USPTO Examiner TRAN PHUOC - Art Unit 2668

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19019564SCENE, POSE, AND ENVIRONMENT REPLACEMENT IN VIDEOS AND IMAGES USING GENERATIVE AIJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200YesNo
18861344CAPTURING MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGESOctober 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18823740VIRTUAL TRY-ON BASED ON PREDETERMINED CLOTH PATTERNS DRIVEN BY GENERATIVE AISeptember 2024November 2024Allow300YesNo
18808818DROWSY DRIVING DETECTIONAugust 2024March 2025Allow610NoNo
18775533PERSONALIZED AVATARS USING TEXT DESCRIPTION OF FEATURESJuly 2024November 2024Allow400YesNo
18769544AI-DRIVEN VIDEO STYLIZATION WITH TEXT DESCRIPTION TUNINGJuly 2024November 2024Allow410YesNo
18751168COMMON SENSE REASONING FOR DEEPFAKE DETECTIONJune 2024February 2025Allow810NoNo
18748397AI-DRIVEN PHOTO STYLIZATION WITH TEXT DESCRIPTION TUNINGJune 2024November 2024Allow510YesNo
18743640OPTICAL SKIN DETECTION FOR FACE UNLOCKJune 2024January 2025Allow710YesNo
18647482METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING A VIRTUAL CAMERA USING A COMPUTER TO GENERATE ANALYTICS OF A VIDEOApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18634353DROWSY DRIVING DETECTIONApril 2024July 2024Allow300NoNo
18631983USING IMAGE PROCCESSING, MACHINE LEARNING AND IMAGES OF A HUMAN FACE FOR PROMPT GENERATION RELATED TO FALSE EYELASHESApril 2024June 2024Allow300NoNo
18609397INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18585111PERSONALIZED FACE BIOMETRIC KEY GENERATION METHOD BASED ON DEEP NEURAL NETWORK CODINGFebruary 2024May 2024Allow200NoNo
18421823APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING OPTICAL QUALITY OF GEMSTONESJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18398846SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR CANCER ASSESSMENTDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18539544FEATURE MATCHING AND CORRESPONDENCE REFINEMENT AND 3D SUBMAP POSITION REFINEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CENTIMETER PRECISION LOCALIZATION USING CAMERA-BASED SUBMAP AND LIDAR-BASED GLOBAL MAPDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18536092METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM OF VIDEO PROCESSINGDecember 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18517077DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONTENT ANALYSISNovember 2023October 2024Allow1010YesNo
18501467Method and System for Electronic Image AnalysisNovember 2023March 2024Allow510YesNo
18497625METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF CLEANING OPERATIONSOctober 2023June 2024Allow800NoNo
18384105METHOD FOR MONITORING EMOTION AND BEHAVIOR DURING CONVERSATION FOR USER IN NEED OF PROTECTIONOctober 2023March 2024Allow500NoNo
18491533SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TONE MAPPING OF HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGES FOR HIGH-QUALITY DEEP LEARNING BASED PROCESSINGOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110YesNo
18381195DYNAMIC FACIAL EXPRESSION RECOGNITION (FER) METHOD BASED ON DEMPSTER-SHAFER (DS) THEORYOctober 2023January 2024Allow300NoNo
18485266DETECTION OF MOMENT OF PERCEPTIONOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18373318PRODUCTION MONITORING AND ANALYSIS METHOD BASED ON AN IMAGE DATA ALGORITHMSeptember 2023November 2023Allow200NoNo
18466389METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SIMULATING A VIRTUAL CAMERA USING A COMPUTER TO GENERATE ANALYTICS OF A VIDEOSeptember 2023February 2024Allow510YesNo
18465643IMAGE CLEANUP ON A MOBILE DEVICESeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18243539SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS OF CREATING A LIBRARY OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONSSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1110YesNo
18243527SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS OF CREATING A LIBRARY OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONSSeptember 2023October 2023Allow200NoNo
18454722SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING FACIAL IMAGES TO REFERENCE IMAGESAugust 2023January 2025Allow1710NoNo
18264326OPTICAL SKIN DETECTION FOR FACE UNLOCKAugust 2023March 2025Allow1910NoNo
18346760COMPOUND EXPRESSION RECOGNITION METHOD WITH FEW SAMPLES OF MULTI-DOMAIN ADVERSARIAL LEARNINGJuly 2023September 2023Allow200NoNo
18332579IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND FACE DETECTION METHODJune 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18331798Color Image Analysis for Makeup Color Prediction ModelJune 2023September 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18323351IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOFMay 2023June 2024Allow1310NoNo
