USPTO Examiner HELCO NICHOLAS JOHN - Art Unit 2667

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18417148VEHICLE IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR A PERIPHERAL CAMERAJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2400NoNo
18282827INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUMSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18258237SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUALITY CONTROL OF MICROARRAY PRINTINGJune 2023February 2026Abandon3210NoNo
18257091Multi-dimensional Object Pose Estimation and RefinementJune 2023February 2026Abandon3210NoNo
18199870METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUSLY SCANNING AND CONSTRUCTING A REPRESENTATION OF A STAND OF TREESMay 2023December 2025Allow3010NoNo
18179855INPAINTING DIGITAL IMAGES USING A HYBRID WIRE REMOVAL PIPELINEMarch 2023September 2025Allow3011YesNo
18103242TRAVEL ENVIRONMENT RECOGNITION APPARATUSJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3210YesNo
18017637ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENTJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3621YesNo
18013511METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT ARTIST TO USER BY USING MURALSDecember 2022November 2025Abandon3510NoNo
18146400IMAGE ENCODING BASED ON CROSS-ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE CHANNELSDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210YesNo
18146403IMAGE ENCODING BASED ON ALPHA CHANNELDecember 2022October 2025Allow3420NoNo
18146404IMAGE ENCODING BASED ON VELOCITY CHANNELDecember 2022November 2025Allow3520NoNo
18081160DEFECT ANALYSIS DEVICE, DEFECT ANALYSIS METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND LEARNING DEVICEDecember 2022November 2025Allow3520YesNo
17786286METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR STORING, ENCODING AND DECODING INFORMATION BASED ON CODES WITH ERROR DETECTION CAPACITYDecember 2022September 2025Abandon3910YesNo
18063412RIG EQUIPMENT MANAGEMENTDecember 2022September 2025Abandon3310NoNo
18077974SELF-SUPERVISED COMPOSITIONAL FEATURE REPRESENTATION FOR VIDEO UNDERSTANDINGDecember 2022March 2026Allow3930YesNo
17986091APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLE INCLUDING CAMERA AND METHOD FOR THE SAMENovember 2022November 2025Allow3620NoNo
17981965METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ROAD ANNOTATION, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022August 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17971530GROUP FRAMING IN A VIDEO SYSTEMOctober 2022October 2025Allow3620YesYes
18045930DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETECTING PEOPLE IN VIDEO DATA USING NON-VISUAL SENSOR DATAOctober 2022February 2026Allow4030YesNo
17963664ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETECTING DEFECT IN IMAGE ON BASIS OF DIFFERENCE AMONG SUB-IMAGES ACQUIRED BY MULTIPLE PHOTODIODE SENSORS, AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFOctober 2022May 2025Allow3110YesNo
17962886Systems and Methods for Altering ImagesOctober 2022February 2026Allow4031YesNo
17955979METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ENHANCING IMAGE QUALITYSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3420YesNo
17955911End User Selectable/Variable Object Detect IlluminationSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3320NoNo
17914832SHOP SYSTEM, PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022June 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17932784SYNCHRONIZING IMAGE FRAMES BY SUPER SAMPLINGSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3220YesNo
17903803METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING IDENTITY RECOGNITION ON TO-BE-RECOGNIZED OBJECT, DEVICE AND MEDIUMSeptember 2022May 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17929186METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING IMAGE BASED ON WEIGHTED MULTIPLE KERNELSSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3830YesNo
17893332REARVIEW ASSEMBLY ADJUSTMENT SYSTEMAugust 2022June 2025Allow3320NoNo
17811769METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING MOTILITY OF CILIATED CELLS IN RESPIRATORY TRACTJuly 2022May 2025Allow3520YesNo
17855798METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE GENERATION FOR FACIAL DISEASE DETECTION MODELJuly 2022April 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17844985KEYPOINTS-BASED ESTIMATION OF FACE BOUNDING BOXJune 2022September 2025Allow3930NoNo
17841157TRAILER HEIGHT AND HITCH BALL CALCULATIONJune 2022April 2025Allow3420YesYes
17837157IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODJune 2022December 2025Abandon4240NoNo
17550666DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFDecember 2021October 2025Allow4611NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN works in Art Unit 2667 and has examined 1 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 100.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 46 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN's allowance rate of 100.0% places them in the 96% 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 HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN receive 1.00 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 9% 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 HELCO, NICHOLAS JOHN is 46 months. This places the examiner in the 11% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

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:

  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

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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