USPTO Examiner COUSO JOSE L - Art Unit 2667

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19087497SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MULTIMODAL SERIES TRANSFORMATION FOR OPTIMAL COMPRESSIBILITY WITH NEURAL UPSAMPLINGMarch 2025June 2025Allow310NoNo
18999793SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFACT DETECTION AND REMOVAL FROM IMAGE DATADecember 2024February 2025Allow200NoNo
18859833METHOD FOR PERFORMING NON-LOCAL DEMOSAICING OF AN IMAGE, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICEOctober 2024March 2025Allow500NoNo
18915030SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IMAGE SERIES TRANSFORMATION FOR OPTIMAL COMPRESSIBILITY WITH NEURAL UPSAMPLINGOctober 2024January 2025Allow310NoNo
18882265Methods and systems for prompt-based image editingSeptember 2024April 2025Allow710NoNo
18821269CONJOINED TWIN NETWORK FOR TREATMENT AND ANALYSISAugust 2024January 2025Allow510NoNo
18677789CLIPPING LASER INDICES IN PREDICTIVE GEOMETRY CODING FOR POINT CLOUD COMPRESSIONMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18668163SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IMAGE SERIES TRANSFORMATION FOR OPTIMAL COMPRESSIBILITY WITH NEURAL UPSAMPLINGMay 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18653645METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGESMay 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18653636METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGESMay 2024May 2025Allow1310NoNo
18652370INTELLIGENT FUEL DISPENSERSMay 2024August 2024Allow420NoNo
18652340INTELLIGENT FUEL DISPENSERSMay 2024September 2024Allow420NoNo
18652379INTELLIGENT FUEL DISPENSERSMay 2024October 2024Allow520NoNo
18652447INTELLIGENT FUEL DISPENSERSMay 2024September 2024Allow420NoNo
18652464INTELLIGENT FUEL DISPENSERSMay 2024January 2025Allow820YesNo
18652382INTELLIGENT FUEL DISPENSERSMay 2024October 2024Allow620YesNo
18652360INTELLIGENT FUEL DISPENSERSMay 2024April 2025Allow1120YesNo
18635414X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEMApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18604683Zero-Vision Camera SystemMarch 2024March 2025Allow1220YesNo
18587682METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING VOLUMETRIC DATA OF A PREDETERMINED ANATOMICAL FEATUREFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18424052OPTICAL FIBER IMAGE CALIBRATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER- READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18537728SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR UPSAMPLING OF DECOMPRESSED DATA AFTER LOSSY COMPRESSION USING A NEURAL NETWORKDecember 2023April 2024Allow400NoNo
18531608ATTRIBUTING GENERATED VISUAL CONTENT TO TRAINING EXAMPLESDecember 2023May 2024Allow510NoNo
18515883Detection and Characterization of CancerousTumorsNovember 2023February 2025Allow1520NoNo
18508762AUGMENTED DIFFUSION INVERSION USING LATENT TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATIONNovember 2023January 2025Allow1420YesNo
18508590INTELLIGENT FUEL DISPENSERSNovember 2023January 2025Allow1420YesNo
18388108IMAGE CODING METHOD BASED ON SECONDARY TRANSFORM AND DEVICE THEREFORNovember 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18491818CROSS-MEDIA KNOWLEDGE SEMANTIC REPRESENTATION METHOD AND APPARATUSOctober 2023July 2024Allow910NoNo
18487676Image Quality Assessment Using Similar Scenes as ReferenceOctober 2023December 2024Allow1420NoNo
18379629MANAGING CONSTRAINTS FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN OF CAMERA PLACEMENT AND CAMERAS ARRANGEMENTS FOR AUTONOMOUS CHECKOUTOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18468706ZERO-VISION CAMERA SYSTEMSeptember 2023January 2024Allow410NoNo
18467604METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL NOISE REDUCTION AND CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT OF IMAGESSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18242197INFERRING FACILITY PLANOGRAMSSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18450999IMAGE MATCHING USING DEEP LEARNING IMAGE FINGERPRINTING MODELS AND EMBEDDINGSAugust 2023January 2024Allow510YesNo
18232215INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18232164INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18366769COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE REFLECTANCE BEHAVIOR OF A SURFACE OF AN OBJECT, AND STORAGE MEDIUM WITH INSTRUCTIONS STORED THEREON FOR DETERMINING THE REFLECTANCE BEHAVIOR OF A SURFACE OF AN OBJECTAugust 2023January 2024Allow510YesNo
18361685DETECTING KEYPOINTS IN IMAGE DATAJuly 2023April 2025Allow2040YesNo
18223021OPTICAL SENSOR FOR ODOMETRY TRACKING TO DETERMINE TRAJECTORY OF A WHEELJuly 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18347356LOSSLESS DECOMPRESSION OF DIGITAL IMAGES USING PRIOR IMAGE CONTEXTJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210YesNo
18211566Real-time Marine Snow Noise Removal from Underwater VideoJune 2023September 2024Allow1520NoNo
