USPTO Examiner DUNPHY DAVID F - Art Unit 2668

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18421065METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HUMAN MOTION CAPTUREJanuary 2024March 2024Allow200NoNo
18511203CHARACTER RECOGNITION DEVICE AND CHARACTER RECOGNITION METHODNovember 2023February 2024Allow300NoNo
18343334FITNESS ACTION RECOGNITION MODEL, METHOD OF TRAINING MODEL, AND METHOD OF RECOGNIZING FITNESS ACTIONJune 2023September 2023Allow300NoNo
18298561FLEXIBLE INSPECTION SYSTEMApril 2023April 2024Allow1210NoNo
18295337MANUFACTURING DEFECTIVE OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEMApril 2023August 2023Allow510YesNo
18184490METHOD FOR DETECTING OPHIOCEPHALUS ARGUS CANTOR UNDER INTRA-CLASS OCCULUSION BASED ON CROSS-SCALE LAYERED FEATURE FUSIONMarch 2023April 2023Allow100NoNo
18044130DANCE SEGMENT RECOGNITION METHOD, DANCE SEGMENT RECOGNITION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023September 2023Allow710NoNo
18145880GENERATING SYNTHETIC IMAGES AS TRAINING DATASET FOR A MACHINE LEARNING NETWORKDecember 2022April 2024Allow1610NoNo
18084784IMAGE SEGMENTATIONDecember 2022January 2024Allow1310NoNo
17999386METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING MARINE OBJECT USING HYPERSPECTRAL DATANovember 2022May 2023Allow600NoNo
18055293SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING THE IDENTITY OF A USERNovember 2022August 2023Allow910NoNo
17984964User-Defined Virtual Interaction Space and Manipulation of Virtual Cameras in the Interaction SpaceNovember 2022April 2024Allow1720NoNo
17977771MULTI-ANCHOR BASED EXTRACTION, RECOGNITION, AND MACHINE LEARNING OF USER INTERFACE (UI)October 2022January 2024Allow1420NoNo
17975903SYSTEM FOR PRESERVING IMAGE AND ACOUSTIC SENSITIVITY USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGOctober 2022July 2023Allow910NoNo
17972095Detection of Contacts Among Event ParticipantsOctober 2022July 2023Allow910NoNo
17972021Real Time Kinematic Analyses of Body MotionOctober 2022June 2023Allow810NoNo
17943489SCENARIO RECREATION THROUGH OBJECT DETECTION AND 3D VISUALIZATION IN A MULTI-SENSOR ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2022November 2023Allow1410NoNo
17876786BLINDNESS ASSIST GLASSESJuly 2022May 2023Allow1010NoNo
17863253PERSPECTIVE DISTORTION CORRECTION OF DISCRETE OPTICAL PATTERNS IN IMAGES USING DEPTH SENSINGJuly 2022July 2023Allow1210NoNo
17804739METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DOCUMENT DATA EXTRACTIONMay 2022February 2023Allow820YesNo
17751428SINGLE-CHANNEL AND MULTI-CHANNEL SOURCE SEPARATION ENHANCED BY LIP MOTIONMay 2022July 2023Allow1410NoNo
17740740Neural Network Host Platform for Detecting Anomalies in Cybersecurity ModulesMay 2022June 2023Allow1410NoNo
17735734SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE IDENTIFIERS AND VEHICLE INFORMATIONMay 2022November 2022Allow610NoNo
17731715Interactive Graphical User Interface for Customizable Combinatorial Test ConstructionApril 2022October 2022Allow510YesNo
17659574METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY ANNOTATING AND IDENTIFYING A LIVING BEING OR AN OBJECT WITH AN IDENTIFIER PROVIDING A SUBJECT IDENTIFICATIONApril 2022December 2023Allow2020NoNo
17658737SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTIMIZING A MACHINE LEARNING MODELApril 2022December 2022Allow900NoNo
17767189INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHODApril 2022August 2023Allow1610NoNo
17763606A System and a Method for Generating an Image Recognition Model and Classifying an Input ImageMarch 2022September 2023Allow1710NoNo
17691375SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING REAL-TIME IMAGE RECOGNITIONMarch 2022May 2023Allow1410NoNo
17690312SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RADAR NEURAL IMAGE ANALYSIS USING NESTED AUTOENCODINGMarch 2022August 2023Allow1820YesNo
17690516HYBRID DEEP LEARNING METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING FACIAL EXPRESSIONSMarch 2022June 2023Allow1510NoNo
17688340SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRELATING ELECTRONIC DEVICE IDENTIFIERS AND VEHICLE INFORMATIONMarch 2022October 2023Allow2010NoNo
17638176INSPECTION SYSTEM, DETERMINATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND INSPECTION METHODFebruary 2022August 2024Allow2910NoNo
17673734ENERGY SUBTRACTION PROCESSING DEVICE, ENERGY SUBTRACTION PROCESSING METHOD, AND ENERGY SUBTRACTION PROCESSING PROGRAMFebruary 2022April 2024Allow2600NoNo
17667590SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFIER TRAINING AND RETRIEVAL FROM CLASSIFIER DATABASE FOR LARGE SCALE PRODUCT IDENTIFICATIONFebruary 2022December 2023Allow2220NoNo
17628819METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MONITORING LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION RATE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022December 2023Abandon2310NoNo
17577244AGRICULTURAL MONITORING SYSTEM USING IMAGE ANALYSISJanuary 2022March 2023Allow1410NoNo
