USPTO Examiner MANGIALASCHI TRACY - Art Unit 2668

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19243631FUSION NETWORK MODEL-BASED CROP YIELD INVERSION METHOD AND SYSTEMJune 2025December 2025Allow610YesNo
19215867METHOD FOR MONITORING SOIL EROSION RATE IN WIND-WATER COMPLEX EROSION REGIONMay 2025August 2025Allow310NoNo
19009900SYSTEMS AND TECHNIQUES FOR VEHICLE INSPECTION AND CONDITION ANALYSISJanuary 2025November 2025Allow1020YesNo
19001469RAPID DROUGHT MONITORING AND IDENTIFICATION METHOD FOR WINTER WHEAT BASED ON UAV MEASUREMENTS OF LEAF AREA INDEXDecember 2024July 2025Allow710YesNo
18774764SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNING TRAJECTORY INFORMATION DERIVED FROM DIFFERENT SOURCE DATAJuly 2024October 2025Allow1510YesNo
18748637DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING VESSEL AND HARBORJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18742540SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACQUIRING AND INSPECTING LENS IMAGES OF OPTHALMIC LENSESJune 2024July 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18643003METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING SEAWEED BED AREA, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2024September 2024Allow510NoNo
18610659METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VISUALIZING SOYBEAN VARIETY PLACEMENT USING VARIETY PROFILE INDEXMarch 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18591087AUTOMATIC CONTROL OF AN ENCLOSED CROP GROWING DEVICEFebruary 2024September 2024Allow610YesNo
18584420METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROVIDING SOYBEAN VARIETY PLACEMENT USING VARIETY PROFILE INDEXFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1410NoNo
18440354Remote Sensing Algorithms for Mapping Regenerative AgricultureFebruary 2024March 2026Abandon2510NoNo
18435087Remote Sensing Algorithms for Mapping Regenerative AgricultureFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110YesNo
18433837MANUAL CALIBRATION OF IMAGING SYSTEMFebruary 2024April 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18422997Systems and Methods for Detecting a Travelling Object VortexJanuary 2024July 2024Allow600NoNo
18419874FACIAL VERIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18488063ADAPTIVE ATMOSPHERIC CORRECTION METHOD OF HYPERSPECTRAL SATELLITE BASED ON PRIOR GROUND OBJECT SPECTRAL MATCHINGOctober 2023May 2024Allow710YesNo
18487252Plant Group IdentificationOctober 2023February 2025Allow1620YesNo
18554612POLARIZATION IMAGE-BASED BUILDING INSPECTIONOctober 2023February 2026Allow2810NoNo
18377693MACHINE LEARNING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VARIETY PROFILE INDEX CROP CHARACTERIZATIONOctober 2023April 2025Allow1820YesNo
18478197Pinch Recognition and RejectionSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2840YesNo
18477535SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING A REGION OF INTEREST FROM VOLUME DATASeptember 2023January 2025Allow1620YesNo
18371486APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION USING DEEP LEARNING TO IMPROVE IMAGE QUALITY IN POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET)September 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18458325Unthreshed Grain Loss Detection and AnalysisAugust 2023March 2026Allow3110NoNo
18451014IMAGE FINGERPRINTING CONVERSION BETWEEN DIFFERENT IMAGE FINGERPRINTING MODELSAugust 2023March 2024Allow710NoNo
18450085METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGES OF OBJECTS DETECTED IN VIDEO CAMERA DATAAugust 2023February 2024Allow610NoNo
18446822SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING HIGH RISK PLAQUESAugust 2023September 2024Allow1410YesNo
18223473LONG-RANGE 3D OBJECT DETECTION USING 2D BOUNDING BOXESJuly 2023March 2026Allow3210NoNo
18350703IDENTIFYING AND AVOIDING OBSTRUCTIONS USING DEPTH INFORMATION IN A SINGLE IMAGEJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310YesNo
18216220CROSS-MODAL SEARCH SYSTEMS AND METHODSJune 2023July 2024Allow1210YesNo
18341434INFERRING MOISTURE FROM COLORJune 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18204079AGRICULTURAL ANALYSIS ROBOTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOFMay 2023June 2024Allow1330NoNo
18326144METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR TRAINING AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION IN IMAGESMay 2023October 2025Allow2910YesNo
18323584RECOVERING LED LIGHT IN INDOOR MULTI-LEVEL FARMSMay 2023October 2025Allow2910NoNo
18200132GENERATING AGRONOMIC INFERENCES FROM EXTRACTED INDIVIDUAL PLANT COMPONENTSMay 2023February 2026Allow3310NoNo
18317283Organic Camera-Pose MappingMay 2023November 2023Allow610NoNo
18035851Method And Apparatus For Positioning Of Laser BeamMay 2023November 2025Abandon3110NoNo
18187353METHOD OF PROVIDING CARBON EMISSION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION, AND SERVER AND SYSTEM USING THE SAMEMarch 2023November 2023Allow710YesNo
18184619Systems and Methods for Optimizing Asset Maintenance Protocols by Predicting Vegetation-Driven OutagesMarch 2023October 2023Allow710YesNo