18197571METHOD FOR PREDICTING DEFECTS IN ASSEMBLY UNITSMay 2023October 2024Allow1710NoNo
18144574SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPATIALLY SELECTIVE VIDEO CODINGMay 2023June 2024Allow1300NoNo
18296631METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH FINGERPRINT VERIFICATIONApril 2023February 2024Allow1010YesNo
18121827CONTEXT-AIDED MACHINE VISIONMarch 2023December 2023Allow910NoNo
18120309IMAGE CLEANUP ON A MOBILE DEVICEMarch 2023August 2023Allow510NoNo
18174911Systems And Methods For Analyzing ColorsFebruary 2023September 2023Allow710NoNo
18105595SHORT RANGE RADAR FOR FACE TRACKINGFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2700NoNo
18164458FACE IDENTITY PRESERVATION FOR IMAGE-TO-IMAGE MODELS USING STABLE DIFFUSION GENERATIVE MODELFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2800NoNo
18150610APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGJanuary 2023August 2023Allow710NoNo
18067838SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF IMAGES OF APPAREL IN A CLOTHING SUBSCRIPTION PLATFORMDecember 2022August 2023Allow710NoNo
18068231SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TONE MAPPING OF HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGES FOR HIGH-QUALITY DEEP LEARNING BASED PROCESSINGDecember 2022October 2023Allow910NoNo
17992815MACHINE LEARNING FOR QUANTUM MATERIAL SYNTHESISNovember 2022April 2023Allow510NoNo
17984935SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS OF CREATING A LIBRARY OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONSNovember 2022June 2023Allow700NoNo
17968668MORPHOMETRIC GENOTYPING OF CELLS IN LIQUID BIOPSY USING OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHYOctober 2022September 2023Allow1110NoNo
17916813INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022March 2025Allow2910NoNo
17954406SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEDIA FOR FACIAL MANIPULATIONSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3300NoNo
17892727ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING AN IMAGE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOFAugust 2022March 2025Allow3100NoNo
17888691METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSES BY EVALUATING MEDIA DATAAugust 2022September 2024Allow2500NoNo
17885942BEAUTY PROCESSING METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022May 2023Allow910NoNo
17886101IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022May 2023Allow910YesNo
17881354ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED IMAGE QUALITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEMAugust 2022May 2023Allow1010NoNo
17880440METHOD FOR PREDICTING DEFECTS IN ASSEMBLY UNITSAugust 2022April 2025Allow3200NoNo
17812904METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT OF CLEANING OPERATIONSJuly 2022June 2023Allow1110NoNo
17792550LEARNING DATASET GENERATION DEVICE AND LEARNING DATASET GENERATION METHODJuly 2022October 2024Allow2710NoNo
17846486NOISE ENHANCED HISTOGRAMSJune 2022June 2023Allow1210NoNo
17842401INCREASING DYNAMIC RANGE OF A VIRTUAL PRODUCTION DISPLAYJune 2022September 2023Abandon1510NoNo
17837450IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2022September 2024Allow2800YesNo
17832493SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS OF CREATING A LIBRARY OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONSJune 2022August 2022Allow200NoNo
17782521IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD AND DEVICE, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2022November 2024Allow2910NoNo
17830208GENERALIZED ANOMALY DETECTIONJune 2022May 2025Allow3500NoNo
17824833Microscopy System and Method for Generating Stylized Contrast ImagesMay 2022September 2022Allow400NoNo
17752347METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTERPOLATING FRAME BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEMay 2022August 2024Allow2600NoNo
17749384Color Image Analysis for Makeup Color Prediction ModelMay 2022July 2023Abandon1410NoNo
17741632EYE GAZE DETECTION METHOD, EYE GAZE DETECTION DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022April 2025Allow3510YesNo
17662608LEVERAGING COMPUTER VISION AND MACHINE LEARNING TO IDENTIFY COMPELLING SCENESMay 2022April 2023Allow1110NoNo
17720575OBJECT TRACKING METHOD AND OBJECT TRACKING DEVICEApril 2022June 2024Allow2600NoNo
17658652METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR FACE ALIGNMENTApril 2022April 2023Allow1210NoNo
17715871LUMINANCE-GUIDED IMAGE DE-MOSAICING AND DE-NOISINGApril 2022May 2023Allow1310NoNo
17766604SENSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SENSING DEVICEApril 2022April 2025Allow3610NoNo
17711455SUBJECT DETECTING METHOD AND DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022March 2025Allow3610NoNo