17626994TECHNOLOGY TO AUTOMATICALLY LOCATE BALL-HOLDING PLAYERS IN MULTI-CAMERA VIDEO FEEDSJanuary 2022August 2023Allow1910NoNo
17565453HUMAN BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING HIERACHICAL CLASS LEARNING CONSIDERING SAFETYDecember 2021December 2023Allow2300NoNo
17563663METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UNSUPERVISED DOMAIN ADAPTATIONDecember 2021April 2024Allow2710NoNo
17564054Automated Building Information Determination Using Inter-Image Analysis Of Multiple Building ImagesDecember 2021April 2024Allow2700NoNo
17563901GENERATING RESPONSES TO QUERIES ABOUT VIDEOS UTILIZING A MULTI-MODAL NEURAL NETWORK WITH ATTENTIONDecember 2021January 2023Allow1310NoNo
17563782OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021September 2024Abandon3310NoNo
17558928TRACKING OBJECTS WITH CHANGING APPEARANCESDecember 2021August 2023Allow1910NoNo
17555723ONE-STAGE OBJECT DETECTING MODEL TRAINING METHOD, ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021March 2024Allow2710NoNo
17644857SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGE PROCESSING USING NEURAL NETWORKS HAVING REDUCED DIMENSIONALITYDecember 2021July 2024Allow3110NoNo
17550257INPUT-TRIGGERED INMATE VERIFICATIONDecember 2021February 2023Allow1410NoNo
17533770AUGMENTATION FOR VISUAL ACTION DATANovember 2021April 2023Allow1700NoNo
17456375MULTIMODAL METHOD FOR DETECTING VIDEO, MULTIMODAL VIDEO DETECTING SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMNovember 2021April 2024Allow2910NoNo
17613455METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM FOR AUTOMATICALLY CLASSIFYING CORONARY LESION ACCORDING TO CAD-RADS CLASSIFICATION BY A DEEP NEURAL NETWORKNovember 2021February 2024Allow2700NoNo
17531720SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING A CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK THAT IS ROBUST TO MISSING INPUT INFORMATIONNovember 2021May 2024Allow3010YesNo
17530175EYEWEAR INCLUDING SIGN LANGUAGE TO SPEECH TRANSLATIONNovember 2021September 2023Allow2210NoNo
17611897DETERMINATION DEVICE, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMNovember 2021July 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17525903Image Depth Estimation Method and Device, Readable Storage Medium and Electronic EquipmentNovember 2021July 2024Allow3220NoNo
17525250SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE INSTANCE SEGMENTATION AND TRACKINGNovember 2021May 2024Allow3010NoNo
17523399MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND PROGRAMNovember 2021April 2023Allow1710NoNo
17522470TRACKED ENTITY DETECTION VALIDATION AND TRACK GENERATION WITH GEO-RECTIFICATIONNovember 2021February 2023Allow1610NoNo
17518555Computationally Efficient Quality Assurance Inspection Processes Using Machine LearningNovember 2021September 2022Allow1010YesNo
17516948VISUAL LABELING FOR MACHINE LEARNING TRAININGNovember 2021December 2023Allow2500NoNo
17451743SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGING AND IMAGE-BASED ANALYSIS OF TEST DEVICESOctober 2021January 2024Allow2700NoNo
17604962IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR AN IDENTITY DOCUMENTOctober 2021July 2023Allow2110NoNo
17503906TEXT LINE IMAGE SPLITTING WITH DIFFERENT FONT SIZESOctober 2021August 2023Allow2220NoNo
17450848MANAGING AND STREAMING A PLURALITY OF LARGE-SCALE DATASETSOctober 2021February 2024Allow2800NoNo
17602692Method and Apparatus for Classifying Mixed Signals, and Electronic DeviceOctober 2021July 2023Allow2110NoNo
17602821METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING, COMPRESSING AND/OR INDEXING INFORMATION RELATING TO A MEETINGOctober 2021November 2023Allow2620NoNo
17602697METHOD FOR GENERATING VIDEO FILE FORMAT-BASED SHAPE RECOGNITION LISTOctober 2021September 2023Allow2310NoNo
17450261METHOD FOR GENERATING A LICENSE PLATE DEFACEMENT CLASSIFICATION MODEL, LICENSE PLATE DEFACEMENT CLASSIFICATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2021July 2023Allow2100NoNo
17598135METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE CLASSIFICATIONSeptember 2021July 2023Allow2210NoNo
17483126GENERATING SEMANTIC SCENE GRAPHS FROM UNGROUNDED LABEL GRAPHS AND VISUAL GRAPHS FOR DIGITAL IMAGESSeptember 2021February 2024Allow2910YesNo
17479986Monocular Modes for Autonomous Platform Guidance Systems with Auxiliary SensorsSeptember 2021April 2023Allow1810NoNo
17439719TARGET RECOGNITION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON MASK RCNN NETWORK MODELSeptember 2021February 2023Allow1700NoNo
17439502CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMSeptember 2021November 2023Allow2600NoNo
17593270METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYMMETRIC RECOGNITION OF HANDED ACTIVITIESSeptember 2021January 2023Allow1600NoNo
17439355METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF AN IMAGE AND A METHOD FOR GENERATING A DATASET OF IMAGES FOR TRAINING A MACHINE-LEARNED MODELSeptember 2021October 2023Allow2500NoNo
17465681ROAD SIDE VEHICLE OCCUPANCY DETECTION SYSTEMSeptember 2021December 2021Allow300NoNo
