember 2022September 2024Allow2120YesYes
17976296Method and Device for Situation AwarenessOctober 2022May 2023Allow600NoNo
18049473FRAME-BASED VIDEO SEGMENTATIONOctober 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
17968338SURFACE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION DEVICE, SURFACE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION METHOD, AND SURFACE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION PROGRAMOctober 2022May 2025Allow3110NoNo
17949238Image processing method and related video processorSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2700NoNo
17802467Evaluation Method and System for Corrosion Degree of Absorbable StentAugust 2022September 2024Allow2500YesNo
17800255IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM THEREINAugust 2022May 2025Allow3320YesNo
17799900VISUAL POSITIONING BASED ON A PLURALITY OF IMAGE FRAMESAugust 2022April 2025Allow3210NoNo
17819308CALCULATING A DISTANCE BETWEEN A VEHICLE AND OBJECTSAugust 2022February 2025Allow3000NoNo
17878354INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND LEARNING APPARATUSAugust 2022February 2025Allow3110YesNo
17795755SYSTEMATIC CHARACTERIZATION OF OBJECTS IN A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLEJuly 2022January 2025Allow3010NoNo
17815451ADAPTING GENERATIVE NEURAL NETWORKS USING A CROSS DOMAIN TRANSLATION NETWORKJuly 2022November 2024Allow2700NoNo
17839448NEURAL NETWORK FOR OBJECT DETECTION AND TRACKINGJune 2022February 2024Allow2020YesNo
17784388CONTEXT DETERMINATION FOR PLANAR MODE IN OCTREE-BASED POINT CLOUD CODINGJune 2022August 2024Allow2600NoNo
17835814SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COUNTING PARTICLESJune 2022July 2023Allow1410NoNo
17781898TAXIS ANALYSIS METHOD, CANCER EVALUATION METHOD, TAXIS ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND PROGRAMJune 2022March 2025Allow3420NoNo
17827574METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AN OBJECTMay 2022November 2023Allow1820YesNo
17748185FULL-AUTOMATIC CLASSIFICATION METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL POINT CLOUD AND DEEP NEURAL NETWORK MODELMay 2022February 2025Allow3310NoNo
17729703MONOCULAR UNDERWATER CAMERA BIOMASS ESTIMATIONApril 2022April 2025Allow3610NoNo
17720584METHOD AND WORKSTATION FOR GENERATING A JOINT-VISUALIZATION IMAGE BASED ON MULTIPLE FUNCTIONAL IMAGING DATASETSApril 2022January 2025Allow3310YesNo
17658819SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE QUALITY DETECTIONApril 2022April 2025Abandon3601NoNo
17763173ZOOM BASED ON GESTURE DETECTIONMarch 2022March 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17655500LANE MARKER RECOGNITIONMarch 2022July 2024Allow2800NoNo
17698577PLANAR SURFACE DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHODMarch 2022May 2025Allow3820YesNo
17760880DETERMINATION SYSTEMMarch 2022August 2024Allow2910NoNo
17687227IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAMEMarch 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17635430COVER IMAGE DETERMINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICEFebruary 2022June 2025Abandon4020NoNo
17635417FACE SEARCH METHOD AND DEVICE, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3110NoNo
17666589INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEMFebruary 2022March 2025Allow3730YesNo
17665458METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND MEDIA FOR IDENTIFYING HUMAN COACTIVITY IN IMAGES AND VIDEOS USING NEURAL NETWORKSFebruary 2022April 2025Allow3820YesNo
17631538SAMPLE OBSERVATION APPARATUSJanuary 2022February 2025Abandon3720NoNo
17581664SCANNING SEQUENCE FOR AN INTRA-ORAL IMAGING SYSTEMJanuary 2022February 2025Allow3740NoNo
17621368INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INDEX VALUE CALCULATION METHODDecember 2021August 2024Allow3210NoNo
17555656METHOD FOR DETECTING WHETHER A FACE IS MASKED, MASKED-FACE RECOGNITION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021September 2024Abandon3310NoNo
17620518ENHANCED MEASUREMENT OF PHOTOSYNTHETICALLY ACTIVE RADIATION (PAR) AND IMAGE CONVERSION THEREFORDecember 2021February 2024Allow2600NoNo
