USPTO Examiner VARNDELL ROSS E - Art Unit 2666

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17139765PREDICTING TOTAL NUCLEIC ACID YIELD AND DISSECTION BOUNDARIES FOR HISTOLOGY SLIDESDecember 2020January 2022Allow1320YesNo
17139784PREDICTING TOTAL NUCLEIC ACID YIELD AND DISSECTION BOUNDARIES FOR HISTOLOGY SLIDESDecember 2020January 2022Allow1320YesNo
17139798PREDICTING TOTAL NUCLEIC ACID YIELD AND DISSECTION BOUNDARIES FOR HISTOLOGY SLIDESDecember 2020January 2022Allow1320YesNo
17254970A METHOD TO DETERMINE A DEGREE OF ABNORMALITY, A RESPECTIVE COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND A DISTRIBUTED CANCER ANALYSIS SYSTEMDecember 2020January 2024Allow3710NoNo
17128365DYNAMIC QUANTIZATION FOR DEEP NEURAL NETWORK INFERENCE SYSTEM AND METHODDecember 2020October 2022Allow2220NoNo
17120109ENHANCED VOLUME VIEWINGDecember 2020February 2021Allow211YesNo
17251744METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FINE-GRAINED HIL INDEX DETERMINATION WITH ADVANCED SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION AND ADVERSARIAL TRAININGDecember 2020September 2023Allow3310NoNo
17251548CONTENT ANALYSISDecember 2020January 2024Allow3720NoNo
17118401TERRESTRIAL WIRELESS POSITIONING IN LICENSED AND UNLICENSED FREQUENCY BANDSDecember 2020May 2023Allow2910NoNo
17112499DEPTH ESTIMATION AND COLOR CORRECTION METHOD FOR MONOCULAR UNDERWATER IMAGES BASED ON DEEP NEURAL NETWORKDecember 2020February 2022Allow1400NoNo
17107256RECOGNITION OF HANDWRITTEN TEXT VIA NEURAL NETWORKSNovember 2020May 2023Allow3010NoNo
170599673D OBJECT RECOGNITION USING 3D CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK WITH DEPTH BASED MULTI-SCALE FILTERSNovember 2020September 2023Allow3310NoNo
17099311SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR EXTRINSIC CALIBRATION OF CAMERAS AND DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTSNovember 2020June 2022Allow1810NoNo
17089979EMBEDDING CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION IN AN IMAGE TO ASSIST UNDERSTANDINGNovember 2020December 2022Allow2520YesNo
17079479MULTI-USER EXTENDED REALITY VIEWING TECHNIQUEOctober 2020October 2022Allow2440YesNo
17072035TRAINING AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK USING SIMULATED SPECIMEN IMAGESOctober 2020January 2024Allow3930YesNo
17072350OPTIMIZED IMAGING CONSULTING PROCESS FOR RARE IMAGING FINDINGSOctober 2020March 2021Allow510YesNo
17067806Cuttings Imaging for Determining Geological PropertiesOctober 2020May 2022Allow1920NoNo
17039346FINE-GRAINED IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2020September 2022Allow2300NoNo
17042993IDENTIFYING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN IMAGESSeptember 2020February 2024Abandon4110NoNo
17033892METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TANDEM VOLUME RENDERINGSeptember 2020February 2021Allow410YesNo
17018461TEACHING GAN (GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKS) TO GENERATE PER-PIXEL ANNOTATIONSeptember 2020August 2022Allow2310NoNo
17005632METHOD FOR STEREO MATCHING USING END-TO-END CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKAugust 2020February 2022Allow1710YesNo
17002432ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR RESOURCE-EFFICIENT OBJECT RECOGNITION USING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK WITH LONG-RANGE CONNECTION AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFAugust 2020April 2022Allow1910NoNo
17002164IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2020June 2022Allow2220NoNo
16997830ADVANCED HEAD DISPLAY UNIT FOR FIRE FIGHTERSAugust 2020March 2022Allow1910NoNo
16990154METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED MEDICAL IMAGINGAugust 2020October 2022Allow2620YesNo
16985170MODEL TRAINING METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DEVICEAugust 2020July 2022Allow2310YesNo
16942383IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM AND COMPUTER DEVICEJuly 2020December 2021Allow1610NoNo
16938693METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRAINING IMAGE RECOGNITION MODEL, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2020June 2022Allow2310NoNo
16936293VISUALIZATION OF IMAGES VIA AN ENHANCED EYE TRACKING SYSTEMJuly 2020June 2022Allow2310NoNo
16927886METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING A PRECISION SUB-VOLUME WITHIN THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE DATASETSJuly 2020June 2022Allow2310NoNo
16920667METHOD AND DEVICE OF ACQUIRING APPEARANCE MODEL, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2020November 2021Allow1610NoNo
16918598DATASET DRIVEN CUSTOM LEARNING FOR MULTI-SCALE OBJECT DETECTIONJuly 2020May 2022Allow2310NoNo
16917430METHOD , APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ANNOTATING IMAGEJune 2020November 2021Allow1710YesNo
16909511ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAMEJune 2020June 2022Allow2410NoNo
16907878METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONFIDENCE VALUE OF A DETECTED OBJECTJune 2020October 2022Allow2811YesNo
