USPTO Examiner CESE KENNY A - Art Unit 2663

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19308214AI-Driven Dermatological Imaging and Predictive Simulation Platform for Pigment and Lesion ReductionAugust 2025November 2025Allow300YesNo
19190467SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF MARITIME BLACKOUT EVENTSApril 2025September 2025Allow510YesNo
19079821VULNERABLE ROAD USER DETECTIONMarch 2025October 2025Allow710NoNo
19026644METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCALIZING INTELLIGENT VEHICLE IN DYNAMIC SCENEJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
19011125VISION-BASED THREE-DIMENSIONAL HUMAN POSE ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ERGONOMIC RISK ASSESSMENTJanuary 2025August 2025Allow710NoNo
19009062METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING FLUID FLOW DIRECTIONS OF TUNDISH WATER MODELJanuary 2025July 2025Allow600NoNo
18720715SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISCOVERING ANOMALOUS CONSTRUCT VIA COGNITIVE ABSTRACTION IN A MULTIMODAL SENSORY FUSION ECOSYSTEMJune 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18719991IMAGE BASED STICK SLIP CORRECTION OF LOGGING WHILE DRILLING IMAGESJune 2024December 2024Allow610YesNo
18738955METHOD, APPARATUS AND ROBOT FOR OUT-OF-STOCK DETECTION OF SHELF COMMODITIESJune 2024August 2024Allow200NoNo
18732676MULTI-OBJECT TRACKING METHOD BASED ON AUTHENTICITY HIERARCHIZING AND OCCLUSION RECOVERYJune 2024August 2024Allow300YesNo
18674746SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENTMay 2024June 2025Allow1320NoNo
18705152CHARACTER DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND CHARACTER DETERMINATION METHODApril 2024February 2026Allow2240YesNo
18629724REAL-TIME GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUSApril 2024January 2026Allow2110NoNo
18595708BOARD TESTING APPARATUS AND BOARD TESTING METHODMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18581590VIDEO ANALYTICS FOR INDUSTRIAL FLOOR SETTINGFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18429828VEHICLE POSITIONING METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON ENVIRONMENT MATCHING, VEHICLE AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2610NoNo
18416789METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUALIZING CONDITION LEVELS RELATED TO ROADJanuary 2024April 2024Allow310NoNo
18392105IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMDecember 2023November 2025Allow2330NoNo
18392164BIOMETRIC DATA PROCESSING FOR A SECURITY SYSTEMDecember 2023August 2024Allow830YesNo
18526245OBJECT DETECTION VIA PANORAMIC IMAGE REGIONS OF INTERESTDecember 2023May 2025Allow1850YesNo
18389235CREDIT-BASED BODY SCAN APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023June 2025Allow1920NoNo
18370195DISPLAY CONTROL APPARATUS, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND DISPLAY CONTROL PROGRAMSeptember 2023February 2025Abandon1730YesNo
18469603LIGHTWEIGHT FIRE SMOKE DETECTION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2510NoNo
18369093SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HOME FAÇADE FEATURES DETECTION IN A GEOGRAPHIC REGIONSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2350NoNo
18467430DIAPHRAGM DETECTION METHOD, DEVICE AND APPARATUSSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2400NoNo
18463179SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FUSING IMAGESSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2230YesNo
18242147GROUND PLANE FILTERING OF VIDEO EVENTSSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810YesNo
18238716METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING PORE COLORAugust 2023September 2024Allow1310YesNo
18237714REMOTE MONITORING APPARATUS, REMOTE MONITORING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUMAugust 2023April 2025Abandon2020NoNo
18237778REMOTE MONITORING APPARATUS, REMOTE MONITORING METHOD,COMPUTER PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUMAugust 2023April 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18237766REMOTE MONITORING APPARATUS, REMOTE MONITORING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND RECORDING MEDIUMAugust 2023April 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18366604DENOISING METHOD BASED ON MULTISCALE DISTRIBUTION SCORE FOR POINT CLOUDAugust 2023September 2025Allow2610NoNo
18361465SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FEATURE ACTIVATIONJuly 2023February 2026Abandon3110NoNo
18274566CAMERA LOCALIZATION DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18358938ELECTRIC INK HARD HAT SYSTEM CHANGING COLOR DEPENDING ON SURROUNDING COLOR AND OPERATING METHODJuly 2023March 2026Abandon3110NoNo
18358067GRAPHICS NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSOR, METHOD, AND SYSTEMJuly 2023October 2023Allow300NoNo
18273026SUPER-RESOLUTION IMAGE PROCESSINGJuly 2023October 2025Allow2710NoNo
18353824SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MULTI-LANE ELEVATED BODY TEMPERATURE PREVENTATIVE SCANNING SOLUTION USING GIGE VISION AND TRACKINGJuly 2023January 2026Allow3010NoNo
