USPTO Examiner CHU RANDOLPH I - Art Unit 2667

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18827648DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSINGSeptember 2024November 2025Abandon1420YesNo
18759603METHODS FOR GENERATING DENTAL MODELS AND APPLIANCESJune 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18611793MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHODMarch 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18397525GAMING ENVIRONMENT TRACKING OPTIMIZATIONDecember 2023September 2025Allow2000NoNo
18389714GROUP SPARSITY MODEL FOR IMAGE UNMIXINGDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18518522COMPLEX INDUSTRIAL IMAGE EDGE EXTRACTION METHOD BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COMPLEX INDUSTRIAL IMAGE EDGE EXTRACTION DEVICE THEREOFNovember 2023October 2025Allow2300NoNo
18502725IMAGE-BASED DETECTION OF PLANOGRAM PRODUCT SPACESNovember 2023July 2025Allow2010NoNo
18474629OBJECT TRACKING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREFORSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2810YesNo
18446927IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD USING VIDEO AREA SPLITTING, AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEAugust 2023January 2026Allow3010YesNo
18273872ROTATION STATE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF, AND PROGRAMJuly 2023January 2026Allow3010YesNo
18224551HAND POSE ESTIMATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING BASED GESTURE RECOGNITIONJuly 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18224373HAND POSE ESTIMATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING BASED GESTURE RECOGNITIONJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18352109SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF WINDOWING TIME SERIES DATA FOR PATTERN DETECTIONJuly 2023January 2025Allow1810NoNo
18259718METHOD FOR DETERMINING TRACKING TARGET AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18213485METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DETECTING LANE MARKING BASED ON VEHICLE IMAGEJune 2023March 2026Allow3330NoNo
18338430RATING SYSTEM UTILIZING AN AUTOMATED SELF-REGULATING CONTROL LOOPJune 2023March 2025Allow2110NoNo
18331921NON-FUNGIBLE TOKEN REGISTRATION AND VERIFICATION METHODSJune 2023August 2025Allow2600NoNo
18203701REDUCING NOISE IN VIDEO FRAMESMay 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18314311VEHICULAR VISION SYSTEM WITH OBJECT DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION WITH ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDINGMay 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18304176GENERATING MODIFIED TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES BY CUSTOMIZING FOCAL POINTS VIA THREE-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OF THE TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGESApril 2023June 2025Allow2600NoNo
18249549METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR IMPROVING SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO OF IMAGE FRAME SEQUENCESApril 2023January 2026Allow3310YesNo
18133835SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING TAILGATINGApril 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18128184SHOT NOISE REDUCTION USING FRAME AVERAGINGMarch 2023January 2026Allow3310NoNo
18189233METHOD, APPARATUS, TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGMarch 2023February 2026Allow3520NoNo
18179513VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAMEMarch 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18115426SYSTEM FOR COUNTING QUANTITY OF GAME TOKENSFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1610NoNo
18042422DEFECT DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR AN LCD SCREENFebruary 2023November 2025Allow3210NoNo
18020914METHOD OF DETERMINING IMAGE FEATURE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023April 2025Abandon2710NoNo
18107173TEMPORAL SEMANTIC BOUNDARY LOSS FOR VIDEO SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION NETWORKSFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3210NoNo
18152712Real-time Image SegmentationJanuary 2023November 2025Abandon3410NoNo
18015201A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING AND/OR MONITORING AN ACTIVITYJanuary 2023November 2025Abandon3410NoNo
18068792Method for detecting the motion of at least one object, and corresponding electronic device, system, computer program product and medium.December 2022February 2026Allow3820NoNo
18063825MODELING PLANAR SURFACES USING DIRECT PLANE FITTINGDecember 2022May 2025Allow2910YesNo
18075904Predictive Parcel Damage Identification, Analysis, And MitigationDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710YesNo
17984110IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTNovember 2022July 2025Allow3210YesNo