18116185PREDICTING SOIL ORGANIC CARBON CONTENTMarch 2023September 2023Allow610NoNo
18116056BODILY EMISSION ANALYSISMarch 2023April 2025Allow2530NoNo
18008727INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEM OF SMART FARM USING MUTI-HOP NETWORKJanuary 2023January 2026Abandon3710NoNo
18006893METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING PLANTS FOR AGRICULTURAL PURPOSESJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3410NoNo
18156814REMOTE SENSING ALGORITHMS FOR MAPPING REGENERATIVE AGRICULTUREJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1121NoNo
18095033SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TURNING IRRIGATION PIVOTS INTO A NETWORK OF ROBOTS FOR OPTIMIZING FERTILIZATIONJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3710YesNo
18094927Plant Group IdentificationJanuary 2023October 2023Allow910YesNo
18014631VEGETATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND VEGETATION MANAGEMENT METHODJanuary 2023February 2026Allow3720NoNo
18148309SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING HIGH RISK PLAQUESDecember 2022March 2023Allow310NoNo
18148296SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING HIGH RISK PLAQUESDecember 2022July 2023Allow710YesNo
18088259MACHINE LEARNING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VARIETY PROFILE INDEX CROP CHARACTERIZATIONDecember 2022June 2023Allow510NoNo
17999994METHOD FOR PREDICTING GEOLOGICAL FEATURES FROM BOREHOLE IMAGE LOGSNovember 2022November 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17993908METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CHANGE TO STRUCTURE BY USING DRONENovember 2022December 2023Allow1310NoNo
17999217INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODNovember 2022September 2025Allow3410NoNo
17987758MACHINE LEARNING METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VARIETY PROFILE INDEX CROP CHARACTERIZATIONNovember 2022May 2023Allow610NoNo
17987677Systems and Methods for Detecting a Travelling Object VortexNovember 2022October 2023Allow1111YesNo
17925250SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING VEGETATION COVERAGE IN A REAL-WORLD ENVIRONMENTNovember 2022July 2025Allow3210NoNo
18054830DETERMINATION OF DROPLET CHARACTERISTICSNovember 2022August 2025Allow3310NoNo
17982029METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH IMAGE PROCESSINGNovember 2022March 2026Allow4020YesNo
18051578FAIR NEURAL NETWORKSNovember 2022November 2025Allow3610YesNo
17973532METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BODY POSE GUIDING BASED ON VIDEO CONTENTS SELECTED BY USEROctober 2022July 2025Abandon3310NoNo
18048923Arrangement and Method for the Optical Assessment of Crop in a Harvesting MachineOctober 2022December 2025Allow3720YesNo
17970140DEVICE AND METHOD FOR TRACKING AN OBJECTOctober 2022January 2026Allow3920NoNo
17918518EYE BAG DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUSOctober 2022January 2026Abandon3920NoNo
17937152ARTIFACT-DRIVEN DATA SYNTHESIS IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHYSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3320YesNo
17902511METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HAND POSE RECOGNITION, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022February 2023Allow510NoNo
17823582DIFFUSION MODEL IMAGE GENERATIONAugust 2022October 2025Allow3810YesNo
17895629METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE SEGMENTATION MODEL TRAINING AND FOR IMAGE SEGMENTATIONAugust 2022September 2023Abandon1310NoNo
17882885TREE CROWN EXTRACTION METHOD BASED ON UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE MULTI-SOURCE REMOTE SENSINGAugust 2022January 2023Allow510NoNo
17816246TRAINING METHOD, EVALUATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2022August 2023Allow1210YesNo
17875274ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR PASSIVE LIVENESS DETECTIONJuly 2022January 2026Allow4210YesNo
17869879FEATURE EXTRACTION METHOD, MODEL TRAINING METHOD, DETECTION METHOD OF FRUIT SPECTRUMJuly 2022March 2023Allow810NoNo
17869165METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH DEGRADED IMAGE RESTORATIONJuly 2022February 2026Allow4310YesNo
17810608METHODS FOR RECOGNIZING SMALL TARGETS BASED ON DEEP LEARNING NETWORKSJuly 2022January 2023Allow610NoNo
17809321INFORMATION EXTRACTION FROM DOCUMENTS CONTAINING HANDWRITTEN TEXTJune 2022August 2025Allow3720YesNo
17832636VIDEO FRAME TYPE CLASSIFICATION FOR A COMMUNICATION SESSIONJune 2022June 2025Allow3620YesNo
17781887IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2022September 2025Allow3910YesNo
17778014LARGE-SCALE CROP PHENOLOGY EXTRACTION METHOD BASED ON SHAPE MODEL FITTING METHODMay 2022May 2023Allow1210NoNo
17742701CITRUS IDENTIFICATION METHOD BASED ON ROUNDNESS INTEGRITY CORRECTIONMay 2022January 2023Allow910NoNo
17662762SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF CHARACTERIZING HIGH RISK PLAQUESMay 2022July 2023Allow1520YesNo