17762796SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR CANCER ASSESSMENTMarch 2022September 2023Allow1810NoNo
17696240FACE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022June 2023Allow1510YesNo
17696223FACE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022June 2023Allow1510YesNo
17654387SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING FACIAL IMAGES TO REFERENCE IMAGESMarch 2022November 2024Allow3210NoNo
17679026IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMFebruary 2022March 2023Allow1310NoNo
17670411APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING OPTICAL QUALITY OF GEMSTONESFebruary 2022October 2023Allow2010NoNo
17590415CORNER DETECTION METHOD AND CORNER DETECTION DEVICEFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3100NoNo
17626162IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022June 2024Allow2900NoNo
17647079SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING FACIAL IMAGES TO REFERENCE IMAGESJanuary 2022April 2023Allow1610NoNo
17568768DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONTENT ANALYSISJanuary 2022July 2023Allow1810NoNo
17568157DATA-DRIVEN, PHOTOREALISTIC SOCIAL FACE-TRAIT ENCODING, PREDICTION, AND MANIPULATION USING DEEP NEURAL NETWORKSJanuary 2022March 2023Allow1510NoNo
17568156METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2022June 2022Allow610NoNo
17557794METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY ANALYZING PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY IN A CURVED TOPOGRAPHICAL ULTRASOUND IMAGE SLICEDecember 2021April 2024Allow2700NoNo
17556401SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING RELATIVE ROTATION AND RELATIVE TRANSLATION OF BACK-TO-BACK CAMERASDecember 2021April 2024Allow2800NoNo
17556091METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND DEVICES FOR MONITORING A WEB OF MATERIAL TRANSLATING ALONG A TRAVEL PATHDecember 2021January 2025Allow3710NoNo
17542916FACE DETECTION BASED ON FACIAL KEY-POINTSDecember 2021March 2025Allow3910NoNo
17539007INCREASING DYNAMIC RANGE OF A VIRTUAL PRODUCTION DISPLAYNovember 2021April 2022Allow500NoNo
17531446PHOTO COMPOSITESNovember 2021October 2024Allow3410NoNo
17612750IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2021April 2025Allow4010NoNo
17454833SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGNovember 2021March 2024Allow2800NoNo
17524387IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2021October 2024Allow3510YesNo
17514548SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A FACIAL EXPRESSIONOctober 2021April 2024Allow3010NoNo
17506189APPARATUS AND METHODOctober 2021November 2023Allow2510NoNo
17500289ENHANCED HIGH-DYNAMIC-RANGE IMAGING AND TONE MAPPINGOctober 2021March 2023Allow1710NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
5
Examiner Affirmed
4
(80.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(20.0%)
Reversal Percentile
31.2%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 20.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
8
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(12.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
7
(87.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
12.9%
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, 12.5% 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 TRAN, PHUOC - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner TRAN, PHUOC works in Art Unit 2668 and has examined 800 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 20 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner TRAN, PHUOC'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 TRAN, PHUOC receive 0.76 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 7% 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 TRAN, PHUOC 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 -0.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by TRAN, PHUOC. This interview benefit is in the 10% 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, 37.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 82% 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 34.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 10% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 44.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 7% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 25.0% 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, 53.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 67% 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 0.9% of allowed cases (in the 66% 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 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 50% 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

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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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.