17979782METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR TRACKING POTENTIAL INFECTED PERSONS IN PUBLIC PLACE DURING EPIDEMIC PERIODNovember 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
17978541AUTONOMOUS MEDIA CAPTURINGNovember 2022December 2023Abandon1310NoNo
17975899System and Method for Employing Residual Noise in Deep Learning Denoising for X-Ray ImagingOctober 2022September 2025Allow3410NoNo
17975287IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODOctober 2022November 2025Allow3620NoNo
18046736STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTIC EXTRACTION FROM 3D IMAGESOctober 2022September 2025Allow3540YesNo
17943922PIXEL-LEVEL BASED MICRO-FEATURE EXTRACTIONSeptember 2022October 2024Allow2520NoNo
17941981METHOD FOR DETECTING HOLOGRAPHIC ELEMENTS ON DOCUMENTS IN A VIDEO STREAMSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2800NoNo
17903712SELF-SUPERVISED TRAINING FROM A TEACHER NETWORK FOR COST VOLUME BASED DEPTH ESTIMATESSeptember 2022December 2024Allow2800NoNo
17821162METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASCERTAINING OBJECT DETECTIONS OF AN IMAGEAugust 2022December 2024Allow2800NoNo
17887604CHECKING MECHANISM FOR WORKSHOP SECURITY AND METHOD FOR SECURITY INSPECTIONAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010NoNo
17818149METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED GRADING AND TRADING OF NUMISMATICS AND TRADING CARDSAugust 2022April 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17873684METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE USING PLURALITY OF IMAGE SENSORSJuly 2022October 2025Abandon3920NoNo
17790168Method and Device of Correction of Ring Artifact in CT Image and Computer Program MediumJune 2022April 2025Allow3310NoNo
17805124Vehicle path restoration system through sequential image analysis and vehicle path restoration method using the sameJune 2022January 2025Allow3210NoNo
17745682SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING DISPLAY MISALIGNMENT CORRECTIONMay 2022July 2025Abandon3820YesNo
17770194IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, COMPONENT MOUNTING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODApril 2022November 2024Allow3110YesNo
17704000INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMMarch 2022April 2025Allow3710NoNo
17641215INTELLIGENT MIRROR AND INTELLIGENT MIRROR AWAKENING METHODMarch 2022June 2025Abandon3920NoNo
17687432APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING FACIAL POSE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022November 2024Allow3210NoNo
17686059PER-PIXEL FILTERMarch 2022October 2024Allow3230YesNo
17592341Generating and Applying Editing PresetsFebruary 2022November 2024Allow3310YesNo
17581934ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING IMAGES BASED ON TEXTURE CLASSIFICATIONJanuary 2022February 2025Allow3620NoNo
17581806SIDE BY SIDE IMAGE DETECTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS USING THE SAMEJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3110NoNo
17569778LANDMARK DETECTION USING DEEP NEURAL NETWORK WITH MULTI-FREQUENCY SELF-ATTENTIONJanuary 2022February 2025Allow3820NoNo
17624237VIDEO DENOISING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021September 2024Allow3210NoNo
17484545Object Recognition Method and ApparatusSeptember 2021January 2025Allow4021YesNo
17484264VIEW-INDEPENDENT MULTI-CAMERA VOLUMETRIC CAPTURE SYSTEMSeptember 2021September 2024Allow3610NoNo
17484601KEYPOINT DETECTION AND FEATURE DESCRIPTOR COMPUTATIONSeptember 2021November 2024Allow3711YesNo
17448247SIMULATING VIEWPOINT TRANSFORMATIONS FOR SENSOR INDEPENDENT SCENE UNDERSTANDING IN AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMSSeptember 2021March 2025Allow4230YesNo
17445823TEMPORAL METRICS FOR DENOISING DEPTH IMAGE DATAAugust 2021August 2024Allow3610YesNo
17410193SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING VEHICLE DEFECTSAugust 2021January 2026Allow5350YesNo
17406825SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR AUTOMATED METER READING FOR SMART FIELD PATROLAugust 2021October 2024Allow3830YesNo
17402259OBJECT-RECOGNITION TRAININGAugust 2021May 2025Abandon4520NoNo
17443939METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BREAST TOMOSYNTHESISJuly 2021January 2025Allow4221NoNo
17381611PROPERTY MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT USING A DRONEJuly 2021March 2026Abandon5640NoYes
17345324IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2021February 2025Abandon4420NoNo
17339413OCCLUSION-AWARE MULTI-OBJECT TRACKINGJune 2021August 2024Allow3931YesNo
17244510AMBIENT ILLUMINANCE SENSOR SYSTEMApril 2021September 2024Allow4030YesNo
17217299APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR VISUALIZING PERIODIC MOTIONS IN MECHANICAL COMPONENTSMarch 2021December 2024Allow4521YesNo
17205416IMAGE PROCESSING PIPELINE FOR OPTIMIZING IMAGES IN MACHINE LEARNING AND OTHER APPLICATIONSMarch 2021March 2026Abandon6050YesNo