17732978MULTIVIEW ASSOCIATION OF MULTIPLE ITEMS FOR ITEM RECOGNITIONApril 2022January 2026Allow4530NoNo
17733099APPARATUS AND TECHNIQUES OF IMAGE COLLECTION FOR VISION CHECKOUTApril 2022October 2025Allow4210YesNo
17733139INCREMENTAL TRAINING OF A MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL (MLM) FOR MULTIVIEW ITEM RECOGNITIONApril 2022June 2025Allow3810NoNo
17731525DEPTH IMAGE INTERPOLATION FOR MULTIVIEW ITEM RECOGNITIONApril 2022August 2025Allow4010NoNo
17730253Audio and Video System for Capturing Surroundings of a VehicleApril 2022March 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17729237MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL ANNOTATION AND TRAINING TECHNIQUESApril 2022December 2025Allow4320NoNo
17767367LANE LINE RECOGNITION METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022March 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17713978SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACQUIRING AND INSPECTING LENS IMAGES OF OPHTHALMIC LENSESApril 2022April 2024Allow2400YesNo
17709323Industrial Metrology of Workpiece Surface based on Depth MapMarch 2022January 2025Allow3310YesNo
17705595AUTOMATED DATA LABELING USING A GEOMETRIC APPROACHMarch 2022June 2025Allow3910YesNo
17760892Edge Phase Effects Removal Using Wavelet Correction and Particle Classification Using Combined Absorption and Phase ContrastMarch 2022February 2023Allow1110YesNo
17694661Machine Learning Methods and Systems for Variety Profile Index Crop CharacterizationMarch 2022September 2022Allow610YesNo
17654647PROCESSING IMAGES OF OBJECTS AND OBJECT PORTIONS, INCLUDING MULTI-OBJECT ARRANGEMENTS AND DEFORMED OBJECTSMarch 2022October 2025Allow4320NoNo
17642455METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING IMAGE, DISPLAY DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022December 2024Allow3310NoNo
17687579METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CHANGE TO STRUCTURE BY USING DRONEMarch 2022December 2022Abandon910NoNo
17665615IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3210NoNo
17665145MULTI-ITEM PRODUCT RECOGNITION FOR CHECKOUTSFebruary 2022March 2025Allow3820NoNo
17584527ENCODING APPARATUS, ENCODING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3810NoNo
17581364METHOD FOR DISPLAYING CELL COUNT INFORMATION, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3810NoNo
17580095DATA PROCESSING METHOD, DEVICE, FILMING SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022July 2025Allow4230YesNo
17625390COMPUTER SOFTWARE MODULE ARRANGEMENT, A CIRCUITRY ARRANGEMENT, AN ARRANGEMENT AND A METHOD FOR IMPROVED OBJECT DETECTIONJanuary 2022March 2025Allow3930NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MANGIALASCHI, TRACY.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
10
Examiner Affirmed
9
(90.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(10.0%)
Reversal Percentile
23.3%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 10.0% 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
15
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(6.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(93.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
12.2%
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, 6.7% 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

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

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

Examiner MANGIALASCHI, TRACY - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MANGIALASCHI, TRACY works in Art Unit 2668 and has examined 427 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 80.3%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MANGIALASCHI, TRACY's allowance rate of 80.3% places them in the 50% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by MANGIALASCHI, TRACY receive 2.22 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 61% 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 MANGIALASCHI, TRACY is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 55% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +32.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MANGIALASCHI, TRACY. This interview benefit is in the 81% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 31.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 63% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 33.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 51% 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, 28.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 47.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 13% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 44.4% 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, 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 0.7% of allowed cases (in the 64% 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 2.9% of allowed cases (in the 73% 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:

  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.

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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