USPTO Examiner KASSA YOSEF - Art Unit 2665

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18435478THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICEFebruary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18413853OBSTACLE RECOGNITION METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOTSJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18523098SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING IMAGES TO PREPARE SLIDES FOR PROCESSED IMAGES FOR DIGITAL PATHOLOGYNovember 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18512814OBSTACLE RECOGNITION METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOTSNovember 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18500034PROCESSING IMAGES USING SELF-ATTENTION BASED NEURAL NETWORKSNovember 2023January 2024Allow200NoNo
18494099IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR FOR PROCESSING IMAGESOctober 2023June 2024Allow800NoNo
18489796ATTRIBUTE TRANSFER IN V-PCCOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18488010SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR END-TO-END DIFFERENTIABLE JOINT IMAGE REFINEMENT AND PERCEPTIONOctober 2023May 2024Allow700NoNo
18237616LOW BANDWIDTH TRANSMISSION OF EVENT DATAAugust 2023March 2024Allow700NoNo
18220182SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINDING AND CLASSIFYING LINES IN AN IMAGE WITH A VISION SYSTEMJuly 2023November 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18204722SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGJune 2023August 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18200133OBSTACLE RECOGNITION METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOTSMay 2023December 2023Allow700NoNo
18310665Systems and Methods for Secure Watermarking of Point CloudsMay 2023July 2023Allow200NoNo
18297434METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PHOTOGRAPH FINDINGApril 2023March 2024Allow1110NoNo
18190723MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY PULSE SEQUENCE, ACQUISITION, AND PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODMarch 2023March 2024Allow1200NoNo
18184505DETERMINING IMAGE FEATURE HEIGHT DISPARITYMarch 2023November 2023Allow810NoNo
18114876OBJECT DETECTION AND IMAGE CROPPING USING A MULTI-DETECTOR APPROACHFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1110NoNo
18160305ATTRIBUTE TRANSFER IN V-PCCJanuary 2023June 2023Allow500NoNo
18148532SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DYNAMIC LIGHT SOURCE CONTROLDecember 2022December 2023Allow1110NoNo
18068519SELF-SUPERVISED DOCUMENT-TO-DOCUMENT SIMILARITY SYSTEMDecember 2022September 2023Allow910YesNo
17999715INSPECTION APPARATUS, UNIT SELECTION APPARATUS, INSPECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING AN INSPECTION PROGRAMNovember 2022December 2024Allow2500NoNo
17975874METHOD FOR TRAINING STUDENT NETWORK AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING IMAGEOctober 2022December 2024Allow2500NoNo
17968666METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RAPID RETRIEVAL OF TARGET IMAGES BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEOctober 2022January 2025Allow2700NoNo
17933608CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELSSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1210NoNo
17930755IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, LEARNING APPARATUS, INFERENCE APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2700NoNo
17940891ADAPTIVE AUTO WHITE BALANCINGSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2500NoNo
17800717PHOTOGRAPHING CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMAugust 2022December 2024Allow2800NoNo
17883167SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INCREASING RESOLUTION OF IMAGES OBTAINED FROM A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENT SYSTEMAugust 2022July 2023Allow1100NoNo
17817920Trimming Search Space For Nearest Neighbor Determinations in Point Cloud CompressionAugust 2022January 2023Allow600NoNo
17882498OBSTACLE RECOGNITION METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOTSAugust 2022July 2023Allow1100NoNo
17879857Pedestrian Countdown Signal Classification to Increase Pedestrian Behavior LegibilityAugust 2022September 2024Allow2500NoNo
17795295ATTENUATION DISTRIBUTION IMAGE CREATING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, RADIATION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEM, ATTENUATION DISTRIBUTION IMAGE CREATING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODJuly 2022December 2024Allow2800NoNo
17791155PATTERN-EDGE DETECTION METHOD, PATTERN-EDGE DETECTION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR CAUSING A COMPUTER TO PERFORM PATTERN-EDGE DETECTIONJuly 2022November 2024Allow2800NoNo
