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
18759603METHODS FOR GENERATING DENTAL MODELS AND APPLIANCESJune 2024June 2025Allow1110NoNo
18389714GROUP SPARSITY MODEL FOR IMAGE UNMIXINGDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18224373HAND POSE ESTIMATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING BASED GESTURE RECOGNITIONJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18224551HAND POSE ESTIMATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING BASED GESTURE RECOGNITIONJuly 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18352109SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF WINDOWING TIME SERIES DATA FOR PATTERN DETECTIONJuly 2023January 2025Allow1810NoNo
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
18115426SYSTEM FOR COUNTING QUANTITY OF GAME TOKENSFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1610NoNo
18020914METHOD OF DETERMINING IMAGE FEATURE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023April 2025Abandon2710NoNo
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
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
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
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
17484264VIEW-INDEPENDENT MULTI-CAMERA VOLUMETRIC CAPTURE SYSTEMSeptember 2021September 2024Allow3610NoNo
17484545Object Recognition Method and ApparatusSeptember 2021January 2025Allow4021YesNo
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
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
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
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
15109346THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING METHOD OF A LIMITED ZONE OF A PATIENT'S VASCULATUREJune 2016July 2018Allow2520NoNo
15198173SPECULAR LIGHT SHADOW REMOVAL FOR IMAGE DE-NOISINGJune 2016August 2019Allow3710NoNo
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
12639540IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY OF PROCESSING GRADATION NOISEDecember 2009December 2012Allow3610NoNo
12639186METHOD FOR RESTORING TRANSPORT ERROR INCLUDED IN IMAGE AND APPARATUS THEREOFDecember 2009April 2013Allow4020NoNo
11688451METHOD FOR SHARPNESS ENHANCING AN IMAGEMarch 2007December 2012Allow6040YesNo
10996229METHOD OF REDUCING NOISE IN IMAGESNovember 2004March 2008Allow4010NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner CHU, RANDOLPH I - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CHU, RANDOLPH I works in Art Unit 2667 and has examined 72 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CHU, RANDOLPH I's allowance rate of 87.5% places them in the 63% 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 1.49 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 35% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by CHU, RANDOLPH I is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 32% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +16.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CHU, RANDOLPH I. This interview benefit is in the 61% 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, 42.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 93% 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 44.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 62% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 120.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 98% 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 1.4% of allowed cases (in the 72% 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:

  • 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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