17460623METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DOMAIN AGNOSTIC KNOWLEDGE EXTRACTIONAugust 2021November 2021Allow200NoNo
17412619ULTRASONIC FLAW DETECTION DEVICEAugust 2021October 2023Allow2600NoNo
17433994HIGH-PRECISION IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SUBSTATIONSAugust 2021October 2023Allow2600NoNo
17411328METHOD FOR DIM AND SMALL OBJECT DETECTION BASED ON DISCRIMINANT FEATURE OF VIDEO SATELLITE DATAAugust 2021February 2022Allow500NoNo
17400150LEARNING METHOD, LEARNING DEVICE, GENERATIVE MODEL, AND PROGRAMAugust 2021November 2023Allow2730YesNo
17398317Text-to-Visual Machine Learning Embedding TechniquesAugust 2021June 2023Allow2220YesNo
17397220DEEP LEARNING MACHINE AND OPERATION METHOD THEREOFAugust 2021May 2023Allow2110NoNo
17428055TENNIS INTEGRITY MATCH FIXING IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMAugust 2021March 2023Allow2010NoNo
17385604DETECTING DISCRETE OPTICAL PATTERNS USING DEPTH ESTIMATIONJuly 2021April 2022Allow810NoNo
17425653WEAKLY SUPERVISED VIDEO ACTIVITY DETECTION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON ITERATIVE LEARNINGJuly 2021May 2023Allow2210NoNo
17381903LOSSLESS REPRESENTATION OF HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE (HDR) IMAGES FOR NEURAL NETWORK INFERENCINGJuly 2021December 2023Allow2910NoNo
17382159SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FAST MAMMOGRAPHY DATA HANDLINGJuly 2021February 2024Allow3110NoNo
17381925MANAGEMENT AND DISPLAY OF OBJECT-COLLECTION DATAJuly 2021March 2023Allow1910NoNo
17380129IMAGE IDENTIFICATION DEVICE, METHOD FOR PERFORMING SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2021November 2022Allow1600NoNo
17381036DETECTING CROP RELATED ROW FROM IMAGEJuly 2021February 2023Allow1910NoNo
17376353PMU DATE CORRECTION USING A RECOVERY METHODJuly 2021November 2021Allow420NoNo
17377251PREDICTING HORTICULTURAL YIELD FOR A FIELD LOCATION USING MULTI-BAND AERIAL IMAGERYJuly 2021October 2023Allow2700NoNo
17370466METHOD FOR DETECTING AND MITIGATING BIAS AND WEAKNESS IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING DATA AND MODELSJuly 2021October 2021Allow300NoNo
17368691SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING PATCHES FROM DIGITAL IMAGESJuly 2021November 2023Allow2810YesNo
17365083Data Set Generation for Performance EvaluationJuly 2021January 2022Allow610YesNo
17364419METHODS, SYSTEMS, ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE AND APPARATUS TO DECODE RECEIPTS BASED ON NEURAL GRAPH ARCHITECTUREJune 2021November 2022Allow1600NoNo
17356725INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMJune 2021March 2023Allow2110NoNo
17415751Control Device For Robot To Tease Pet and Mobile RobotJune 2021January 2024Allow3110NoNo
17350594SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION OF BUILDING FOOTPRINTSJune 2021July 2023Allow2510NoNo
17304296METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING TARGET RE-RECOGNITION MODEL AND RE-RECOGNIZING TARGETJune 2021October 2023Allow2810NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner DUNPHY, DAVID F.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
1
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
73.6%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
5
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(40.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(60.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
63.7%
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, 40.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

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

Examiner DUNPHY, DAVID F - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner DUNPHY, DAVID F works in Art Unit 2668 and has examined 602 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 92.7%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 20 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner DUNPHY, DAVID F's allowance rate of 92.7% 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 DUNPHY, DAVID F receive 0.92 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 10% 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 DUNPHY, DAVID F is 20 months. This places the examiner in the 88% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -0.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by DUNPHY, DAVID F. This interview benefit is in the 8% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 40.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 91% 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 58.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 80% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 13% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% 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, 56.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 72% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 55% 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 0.7% of allowed cases (in the 53% 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.

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