18197378SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE ENHANCEMENT OF OBJECTS IN IMAGESMay 2023July 2024Allow1410NoNo
18197325SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE ENHANCEMENT OF SKIN FEATURES IN IMAGESMay 2023July 2024Allow1410NoNo
18035879DETERMINATION OF A TRUE SHAPE OF AN OBJECT BASED ON TRANSFORMATION OF ITS OPTICAL IMAGEMay 2023August 2023Allow300NoNo
18309514AUGMENTED DIFFUSION INVERSION USING LATENT TRAJECTORY OPTIMIZATIONApril 2023July 2023Allow300NoNo
18304012MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODApril 2023October 2024Allow1820YesNo
18132444METHOD FOR MORPHOLOGY IDENTIFICATION, TRAJECTORY TRACKING AND VELOCITY MEASUREMENT OF HIGH-CONCENTRATION MICROBUBBLESApril 2023October 2023Allow610NoNo
18119732METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR APPLYING ADAPTIVE ZOOM ON AN IMAGEMarch 2023June 2025Allow2700NoNo
18116643Method And Apparatus For Determining Volumetric Data Of A Predetermined Anatomical FeatureMarch 2023November 2023Allow910NoNo
18175156SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REVERSIBLE TRANSFORMATIONS USING DIFFUSION MODELSFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2700NoNo
18161846SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTING MISMATCH INDUCED BY RESPIRATORY MOTION IN POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE RECONSTRUCTIONJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1210NoNo
18160976METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGESJanuary 2023February 2024Allow1210NoNo
18160981METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGESJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1810NoNo
18159341Systems and Methods for Image Regularization Based on a Curve Derived from the Image DataJanuary 2023May 2023Allow400NoNo
18005667METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REDUCING ALIASING ERRORS IN IMAGES OF PIXEL-BASED DISPLAY DEVICES AND FOR THE EVALUATION OF DISPLAY DEVICES OF THIS TYPEJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2800NoNo
18149714SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCENE-ADAPTIVE DENOISE SCHEDULING AND EFFICIENT DEGHOSTINGJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2800NoNo
18078138IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMDecember 2022July 2023Allow700NoNo
18009054IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUMDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18001067VIDEO CROPPING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022September 2023Allow910NoNo
18077166HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR) FUSION MECHANISM OF MULTI-EXPOSURE IMAGESDecember 2022April 2025Allow2800NoNo
17928564INSPECTION SYSTEM AND INSPECTION METHODNovember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
17986347ATTRIBUTING GENERATED VISUAL CONTENT TO TRAINING EXAMPLESNovember 2022July 2024Allow2010NoNo
18055161KERNEL RESHAPING-POWERED SPLATTING-BASED EFFICIENT IMAGE SPACE LENS BLURNovember 2022September 2023Allow1010NoNo
18052411SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME VIDEO DENOISINGNovember 2022July 2023Allow810YesNo
17970746TEXT SHARPENING FOR LEGIBILITY ENHANCEMENT OR DISPLAY POWER SAVINGSOctober 2022March 2025Allow2800NoNo
17962853METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR END-TO-END UNSUPERVISED MULTI-DOCUMENT BLIND IMAGE DENOISINGOctober 2022February 2025Allow2800NoNo
17951271METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING OBJECT RECOGNITION MODELSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3320NoNo
17801414METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MULTI-SENSOR DATA-BASED FUSION INFORMATION GENERATION FOR 360-DEGREE DETECTION AND RECOGNITION OF SURROUNDING OBJECTAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010NoNo
17888366IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS BASED ON THE SAMEAugust 2022January 2025Allow2900NoNo
17884607FINDING THE SEMANTIC REGION OF INTEREST IN IMAGESAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110YesNo
17871325COOKING ASSISTANCE METHOD, COOKING ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJuly 2022October 2024Allow2700NoNo
17868434IMAGE EVALUATION METHOD THAT CAN QUANTIFY IMAGES DISTORTED BY ARTIFACTS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PERFORMING THE METHOD, AND COMPUTING DEVICEJuly 2022December 2024Allow2810NoNo
17850719IDENTIFICATION OF CANDIDATE REGIONS IN IMAGES FOR PREDEFINED OBJECT PLACEMENTJune 2022May 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17786616APPARATUS, SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROBRAM FOR PROVIDING A NUCLEAR IMAGE OF A REGION OF INTEREST OF A PATIENTJune 2022February 2025Allow3210YesNo
17782032SETTING SYSTEM, SETTING METHOD, AND PROGRAMJune 2022April 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17828745METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGESMay 2022July 2023Allow1410NoNo
17828688METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGESMay 2022July 2023Allow1410NoNo