18351518METHOD OF OPERATING SERVER PROVIDING SPORTS VIDEO-BASED PLATFORM SERVICEJuly 2023September 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18218803VIDEO-BASED SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING COMPLIANCE-ANNOTATED MOTION TRAILS IN A VIDEO SEQUENCE FOR ASSESSING RULE COMPLIANCE FOR MOVING OBJECTSJuly 2023June 2025Abandon2310NoNo
18348106IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD OF MULTI-DIMENSIONAL REGION OF INTEREST IN WIRELESS CHARGING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTING APPARATUS PERFORMING THE METHODJuly 2023March 2026Allow3210NoNo
18260408MACHINE VISION-BASED AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION AND RATING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOW-MAGNIFICATION ACID ETCHING DEFECTJuly 2023December 2024Allow1700NoNo
18270397METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A STATE OF A CAMERAJune 2023October 2025Allow2710NoNo
18337439PEDESTRIAN RE-IDENTIFICATION METHOD BASED ON VIRTUAL SAMPLESJune 2023September 2023Allow300NoNo
18265870METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DETECTING OBJECTS THROWN FROM HEIGHTJune 2023June 2025Allow2400NoNo
17167075CERTIFICATE IMAGE EXTRACTION METHOD AND TERMINAL DEVICEMay 2023August 2023Allow3010NoNo
18315598COMPONENT TRACKING IN AUTOMATED MANUFACTURING USING DIGITAL FINGERPRINTSMay 2023January 2024Allow800NoNo
18139580METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL ASSOCIATES OF AT LEAST ONE TARGET PERSON, AND AN IDENTIFICATION DEVICEApril 2023January 2025Abandon2120YesNo
18306516METHOD AND UNIFIED FRAMEWORK SYSTEM FOR FULL-STACK AUTONOMOUS DRIVING PLANNINGApril 2023January 2026Allow3210NoNo
18249205POINT CLOUD SEGMENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023November 2025Allow3110NoNo
18295689SPLIT RUNLENGTH ENCODING COMPRESSION AND DECOMPRESSION OF MULTI-PLANAR IMAGE DATAApril 2023May 2025Allow2500NoNo
18193775VIDEO AND AUDIO ANALYTICS FOR EVENT-DRIVEN VOICE-DOWN DETERRENTSMarch 2023July 2023Allow410NoNo
18187726SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CANCER IDENTIFICATION USING GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS AND IMAGE ENTROPYMarch 2023May 2025Allow2500NoNo
18044475Target Positioning Method and Device, and Computer-Readable MediumMarch 2023June 2024Abandon1620YesNo
18043428Chrominance Component-Based Image Segmentation Method and System, Image Segmentation Device, and Readable Storage MediumFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18161267METHOD FOR DEFINING A CAPTURE TRAJECTORYJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1410YesNo
18094437Measuring the Speed of Rotation or Reciprocation of a Mechanical Component Using One or More CamerasJanuary 2023June 2023Allow500NoNo
18004847THREE-DIMENSIONAL RECONSTRUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUSJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2210NoNo
18089514METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTED LEARNING AND ADAPTATION IN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING VEHICLESDecember 2022January 2025Allow2530YesNo
18084863NEURAL NETWORK MEDICAL IMAGE SYSTEMDecember 2022September 2023Allow900NoNo
18080722AUTOMATED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLARITY MEASUREMENTS AND CLARITY GRADINGDecember 2022June 2023Allow600NoNo
18072877SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOCATION-BASED OCCURRENCE PROBABILITY DURING A LIVE EVENTDecember 2022June 2024Abandon1930NoNo
18059063THERMOGRAPHY IMAGE CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHODNovember 2022February 2026Allow3920NoNo
17970292FRACTIONAL FLOW RESERVE APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHODOctober 2022July 2024Allow2030NoNo
18047958IMAGE-BASED JAM DETECTIONOctober 2022August 2023Allow1010YesNo
17969481BACKGROUND FILTERING METHOD AND BACKGROUND FILTERING SYSTEM BASED ON ROADSIDE SOLID-STATE LIDAROctober 2022March 2023Allow410NoNo
17968433METHOD OF CALIBRATING A PATIENT MONITORING SYSTEM FOR USE WITH A RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT APPARATUSOctober 2022December 2023Allow1400NoNo
17914889MRI-BASED TEXTURAL ANALYSIS OF TRABECULAR BONESeptember 2022January 2026Allow3920NoNo
17913651METHOD FOR EYE GAZE TRACKINGSeptember 2022January 2024Abandon1620NoNo
17906851METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MATCHING 2D HUMAN POSES FROM MULTIPLE VIEWSSeptember 2022January 2024Allow1621NoNo
17895708CREDIT BIOMETRIC APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022August 2023Allow1220YesNo
17889883SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEEP MACHINE LEARNING FOR COMPUTER VISION APPLICATIONSAugust 2022February 2024Allow1810YesNo
17799872OPERATING METHOD OF SERVER FOR PROVIDING SPORTS VIDEO-BASED PLATFORM SERVICEAugust 2022July 2023Allow1111NoNo
17786065System and Methods for Depth EstimationJune 2022October 2025Allow4010YesNo
17837911SYNCHRONOUS DYNAMIC VISION SENSOR LED AI TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2022January 2026Abandon4320YesNo
