USPTO Examiner CONNER SEAN M - Art Unit 2663

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18909470Training Data for Training Artificial Intelligence Agents to Automate Multimodal Software UsageOctober 2024November 2025Allow1421YesNo
18904505METHODS AND APPARATUS TO ANALYZE AN IMAGE OF A PORTION OF AN ITEM FOR A PATTERN INDICATING AUTHENTICITY OF THE ITEMOctober 2024June 2025Allow811NoNo
18807093SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE SEGMENTATIONAugust 2024May 2025Allow911YesNo
18645343AUTOMATIC LISTING GENERATION FOR MULTIPLE ITEMSApril 2024November 2025Allow1820YesNo
18632397SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MATCHING A VOICE SAMPLE TO A FACIAL IMAGE BASED ON VOICE AND IMAGE METAPROPERTIESApril 2024September 2024Allow510YesNo
18632078USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES AND MACHINE LEARNING TO IDENTIFY INFORMATION PERTAINING TO EYE SHAPEApril 2024November 2025Allow1931YesNo
18618982BALANCED GENERATIVE IMAGE MODEL TRAININGMarch 2024May 2024Allow200NoNo
18424915DYEING EFFECT PREDICTION METHOD, TRAINING METHOD OF DYEING EFFECT PREDICTION MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024April 2024Abandon200NoNo
18575813FACIAL RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110YesNo
18393111MULTI-MODAL COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROSTATE CANCERDecember 2023September 2024Allow910NoNo
18530287DYEING EFFECT PREDICTION METHOD, TRAINING METHOD OF DYEING EFFECT PREDICTION MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023May 2024Allow500YesNo
18508456METHOD FOR CREATING BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTO THAT IMITATES EXPERT RETOUCHING STYLESNovember 2023March 2026Allow2810NoNo
18555654MATERIALS AND METHODS RELATED TO IMAGE PROCESSINGOctober 2023January 2026Allow2710NoNo
18371853IMAGE PRE-PROCESSING FOR OVERLAY METROLOGY USING DECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUESSeptember 2023April 2024Allow700YesNo
18243223RELOCATION MODULE AND METHODS FOR SURGICAL EQUIPMENTSeptember 2023August 2024Abandon1110NoNo
18456723IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICEAugust 2023August 2024Allow1110YesNo
18214145System for Estimating a Three Dimensional Pose of One or More Persons in a SceneJune 2023February 2025Allow2030YesNo
18212325COLLECTION OF IMAGE DATA FOR USE IN TRAINING A MACHINE-LEARNING MODELJune 2023November 2025Allow2900NoNo
18255780CORONARY ARTERY STENT PREDICTION METHOD, DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM USING DEEP LEARNING BASED ON ULTRASOUND IMAGEJune 2023March 2026Allow3310YesNo
18328597MULTIMODAL VIDEO SUMMARIZATIONJune 2023January 2026Allow3110YesNo
18325182DATA AUGMENTATION FOR OCCLUSION HANDLING IN FEATURE EXTRACTIONMay 2023October 2025Allow2910NoNo
18318654METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING OPTICAL INSPECTION OF PATTERNED STRUCTURESMay 2023December 2024Abandon1920NoNo
18252382METHOD FOR INSPECTING HOLLOW GLASS PRODUCTS OF GLASS PRODUCT MATERIALMay 2023February 2026Allow3310YesNo
18304349GREEN COFFEE BEAN IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND GREEN COFFEE BEAN IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMApril 2023January 2026Allow3210YesNo
18247308COMPUTING PLATFORM USING MACHINE LEARNING FOR FOREGROUND MASK ESTIMATIONMarch 2023October 2023Allow610NoNo
18121738OBJECT RECOGNITION BASED IMAGE OVERLAYSMarch 2023March 2024Allow1210YesNo
18168530AUTOMATIC MULTI-PLATE RECOGNITIONFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1120YesNo
18064883AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITIONDecember 2022December 2023Allow1220NoNo
18009783Pattern Matching Device, Pattern Measuring System, Pattern Matching ProgramDecember 2022December 2025Allow3610NoNo
18064074DETERMINATION OF POSITION OF A HEAD-MOUNTED DEVICE ON A USERDecember 2022September 2025Abandon3330YesNo
18070337INFRARED RESOLUTION AND CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT WITH FUSIONNovember 2022August 2025Allow3340YesNo
17977823DETERMINING LANES FROM DRIVABLE AREAOctober 2022July 2024Allow2140YesNo
17969631MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND EXPRESSION IMAGE CLASSIFICATION METHOD AND DEVICEOctober 2022May 2024Allow1910YesNo
17819861VIDEO TRANSMISSION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMAugust 2022March 2025Allow3160NoNo
17818745METHOD FOR ANNOTATION BASED ON DEEP LEARNINGAugust 2022July 2023Allow1110NoNo
17814373DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR ANOMALY DETECTIONJuly 2022July 2025Allow3610YesNo
17871786AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITIONJuly 2022September 2022Allow200YesNo
17814083SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING OPTOACOUSTIC DATA AND PRODUCING PARAMETRIC MAPS THEREOFJuly 2022November 2024Allow2810YesNo
17865249ENCODING ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHIC DATAJuly 2022September 2025Allow3810YesNo
17811208ENHANCED FLIGHT VISION SYSTEMJuly 2022April 2025Allow3410NoNo