17537623COMPUTER VISION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING ORTHOPEDIC SPINE CONDITIONNovember 2021February 2025Abandon3920NoNo
17531444CROSS-MODAL SENSOR DATA ALIGNMENTNovember 2021February 2024Abandon2720YesNo
17609668AUTO-REGRESSIVE VIDEO GENERATION NEURAL NETWORKSNovember 2021July 2024Allow3210YesNo
17518858METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING A REGION OF INTEREST IN AN IMAGENovember 2021May 2023Allow1810YesNo
17515977Data Collection and Retraining in Edge Video DevicesNovember 2021June 2024Allow3120YesNo
17512330ADAPTIVE COLOR TRANSFORMATION TO AID COMPUTER VISIONOctober 2021November 2022Allow1200NoNo
17449444SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENSURING CREATION OF AUTHENTIC ONLINE PROFILESSeptember 2021August 2024Abandon3520NoNo
17598800METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUAL BASED INSPECTION OF ROTATING OBJECTSSeptember 2021January 2023Allow1600NoNo
17402500IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS, RECOGNITION MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2021June 2024Allow3410YesNo
17426624SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PERFUSION FUNCTIONAL MAPS FROM TEMPORALLY RESOLVED HELICAL COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC IMAGESJuly 2021September 2023Allow2600NoNo
17443149Magnetic resonance imaging reconstruction using machine learningJuly 2021May 2024Allow3411NoNo
17382266AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF TREAT RELEASE AND JAMMING WITH CONDITIONAL ACTIVATION OF ANTI-JAMMING IN AN AUTONOMOUS PET INTERACTION DEVICEJuly 2021September 2024Abandon3820NoNo
17381303SYNTHETIC MAMMOGRAM WITH REDUCED OVERLAYING OF TISSUE CHANGESJuly 2021May 2024Abandon3410NoNo
17373946RENDERING A DENTAL MODEL IN AN IMAGEJuly 2021October 2023Abandon2720YesNo
17374971METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING TARGET IN VIDEO, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2021October 2023Allow2710YesNo
17373276MOTION TAXONOMY FOR MANIPULATION EMBEDDING AND RECOGNITIONJuly 2021November 2023Allow2810NoNo
17370331METHOD FOR GENERATING A MONITORING IMAGEJuly 2021October 2023Allow2710NoNo
17365893TARGET TRACKING METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJuly 2021January 2023Allow1900NoNo
17364349Methods and Systems for Determining Accuracy of Sport-Related Information Extracted from Digital Video FramesJune 2021March 2023Allow2110YesNo
17361779SEMANTIC RELATION PRESERVING KNOWLEDGE DISTILLATION FOR IMAGE-TO-IMAGE TRANSLATIONJune 2021March 2024Allow3210NoNo
17360709RECOGNITION OF OBJECTS IN IMAGES WITH EQUIVARIANCE OR INVARIANCE IN RELATION TO THE OBJECT SIZEJune 2021September 2023Allow2710NoNo
17360401PICTURE ANNOTATION METHOD, APPARATUS, PROCESSING DEVICE, AND SYSTEMJune 2021June 2022Allow1220NoNo
17356379AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND SYSTEMJune 2021December 2021Allow610YesNo
17417550VIDEO IMAGE TRANSMISSION METHOD, DEVICE, INTERACTIVE INTELLIGENT TABLET AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2021January 2025Allow4330YesNo
17417602Scene-Driven Lighting Control for Gaming SystemsJune 2021November 2024Abandon4120NoNo
17346924SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTED OBJECTSJune 2021October 2023Abandon2910NoNo
17345240DIRECTIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR CENTERING A FACE IN A CAMERA FIELD OF VIEWJune 2021April 2023Allow2210YesNo
17344409FACILITATING OBJECT TRACKING FOR PORTABLE CAMERA IMAGESJune 2021July 2023Allow2510NoNo
17343029IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2021April 2024Allow3420NoNo
17311505MOVEMENT INDICATIONJune 2021July 2023Allow2510NoNo
17338193AUTO-GENERATION OF SUBTITLES FOR SIGN LANGUAGE VIDEOSJune 2021April 2023Allow2310YesNo
17298774Distributed Computation for Real-Time Object Detection and TrackingJune 2021July 2023Allow2510NoNo
17318709VIDEO PROCESSING APPARATUS AND VIDEO PROCESSING METHODMay 2021April 2023Abandon2310NoNo
17308090RESOLVING REGION-OF-INTEREST (ROI) OVERLAPS FOR DISTRIBUTED SIMULTANEOUS LOCALIZATION AND MAPPING (SLAM) IN EDGE CLOUD ARCHITECTURESMay 2021March 2025Allow4640NoNo