17811000TRAINING AN EYE TRACKING MODELJuly 2022December 2023Allow1700NoNo
17790131COMPUTER-EXECUTABLE METHOD RELATING TO WEEDS AND COMPUTER SYSTEMJune 2022January 2025Allow3110NoNo
17854042SINGLE-PASS PRIMARY ANALYSISJune 2022June 2023Allow1200NoNo
17850785SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR END-TO-END-DIFFERENTIABLE JOINT IMAGE REFINEMENT AND PERCEPTIONJune 2022June 2023Allow1200NoNo
17844196IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODJune 2022September 2024Allow2700NoNo
17843174SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR END-TO-END-DIFFERENTIABLE JOINT IMAGE REFINEMENT AND PERCEPTIONJune 2022June 2023Allow1200NoNo
17780803THERMAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, THERMAL IMAGE PROCESSING MODULE, THERMAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMay 2022December 2024Allow3110NoNo
17804123SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING IMAGES TO PREPARE SLIDES FOR PROCESSED IMAGES FOR DIGITAL PATHOLOGYMay 2022August 2023Allow1510YesNo
17825111METHOD FOR CLASSIFICATION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSIVE MATERIALS (CSAM) IN A VIDEOMay 2022August 2024Allow2700NoNo
17749331INSPECTION APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT APPARATUSMay 2022June 2024Allow2500NoNo
17777294ANALYSIS APPARATUS, ANALYSIS METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING AN ANALYSIS PROGRAMMay 2022September 2024Allow2800NoNo
17743530IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022September 2024Allow2900NoNo
17742955DETECTING TOOTH SHADEMay 2022October 2022Allow510NoNo
17742813DETECTING TOOTH SHADEMay 2022December 2022Allow710NoNo
17741212MONITORING INTEGRITY OF CHARGING RAIL SYSTEMMay 2022June 2024Allow2600NoNo
17741101METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF UTILIZING IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS TO MEASURE OBJECTSMay 2022September 2024Allow2900NoNo
17726684FEATURE DETECTOR AND DESCRIPTORApril 2022June 2024Allow2600NoNo
17720785IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022January 2024Allow2220NoNo
17712727SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR JOINT IMAGE REFINEMENT AND PERCEPTIONApril 2022May 2023Allow1400NoNo
17657208SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HEART STRAIN DETERMINATIONMarch 2022September 2024Allow2900NoNo
17699305APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING LABELED DATA TO BE USED IN LEARNING OF DISCRIMINATOR, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2022March 2023Allow1200NoNo
17654614SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING IMAGES TO PREPARE SLIDES FOR PROCESSED IMAGES FOR DIGITAL PATHOLOGYMarch 2022March 2023Allow1210YesNo
17640487IMAGE RETRIEVAL SYSTEMMarch 2022April 2024Allow2500NoNo
17640687IMAGE RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, IMAGE RETRIEVAL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022August 2024Allow3000NoNo
17684761RADIOGRAPHIC FAILURE DETERMINATION SUPPORT DEVICE AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2022December 2024Allow3310NoNo
17680986METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PROCESSING DATAFebruary 2022August 2024Allow2910NoNo
17679215OBSTACLE RECOGNITION METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOTSFebruary 2022May 2022Allow210NoNo
17638036PROCESSING MEDIA DATA WITH SENSITIVE INFORMATIONFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2900NoNo
17635972SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING-BASED IDENTIFICATION OF SEPSISFebruary 2022June 2024Allow2800NoNo
17665281IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR FOR PROCESSING IMAGESFebruary 2022August 2023Allow1810NoNo
17584914ACTIVE LEARNING OF PRODUCT INSPECTION ENGINEJanuary 2022July 2023Allow1810NoNo
17581476METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPROCESSING FINGERPRINT IMAGEJanuary 2022December 2022Allow1100NoNo
17577892SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPOSITE TRAINING IN MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURESJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3110NoNo
17577711GRAPH MACHINE LEARNING FOR CASE SIMILARITYJanuary 2022March 2024Allow2600NoNo
17577175OBSTACLE RECOGNITION METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS ROBOTSJanuary 2022April 2022Allow300NoNo
17577067INFRARED RETROREFLECTIVE SPHERES FOR ENHANCED ROAD MARKSJanuary 2022March 2024Allow2600NoNo
17627522VIDEO SEGMENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022September 2024Allow3210NoNo
17574959METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH IMAGE ANALYSISJanuary 2022September 2024Allow3210NoNo
17625846MATCHING POSITION OUTPUT SYSTEMJanuary 2022October 2023Allow2110YesNo