17275592STORAGE, DISPLAY, AND ANALYSIS OF FACTORED MULTIDIMENSIONAL IMAGESMarch 2021August 2024Allow4110NoNo
17172744MEDIA ENHANCEMENT USING DISCRIMINATIVE AND GENERATIVE MODELS WITH FEEDBACKFebruary 2021July 2024Allow4221YesNo
16642921METHOD OF SIZE MEASUREMENT IN MONO-VISION SCOPE IMAGEFebruary 2020August 2024Allow5421NoNo
15988928Method For Fingerprint Identification And TerminalMay 2018October 2018Allow510NoNo
15863977TEXTILE MATCHING USING COLOR AND PATTERN RECOGNITION AND METHODS OF USEJanuary 2018August 2018Allow810NoNo
15836105SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DIGITAL TOOTH IMAGINGDecember 2017September 2018Allow910NoNo
15815571METHOD OF DETERMINING JOINT STRESS FROM SENSOR DATANovember 2017July 2018Allow810NoNo
15623971REMOTE RECOGNITION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2017July 2018Allow1320NoNo
15524051MOUNTER AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING SUCTION POSTURE OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENT USING MOUNTERMay 2017September 2018Allow1810NoNo
15329495IMAGE BACKGROUND REMOVAL USING MULTI-TOUCH SURFACE INPUTJanuary 2017January 2020Allow3530NoNo
15404441IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM THAT GENERATES AN IMAGE FROM A CAPTURED IMAGE IN WHICH AN INFLUENCE OF FINE PARTICLES IN AN ATMOSPHERE HAS BEEN REDUCEDJanuary 2017October 2018Allow2110NoNo
15398049IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MOVING IMAGE REPRODUCING APPARATUS, AND PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM THEREFORJanuary 2017January 2019Abandon2540NoNo
15125099FINGERPRINT DETECTING APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2016October 2018Allow2510NoNo
15123166INFORMATION DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICE AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR INFORMATION DISPLAY PROCESSING DEVICESeptember 2016June 2019Allow3331NoNo
15238442Electronic Travel Album Generating Method and Computing DeviceAugust 2016December 2018Abandon2820NoNo
15114438GENERATING A BREAST PARAMETER MAPJuly 2016November 2018Allow2720YesNo
15198173SPECULAR LIGHT SHADOW REMOVAL FOR IMAGE DE-NOISINGJune 2016August 2019Allow3710NoNo
15109346THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING METHOD OF A LIMITED ZONE OF A PATIENT'S VASCULATUREJune 2016July 2018Allow2520NoNo
15197574METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TANK LEVEL MONITORING AND ALERTINGJune 2016July 2018Allow2510NoNo
15103684APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LESION SIMILARITY OF MEDICAL IMAGEJune 2016January 2019Allow3130NoNo
14392309VEHICLE DETECTION METHOD BASED ON HYBRID IMAGE TEMPLATEMay 2016July 2018Allow3120NoNo
15056528Self-Organizing Discrete Recurrent Network Digital Image CodecFebruary 2016September 2018Allow3121NoNo
14824364Communication Using Handwritten InputAugust 2015November 2018Abandon3920NoNo
13727838METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING STEREO IMAGE ACCORDING TO FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS OF INPUT IMAGE AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REPRODUCING THE CREATED STEREO IMAGEDecember 2012June 2013Allow701NoNo
13059925IMAGE ANALYSIS BASED ON PIXEL BRIGHTNESS GROUPINGFebruary 2011June 2013Allow2810NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner CHU, RANDOLPH I.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
5.4%
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, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

Strategic Recommendations

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner CHU, RANDOLPH I - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CHU, RANDOLPH I works in Art Unit 2667 and has examined 46 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 84.8%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 36 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CHU, RANDOLPH I's allowance rate of 84.8% places them in the 60% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by CHU, RANDOLPH I receive 2.09 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 55% 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 CHU, RANDOLPH I is 36 months. This places the examiner in the 36% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +11.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CHU, RANDOLPH I. This interview benefit is in the 46% 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, 36.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 83% 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 47.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 71% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 40.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 30% 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 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:

  • 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

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.