17244347DOCUMENT VERIFICATION BY COMBINING MULTIPLE IMAGESApril 2021August 2024Allow3940YesNo
17242849GENERATING GAZE CORRECTED IMAGES USING BIDIRECTIONALLY TRAINED NETWORKApril 2021February 2023Allow2210NoNo
17309109ADAPTATION OF THE RADIO CONNECTION BETWEEN A MOBILE DEVICE AND A BASE STATIONApril 2021November 2024Abandon4330NoNo
17228217RESOLVING TRAINING DATASET CATEGORY AMBIGUITYApril 2021March 2024Allow3510NoNo
17224780DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRUNING VIDEO ANALYTICS PARAMETERSApril 2021May 2024Allow3820NoNo
17219334EYE-TRACKING SYSTEMMarch 2021October 2024Abandon4340YesNo
17212771METHOD, DEVICE, AND PROGRAM FOR SAMPLING FRAME IMAGE OF OBJECT TO BE LEARNED IN VIDEO FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE VIDEO LEARNING, AND IMAGE LEARNING METHOD THEREOFMarch 2021January 2022Allow1000NoNo
17278972METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING BACKGROUND MOTION OF INFRARED IMAGE SEQUENCES AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2021March 2023Allow2310NoNo
17201500SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC FACIAL FEATURES FOR SPEAKER RECOGNITIONMarch 2021April 2024Allow3740YesNo
17200643Systems and Methods for Refined Object Estimation from Image DataMarch 2021July 2023Allow2810YesNo
17249736METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR STANDARDIZING IMAGE ANNOTATIONMarch 2021August 2023Allow2910NoNo
17191338SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTION OF HEAT RECOVERY STEAM GENERATORMarch 2021January 2023Allow2210NoNo
17273230DETERMINATION OF A GROWTH RATE OF AN OBJECT IN 3D DATA SETS USING DEEP LEARNINGMarch 2021January 2024Allow3510NoNo
17187831Analysing Objects in a Set of FramesFebruary 2021December 2023Allow3430NoNo
17182971METHODS OF OBTAINING 3D RETINAL BLOOD VESSEL GEOMETRY FROM OPTICAL COHERENT TOMOGRAPHY IMAGES AND METHODS OF ANALYZING SAMEFebruary 2021February 2023Allow2410YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BALI, VIKKRAM.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
8
Examiner Affirmed
5
(62.5%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(37.5%)
Reversal Percentile
58.1%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 37.5% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
24
Allowed After Appeal Filing
13
(54.2%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
11
(45.8%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
84.6%
Higher 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, 54.2% 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.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner BALI, VIKKRAM - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BALI, VIKKRAM works in Art Unit 2663 and has examined 376 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BALI, VIKKRAM's allowance rate of 85.1% places them in the 56% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by BALI, VIKKRAM receive 1.71 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.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BALI, VIKKRAM is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 57% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BALI, VIKKRAM. This interview benefit is in the 44% 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, 27.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 39% 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 34.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 50.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 42% 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 70.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 52% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 31.6% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 47.1% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 54% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

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 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 51% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

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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