17562859SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECTS IN A DIGITAL IMAGE, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESCORING OBJECT DETECTIONSDecember 2021March 2023Allow1410YesNo
17618912WEIGHT ESTIMATION SYSTEM, WEIGHT ESTIMATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMDecember 2021January 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17547602SINGLE-PASS PRIMARY ANALYSISDecember 2021March 2022Allow300NoNo
17643409SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGDecember 2021July 2024Allow3200NoNo
17545119TRAINING AND USING COMPUTER VISION MODEL FOR ITEM SEGMENTATIONS IN IMAGESDecember 2021December 2023Allow2400NoNo
17614929METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENCODING IMAGESNovember 2021August 2024Allow3210NoNo
17614642OBJECT RECOGNITION DEVICE AND OBJECT RECOGNITION METHODNovember 2021July 2024Allow3220NoNo
17614702SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING MULTI-CLASS MODELS FROM SINGLE-CLASS DATASETSNovember 2021May 2024Allow2900NoNo
17614070METHOD FOR SELECTING IMAGE SAMPLES AND RELATED EQUIPMENTNovember 2021February 2024Allow2700NoNo
17613767OBJECT DISCOVERY IN IMAGES THROUGH CATEGORIZING OBJECT PARTSNovember 2021April 2024Allow2900NoNo
17613101A METHOD FOR MOTION ARTIFACT DETECTIONNovember 2021February 2024Allow2700NoNo
17613442METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TRAINING OBJECT DETECTION NETWORK AND OBJECT DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUSNovember 2021March 2024Allow2800NoNo
17529734MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY PULSE SEQUENCE, ACQUISITION, AND PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2021December 2022Allow1300NoNo
17612176AUTOMATED OR PARTIALLY AUTOMATED ANATOMICAL SURFACE ASSESSMENT METHODS, DEVICES AND SYSTEMSNovember 2021February 2024Allow2700NoNo
17611200IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODNovember 2021December 2023Allow2500NoNo
17609476INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODNovember 2021August 2023Allow2110NoNo
17518286MACHINE-LEARNING IMAGE RECOGNITION FOR CLASSIFYING CONDITIONS BASED ON VENTILATORY DATANovember 2021March 2024Allow2900YesNo
17514836AI-BASED AESTHETICAL IMAGE MODIFICATIONOctober 2021December 2023Allow2500NoNo
17607624VENEER SORTING CONTROL DEVICE, VENEER SORTING CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR VENEER SORTING CONTROLOctober 2021May 2024Allow3010YesNo
17501916THREE-DIMENSIONAL SENSING SYSTEMOctober 2021January 2024Allow2710NoNo
17498439SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGOctober 2021February 2023Allow1610NoNo
17492537PROCESSING IMAGES USING SELF-ATTENTION BASED NEURAL NETWORKSOctober 2021June 2024Allow3210NoNo
17487727AGRICULTURAL MACHINE WITH AN NIR SENSOR AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMSeptember 2021December 2023Allow2600NoNo
17481248FRAMEWORK FOR FEW-SHOT TEMPORAL ACTION LOCALIZATIONSeptember 2021March 2023Allow1810NoNo
17477241START SWITCH DEVICESeptember 2021February 2023Allow1710NoNo
17437971HUMAN-MACHINE VERIFICATION METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2021February 2024Allow2900NoNo
17468122THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICESeptember 2021November 2023Allow2600NoNo
17467888AUDITING TASK PERFORMANCESeptember 2021October 2023Allow2500NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner KASSA, YOSEF - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KASSA, YOSEF works in Art Unit 2665 and has examined 349 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 97.4%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KASSA, YOSEF's allowance rate of 97.4% places them in the 92% 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 KASSA, YOSEF receive 0.55 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 4% 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 KASSA, YOSEF is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 76% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +2.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KASSA, YOSEF. This interview benefit is in the 21% 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, 40.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

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 84% 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, 44.0% 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 0.9% of allowed cases (in the 66% 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 25% 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.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

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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