17789323Verification of the Authenticity of Images Using a Decoding Neural NetworkJune 2022December 2024Allow2910YesNo
17835357METHODS AND DEVICES FOR OBJECT TRACKING APPLICATIONSJune 2022February 2026Allow4430NoNo
17740402SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLOR AGNOSTIC MATERIAL FACE DETECTIONMay 2022August 2025Abandon4001NoNo
17658979OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022July 2025Allow3940YesNo
17712153INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD ESTIMATING LINE OF SIGHTApril 2022May 2025Abandon3720YesNo
17762885CONTAINER MEASUREMENT SYSTEMMarch 2022February 2025Allow3510YesNo
17699015METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND INSPECTING CUSTOMIZED DENTAL APPLIANCESMarch 2022December 2022Allow900NoNo
17699013METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING AND INSPECTING ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERSMarch 2022February 2025Allow3510YesNo
17693402INSTRUMENT IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND INSTRUMENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMMarch 2022March 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17688570COMPUTER-VISION BASED WORKPLACE SAFETYMarch 2022May 2025Allow3820YesNo
17686257IMAGE SEGMENTATION WITH OBJECT BOUNDARY REFINEMENTMarch 2022May 2025Allow3810YesNo
17681395OBJECT RECOGNITION BASED IMAGE OVERLAYSFebruary 2022January 2023Allow1000YesNo
17635108Text Based Image SearchFebruary 2022January 2025Allow3610YesNo
17669399IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2022May 2025Allow3921YesNo
17669587METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING INTERNAL CONDITIONS IN JUVENILE FISH THROUGH NON-INVASIVE MEANSFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1610YesNo
17666659AI-BASED HEAT MAP GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITHFebruary 2022December 2022Allow1100NoNo
17666813AI-BASED MULTI-LABEL HEAT MAP GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITHFebruary 2022October 2022Allow900YesNo
17579367Computer-Implemented Method of Self-Supervised Learning in Neural Network for Robust and Unified Estimation of Monocular Camera Ego-Motion and IntrinsicsJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2810NoNo
17577605FACILITATING IDENTIFICATION OF FILLABLE REGIONS IN A FORMJanuary 2022December 2025Allow4730YesNo
17648090UPSCALING OF FORMATION PETROPHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS TO A WHOLE CORE SCALEJanuary 2022March 2024Allow2600YesNo
17623714FEEDBACKWARD DECODER FOR PARAMETER EFFICIENT SEMANTIC IMAGE SEGMENTATIONDecember 2021November 2024Abandon3510NoNo
17557262METHOD OF DISTINGUISHING OBJECTS IN IMAGES, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021July 2024Allow3010NoNo
17530711NON-INVASIVE RADIOMIC SIGNATURE TO PREDICT RESPONSE TO SYSTEMIC TREATMENT IN SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (SCLC)November 2021October 2025Abandon4721YesNo
17531230VEHICLE LIGHT CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMNovember 2021August 2025Allow4530YesNo
17502713VENUE ENTRY PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR VEHICLESOctober 2021June 2025Allow4421YesNo
17493682METHODS OF MANUFACTURING AND ASSESSING ORTHODONTIC ALIGNERSOctober 2021January 2022Allow400YesNo
17487455IMAGE STITCHING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING CHIP AND IMAGE STITCHING METHODSeptember 2021February 2025Abandon4120NoNo
17487791MEASUREMENT METHOD, MEASUREMENT DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUMSeptember 2021March 2026Allow5440YesNo
17442937METHOD FOR FULLY AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING CHESSBOARD CORNER POINTSSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3310YesNo
17403929SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL IMAGESAugust 2021September 2023Allow2520YesNo
17377911AUTO QUALIFICATION DEVICE AND AUTO QUALIFICATION METHODJuly 2021August 2024Allow3711YesNo
17366274Method and Apparatus for Quantitative Hemodynamic Flow AnalysisJuly 2021August 2024Allow3810YesNo
17354734METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PROCESSING IMAGEJune 2021June 2024Abandon3610NoNo
17350234LOW POWER BASELINE TRACKING FOR FINGERPRINT SENSORJune 2021September 2022Allow1500YesNo
17413429IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAMJune 2021March 2024Allow3310NoNo
17321479ANTI-SPOOFING 3D FACE RECONSTRUCTION USING INFRARED STRUCTURE LIGHTMay 2021May 2024Abandon3610YesNo
17316487FACE LOCATION TRACKING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2021May 2022Allow1230YesNo
17225574METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING DEPTH IMAGEApril 2021August 2024Allow4021YesNo
17203645METHODS, SYSTEMS AND COMPUTER MEDIUM FOR SCENE-ADAPTIVE FUTURE DEPTH PREDICTION IN MONOCULAR VIDEOSMarch 2021March 2024Allow3620NoNo
17196343METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR FAULT DETECTIONMarch 2021August 2021Allow610NoNo