16903929MEDIA PROCESSING METHOD, RELATED APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2020March 2022Allow2110YesNo
16772358AUTOMATED SELECTION OF PRIORS FOR TRAINING OF DETECTION CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKSJune 2020January 2023Allow3120YesNo
16897376METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING IF PROBE DATA POINTS HAVE BEEN MAP-MATCHEDJune 2020September 2021Allow1500NoNo
16889824METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING CIRCUIT FOR PERFORMING SEARCHING OPERATIONS REGARDING IMAGESJune 2020November 2021Allow1810NoNo
16879758METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRIORITIZED VOLUME RENDERINGMay 2020August 2020Allow210NoNo
16871070SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING MEDICAL IMAGEMay 2020May 2022Allow2420NoNo
16762853A METHOD FOR ESTIMATING THE POSE OF A CAMERA IN THE FRAME OF REFERENCE OF A THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCENE, DEVICE, AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFORMay 2020May 2022Allow2410NoNo
16866775NON-UNIFORM REGULARIZATION IN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS FOR ADAPTABLE SCALINGMay 2020January 2023Allow3210NoNo
16863969SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NEURONAL NETWORKS FOR ASSOCIATIVE GESTALT LEARNINGApril 2020June 2024Abandon4931NoNo
16760072CHANGE-AWARE PERSON IDENTIFICATIONApril 2020December 2022Allow3120NoNo
16858644METHOD FOR DETECTING STRUCTURAL SURFACE CRACKS BASED ON IMAGE FEATURES AND BAYESIAN DATA FUSIONApril 2020June 2020Allow200NoNo
16857613HEAD REGION RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICEApril 2020December 2021Allow2010NoNo
16844844CODING AND MODULATION APPARATUS USING NON-UNIFORM CONSTELLATIONApril 2020August 2022Allow2820NoNo
16843401SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING ORTHODONTIC TREATMENTApril 2020September 2020Allow610NoNo
16842631SMART SCROLLING SYSTEMApril 2020March 2021Allow1220YesNo
16835109DEEP RECEPTIVE FIELD NETWORKSMarch 2020March 2022Abandon2410NoNo
16831742PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE INSTALLED IN OR MOUNTABLE TO A SHOPPING CARTMarch 2020August 2022Allow2820NoNo
16830186DETERMINING BIOMARKERS FROM HISTOPATHOLOGY SLIDE IMAGESMarch 2020October 2020Allow710NoNo
16825901SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROMISSORY IMAGE CLASSIFICATIONMarch 2020August 2022Allow2920NoNo
16820283System and Method for Communications Beam RecoveryMarch 2020November 2022Allow3221NoNo
16815123LIDAR POINT SELECTION USING IMAGE SEGMENTATIONMarch 2020June 2022Allow2820NoNo
16805664Contact Center Call Volume PredictionFebruary 2020September 2023Allow4220YesNo
16790791QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF AN IMAGEFebruary 2020December 2021Allow2210NoNo
16777258SEMANTIC PAGE SEGMENTATION OF VECTOR GRAPHICS DOCUMENTSJanuary 2020December 2021Allow2300NoNo
16752174INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTJanuary 2020November 2022Allow3410NoNo
16747063MODELING A GEOGRAPHICAL SPACE FOR A COMPUTER-GENERATED REALITY EXPERIENCEJanuary 2020July 2022Allow3020YesNo
16741804COMPUTER VISION SYSTEM AND METHODJanuary 2020December 2021Allow2310YesNo
16736847COMPUTER AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODJanuary 2020January 2022Abandon2510NoNo
16737144SELF-AWARE IMAGE SEGMENTATION METHODS AND SYSTEMSJanuary 2020February 2024Abandon4940NoYes
16734995SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING MIMO AND MODE-DIVISION MULTIPLEXINGJanuary 2020March 2022Allow2610NoNo
16732241IMAGE RETRIEVAL METHODS AND APPARATUSES, DEVICES, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIADecember 2019October 2021Allow2110NoNo
16732242ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SEGMENTATION OF TISSUE IMAGESDecember 2019December 2020Allow1110YesNo
16726964SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE RECONSTRUCTIONDecember 2019June 2022Allow3011NoNo
16713748NETWORK STRUCTURE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE AND RELATED PRODUCTSDecember 2019September 2022Allow3310NoNo
16702516ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT UNIT-OF-ONE PATTERN CREATION FOR BESPOKE GARMENT FABRICATIONDecember 2019January 2022Allow2610NoNo
16700162METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATED TABLE DETECTION WITHIN DOCUMENTSDecember 2019April 2022Allow2830NoNo
16699772SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING COMPRESSION RATES FOR IMAGES COMPRISING TEXTDecember 2019December 2021Allow2520NoNo
16697294FREQUENCY OFFSET CORRECTION IN NARROWBAND MACHINE-TO-MACHINENovember 2019February 2022Abandon2710NoNo
16694118POPULATION MODELING SYSTEM BASED ON MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES HAVING MISSING ENTRIESNovember 2019October 2021Allow2300YesNo
16683256METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING 3D IMAGING EXAMINATIONS OF A STRUCTURE UNDER DIFFERING CONFIGURATIONS AND ANALYZING MORPHOLOGIC CHANGESNovember 2019June 2021Allow1920YesNo