17838067TEMPLATE MATCHING METHOD FOR IMAGE-BASED DETECTION AND TRACKING OF IRREGULAR SHAPED TARGETSJune 2022January 2023Allow710YesNo
17829798Measuring the Torsional Vibration of a Mechanical Component Using One or More CamerasJune 2022September 2022Allow300YesNo
17751795METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING OBJECT IN VIDEO, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022February 2024Allow2150YesNo
17748813FACE DETECTION DEVICE, METHOD AND FACE UNLOCK SYSTEMMay 2022July 2025Allow3811NoNo
17747721OPTIMIZATION METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE FOR CONSTRUCTING TARGET DETECTION NETWORK, MEDIUM AND PRODUCTMay 2022April 2025Allow3520NoNo
17720232OBJECT DISPLAY METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022July 2023Allow1530YesNo
17719088ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION (AEC) CONSTRUCTION SAFETY RISK ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION AND CAPTUREApril 2022May 2023Allow1310NoNo
17766809HUMAN SKELETON IMAGE APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMApril 2022May 2025Allow3810NoNo
17713285AN IMAGE PROCESSOR AND A METHOD THEREIN FOR PROVIDING A TARGET IMAGEApril 2022June 2023Allow1500NoNo
17657171LEARNING BASED BAD PIXEL CORRECTIONMarch 2022August 2025Allow4011YesNo
17707286METHOD FOR ALIGNING DIGITAL REPRESENTATIONS OF A PATIENT'S JAWSMarch 2022March 2024Allow2441YesNo
17703937MIRROR DISTORTION CORRECTION APPARATUS, METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND VEHICLE CONTROL APPARATUSMarch 2022November 2024Allow3210YesNo
17762575VIDEO QUALITY ESTIMATION APPARATUS, VIDEO QUALITY ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAMMarch 2022May 2025Abandon3820NoNo
17698116GUIDED RESTORATION OF VIDEO DATA USING NEURAL NETWORKSMarch 2022June 2025Allow3930YesNo
17691173IMAGE ADJUSTING METHOD AND APPLICATIONS THEREOFMarch 2022June 2025Abandon3930NoNo
17691791High Efficiency Dynamic Contrast ProcessingMarch 2022November 2022Allow830YesNo
17690919OPTICAL INSPECTION OF STATOR SLOTSMarch 2022July 2024Allow2801NoNo
17688987VIDEO TEXT PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022April 2025Allow3720NoNo
17689403SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING SMALL OBJECTS IN AN IMAGE USING A NEURAL NETWORKMarch 2022April 2024Allow2600NoNo
17689515Systems and Methods for Generating Patient-Specific Corneal Cross-Linking Treatment PatternsMarch 2022January 2025Allow3420NoNo
17689057IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGEMarch 2022July 2025Allow4121NoNo
17687374IMAGE ENHANCEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUSMarch 2022October 2025Allow4330NoNo
17687298SUPER RESOLUTION IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSMarch 2022August 2024Allow2910NoNo
17685747SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING LENGTHS OF HARVESTED PARTICLESMarch 2022March 2025Allow3720YesNo
17678322APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR A VIDEO REMOTE DEPOSIT CAPTURE PLATFORMFebruary 2022September 2023Allow1920NoYes

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
2
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
52.4%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 33.3% 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
10
Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
79.7%
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, 50.0% 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.

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 CESE, KENNY A - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CESE, KENNY A works in Art Unit 2663 and has examined 381 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 81.4%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CESE, KENNY A's allowance rate of 81.4% places them in the 52% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by CESE, KENNY A receive 2.15 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 58% 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 CESE, KENNY A is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 65% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CESE, KENNY A. This interview benefit is in the 25% 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, 25.2% 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 30.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 45% 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, 125.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 84% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 75.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 65% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 66.7% 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, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 47% 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 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 61% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 28% 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:

  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.

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.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.