17193214METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROMPTING MOTION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2021September 2023Allow3010NoNo
17184943COGNITIVE SCREENING FOR PROHIBITED ITEMS ACROSS MULTIPLE CHECKPOINTS BY USING CONTEXT AWARE SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSISFebruary 2021July 2024Abandon4180YesNo
17182740AUTOMATIC BIO-SPECIMEN INSPECTION SYSTEM AND INSPECTION METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2021February 2024Allow3620YesNo
17179456METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING POSITION INFORMATION, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMFebruary 2021August 2022Allow1810NoNo
17174818COMPUTING DEVICE AND METHOD USING A NEURAL NETWORK TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT TO PROCESS IMAGES OF AN IMAGE FLOWFebruary 2021September 2023Allow3110NoNo
17170209FACILITATING SKETCH TO PAINTING TRANSFORMATIONSFebruary 2021May 2023Allow2730YesNo
17169538METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC GLUE-SPRAYING OF STRINGER AND INSPECTION OF GLUE-SPRAYING QUALITYFebruary 2021July 2022Allow1700NoNo
17144157COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING STORED THEREIN TRAINING PROGRAM, TRAINING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSJanuary 2021February 2023Allow2500YesNo
17126837METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING LASER RADAR BASED SPARSE DEPTH MAP, DEVICE AND MEDIUMDecember 2020April 2024Abandon4010NoNo
17123531SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING COLOR AND APPEARANCE OF TARGET COATINGSDecember 2020June 2024Allow4260YesNo
16973971AUGMENTED REALITY DEEP GESTURE NETWORKDecember 2020May 2023Allow2920YesNo
17101241OBJECT DETECTION DATASET CONSTRUCTION METHOD USING IMAGE ENTROPY AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE PERFORMING THE SAMENovember 2020January 2023Allow2510YesNo
17064652METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTIMIZING OPTICAL INSPECTION OF PATTERNED STRUCTURESOctober 2020May 2023Abandon3120NoNo
17063572METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA FOR A RECOGNITION MODEL FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECTS IN SENSOR DATA OF A SENSOR, IN PARTICULAR, OF A VEHICLE, METHOD FOR TRAINING AND METHOD FOR ACTIVATINGOctober 2020December 2023Allow3820YesNo
17036475MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON LASER SPECKLE AND MODAL FUSIONSeptember 2020June 2023Allow3210NoNo
17040525IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND MOBILE BODYSeptember 2020April 2022Allow1810NoNo
17025419Object Detection Model Training Method, Apparatus, and DeviceSeptember 2020April 2022Allow1800YesNo
17022324HEAT MAP GENERATING SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITHSeptember 2020December 2021Allow1500YesNo
16978374Methods and Systems for Determining Geographic Orientation Based on ImagerySeptember 2020August 2023Allow3630YesNo
17011282SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK TO FILL GAPS BETWEEN SCAN POINTS IN IMAGES AND TO DE-NOISE POINT CLOUD IMAGESSeptember 2020September 2023Allow3640YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
1
(33.3%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(66.7%)
Reversal Percentile
86.6%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 66.7% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
4
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(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 CONNER, SEAN M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CONNER, SEAN M works in Art Unit 2663 and has examined 196 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CONNER, SEAN M's allowance rate of 85.2% places them in the 61% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by CONNER, SEAN M receive 2.18 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 59% 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 CONNER, SEAN M is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 60% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +14.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CONNER, SEAN M. This interview benefit is in the 53% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 25.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 42% 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 17.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 20% 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, 50.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 44% 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 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 33.3% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 75.9% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 81% 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 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:

  • 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.

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.