16675015USER TERMINAL HARDWARE DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2019November 2021Allow2510NoNo
16669166TRANCEIVER CIRCUIT AND RECEIVER CIRCUITOctober 2019January 2021Allow1400NoNo
16658529WEARABLE APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING GROUP DYNAMICSOctober 2019August 2022Allow3440NoNo
16571838WHITE BALANCE PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2019November 2019Allow200NoNo
16655514COMPUTERIZED RECOGNITION OF CHECKBOXES IN DIGITIZED DOCUMENTSOctober 2019May 2021Allow1900NoNo
16599753METHODS FOR CONFIGURABLE NON-ORTHOGONAL MULTIPLE ACCESS TRANSMISSIONOctober 2019September 2020Allow1100NoNo
16597649APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING OBJECTOctober 2019July 2021Allow2110NoNo
16594139METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING 3D IMAGING EXAMINATIONS OF A STRUCTURE UNDER DIFFERING CONFIGURATIONS AND ANALYZING MORPHOLOGIC CHANGESOctober 2019December 2020Allow1440YesNo
16594024METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING DIGITAL IMAGE FEATURESOctober 2019July 2021Allow2110NoNo
16590943METHOD FOR ASSOCIATION OF ITEMS OF INTEREST VISIBLE IN A VIDEOOctober 2019June 2021Allow2010NoNo
16586766TERRESTRIAL WIRELESS POSITIONING IN LICENSED AND UNLICENSED FREQUENCY BANDSSeptember 2019September 2020Allow1100NoNo
16583025IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2019July 2021Allow2210YesNo
16580223INCREASING ROBUSTNESS OF COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMS TO ROTATIONAL VARIATION IN IMAGESSeptember 2019October 2021Allow2520YesNo
16577355IMAGE SCALING WITH ENHANCED COMPRESSIONSeptember 2019July 2021Allow2110NoNo
16560046AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING TRAINING DATA FOR A LIDAR USING SIMULATED VEHICLES IN VIRTUAL SPACESeptember 2019September 2021Abandon2410NoNo
16489867GENERATING LABELED TRAINING IMAGES FOR USE IN TRAINING A COMPUTATIONAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR OBJECT OR ACTION RECOGNITIONAugust 2019October 2022Allow3810NoNo
16550224TEXT EXTRACTION, IN PARTICULAR TABLE EXTRACTION FROM ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTSAugust 2019May 2021Allow2110YesNo
16548621IMAGE DESCRIPTION GENERATION METHOD, MODEL TRAINING METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2019November 2021Allow2720YesNo
16545373OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND OBJECT DETECTION METHODAugust 2019May 2021Allow2110NoNo
16545967IMAGE SUPER-RESOLUTION METHOD, IMAGE SUPER-RESOLUTION DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2019March 2021Allow1910NoNo
16544532OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND MOVING OBJECTAugust 2019May 2021Allow2110NoNo
16535083INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMAugust 2019May 2021Allow2110NoNo
16533813METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING REGION OF INTERESTAugust 2019September 2021Allow2520YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner VARNDELL, ROSS E.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
7
Examiner Affirmed
5
(71.4%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(28.6%)
Reversal Percentile
45.7%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 28.6% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
10
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(20.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(80.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
26.4%
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, 20.0% 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 VARNDELL, ROSS E - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner VARNDELL, ROSS E works in Art Unit 2666 and has examined 238 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.2%, 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 VARNDELL, ROSS E's allowance rate of 91.2% places them in the 76% 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 VARNDELL, ROSS E receive 1.41 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 20% 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 VARNDELL, ROSS E is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 84% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by VARNDELL, ROSS E. This interview benefit is in the 42% 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, 33.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 75% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 43.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 68% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

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 46.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 12% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 16.7% 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, 52.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 50% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 22% 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 2.8% of allowed cases (in the 74% 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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