17825272Analyzer Apparatus and Method of Image ProcessingMay 2022September 2024Allow2800NoNo
17663983LOSSLESS COMPRESSION OF DIGITAL IMAGES USING PRIOR IMAGE CONTEXTMay 2022March 2023Allow1000NoNo
17745486Using Artificial Intelligence to Analyze Sensor Data to Detect Potential Change(s) for Risk and Threat Assessment and IdentificationMay 2022October 2024Allow2910NoNo
17743187IMAGE CODING METHOD BASED ON SECONDARY TRANSFORM AND DEVICE THEREFORMay 2022August 2023Allow1510NoNo
17775937INFORMATION PLAYBACK METHOD AND DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMay 2022November 2024Allow3010NoNo
17734576CIRCUIT FOR CORRECTING LATERAL CHROMATIC ABBERATIONMay 2022August 2023Allow1510NoNo
17660633SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTIONApril 2022January 2025Allow3320NoNo
17697914HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USING CONTACTLESS PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGYMarch 2022November 2024Allow3210NoNo
17695188METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACCESSING TABLE CONTENT IN A DIGITAL IMAGE OF THE TABLEMarch 2022June 2023Allow1510NoNo
17694695IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAMMarch 2022July 2024Allow2800NoNo
17688575METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AUTHENTICATION OF A PHYSICAL DOCUMENTMarch 2022September 2024Allow3010YesNo
17641016PROCESSING APPARATUS, PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022October 2024Allow3110NoNo
17684470GENERATING COMPOSITE IMAGE FROM MULTIPLE IMAGES CAPTURED FOR SUBJECTMarch 2022August 2023Allow1820NoNo
17681505SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED DESIGN OF CAMERA PLACEMENT AND CAMERAS ARRANGEMENTS FOR AUTONOMOUS CHECKOUTFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1610YesNo
17678758Information Extraction from Live Online SessionsFebruary 2022June 2024Allow2800NoNo
17665412IMAGE ENHANCEMENT USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKSFebruary 2022February 2023Allow1300NoNo
17588827Encoder, Decoder and Related MethodsJanuary 2022October 2024Allow3310NoNo
17577689INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMJanuary 2022September 2024Allow3210NoNo
17576575IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON WAVELET TRANSFORMJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3210NoNo
17574327CLOUD BASED INTELLIGENT IMAGE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEMJanuary 2022November 2024Allow3420YesNo
17566320MULTI-FRAME DEPTH-BASED MULTI-CAMERA RELIGHTING OF IMAGESDecember 2021July 2024Allow3010YesNo
17561866GAZE ESTIMATION CROSS-SCENE ADAPTATION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON OUTLIER GUIDANCEDecember 2021September 2024Allow3320NoNo
17557834FLOW-GUIDED MOTION RETARGETINGDecember 2021March 2024Allow2700NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner COUSO, JOSE L.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
8.8%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
5
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(60.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(40.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
88.0%
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, 60.0% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner COUSO, JOSE L - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner COUSO, JOSE L works in Art Unit 2667 and has examined 981 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 92.9%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 21 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner COUSO, JOSE L's allowance rate of 92.9% places them in the 79% 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 COUSO, JOSE L receive 1.13 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 17% 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 COUSO, JOSE L is 21 months. This places the examiner in the 85% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by COUSO, JOSE L. This interview benefit is in the 27% 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, 38.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 85% 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 74.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 93% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 100.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 71% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 83.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 73% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 80.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 62.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 79% 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 0.1% of allowed cases (in the 46% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 1.1% of allowed cases (in the 57% 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:

  • 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

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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