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
19094609COMMON SENSE REASONING FOR DEEPFAKE DETECTIONMarch 2025August 2025Allow510NoNo
19092775AUXILIARY DIAGNOSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PARKINSON'S DISEASE BASED ON STATIC AND DYNAMIC FEATURES OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONSMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19088110OPTICAL SKIN DETECTION FOR FACE UNLOCKMarch 2025November 2025Allow820YesNo
19061635EXPRESSION RECOGNITION METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON MULTI-SCALE FEATURES AND SPATIAL ATTENTIONFebruary 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19105560OUTLINE CORRECTION PROCESSING DEVICE AND OUTLINE CORRECTION PROCESSING METHODFebruary 2025July 2025Allow500NoNo
19019564SCENE, POSE, AND ENVIRONMENT REPLACEMENT IN VIDEOS AND IMAGES USING GENERATIVE AIJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200YesNo
18999797SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING HEALTH MEASUREMENTS FROM FACIAL DATADecember 2024December 2025Allow1211YesNo
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
18666502DEPTH ESTIMATION BASED ON FEATURE RECONSTRUCTION WITH ADAPTIVE MASKING AND MOTION PREDICTIONMay 2024March 2026Allow2200NoNo
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
18624497Method and System for Electronic Image AnalysisApril 2024August 2025Allow1610YesNo
18615050APPARATUS AND METHOD OF GUIDED NEURAL NETWORK MODEL FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGMarch 2024October 2025Allow1930NoNo
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
18579500IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2500NoNo
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
18524640METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GAZE TRACKING AND GAZE TRACKING CALIBRATIONNovember 2023October 2025Allow2200NoNo
18522570METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING NODE OF DECISION TREENovember 2023October 2025Allow2300YesNo
18519244Method and device for preparing data for identifying analytesNovember 2023January 2026Allow2610NoNo
18517077DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR CONTENT ANALYSISNovember 2023October 2024Allow1010YesNo
18560355IMAGING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMNovember 2023January 2026Allow2610NoNo
18502336EMOTION RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON CONTEXT INFORMATIONNovember 2023February 2026Allow2710NoNo
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
18491872DEEP MODULAR SYSTEMS FOR IMAGE RESTORATIONOctober 2023March 2026Allow2810YesNo
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
18478842IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE DATA RECOGNITION METHOD, TRAINING METHOD FOR IMAGE RECOGNITION MODEL, IMAGE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, TRAINING APPARATUS FOR IMAGE RECOGNITION MODEL, AND IMAGE RECOGNITION APPARATUSSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18373318PRODUCTION MONITORING AND ANALYSIS METHOD BASED ON AN IMAGE DATA ALGORITHMSeptember 2023November 2023Allow200NoNo
18468352OPTICAL SKIN DETECTION FOR FACE UNLOCKSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2420YesNo
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
18243527SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS OF CREATING A LIBRARY OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONSSeptember 2023October 2023Allow200NoNo
18243539SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS OF CREATING A LIBRARY OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONSSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1110YesNo
18238575DETECTION OF A CHANGE IN FACE GESTURE IN IMAGESAugust 2023November 2025Allow2610NoNo
18454722SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MATCHING FACIAL IMAGES TO REFERENCE IMAGESAugust 2023January 2025Allow1710NoNo
18546924IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2023March 2026Allow3120NoNo
18264970LEARNING METHOD FOR A MACHINE LEARNING SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND MODELING AN OBJECT IN AN IMAGE, CORRESPONDING COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND DEVICEAugust 2023September 2025Allow2600YesNo
18264326OPTICAL SKIN DETECTION FOR FACE UNLOCKAugust 2023March 2025Allow1910NoNo
18221989LOW-LIGHT IMAGE IMPROVEMENT APPARATUS AND METHODJuly 2023August 2025Allow2500NoNo
18346760COMPOUND EXPRESSION RECOGNITION METHOD WITH FEW SAMPLES OF MULTI-DOMAIN ADVERSARIAL LEARNINGJuly 2023September 2023Allow200NoNo
18336837TONE MAPPING METHOD AND APPARATUSJune 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18332579IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND FACE DETECTION METHODJune 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18331798Color Image Analysis for Makeup Color Prediction ModelJune 2023September 2024Abandon1510NoNo
18207572TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING NETWORK, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023January 2026Allow3110NoNo
18323351IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD THEREOFMay 2023June 2024Allow1310NoNo
18197571METHOD FOR PREDICTING DEFECTS IN ASSEMBLY UNITSMay 2023October 2024Allow1710NoNo
18316519IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2023January 2026Allow3210NoNo
18315217DEPTH-BASED SEE-THROUGH PREVENTION IN IMAGE FUSIONMay 2023July 2025Allow2600NoNo
18144574SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SPATIALLY SELECTIVE VIDEO CODINGMay 2023June 2024Allow1300NoNo
18296631METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH FINGERPRINT VERIFICATIONApril 2023February 2024Allow1010YesNo
18296251Automated Retouching Of Studio ImagesApril 2023November 2025Allow3110NoNo
18130814SIMULTANEOUS FINGER/FACE DATA COLLECTION TO PROVIDE MULTI-MODAL BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATIONApril 2023December 2025Abandon3210NoNo
18121827CONTEXT-AIDED MACHINE VISIONMarch 2023December 2023Allow910NoNo
18182184IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS TO GENERATE COMPOSITE IMAGE, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2023January 2026Allow3510NoNo
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
18100060METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING IMAGE USING MULTISPECTRAL SENSORJanuary 2023December 2025Allow3510NoNo
18150610APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGJanuary 2023August 2023Allow710NoNo
18084915GENERALIZED ANOMALY DETECTIONDecember 2022January 2026Allow3720NoNo
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
18071874Subject Recognition And Recommendation Methods And ApparatusNovember 2022December 2025Allow3610NoNo
17992815MACHINE LEARNING FOR QUANTUM MATERIAL SYNTHESISNovember 2022April 2023Allow510NoNo
17984935SYSTEMS FOR AND METHODS OF CREATING A LIBRARY OF FACIAL EXPRESSIONSNovember 2022June 2023Allow700NoNo
17978227IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSNovember 2022February 2026Allow4011NoNo
17971754METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR FACE RECOGNITIONOctober 2022September 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17968668MORPHOMETRIC GENOTYPING OF CELLS IN LIQUID BIOPSY USING OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHYOctober 2022September 2023Allow1110NoNo
18047095IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PRODUCTOctober 2022September 2025Allow3510YesNo
17916813INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022March 2025Allow2910NoNo
17954406SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING MEDIA FOR FACIAL MANIPULATIONSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3300NoNo
17913508METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING SURFACESSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3310NoNo
17896564VISUAL AND TACTILE CONFIRMATION OF PACKAGE PRESENCE FOR UAV AERIAL DELIVERIESAugust 2022July 2025Allow3410NoNo
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
17881615REINFORCEMENT LEARNING-BASED LABEL-FREE SIX-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT POSE PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUSAugust 2022August 2025Allow3710NoNo
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

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
32.2%
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
15.4%
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 731 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 92.6%, 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 92.6% 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 0.78 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 5% 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 93% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -0.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by TRAN, PHUOC. This interview benefit is in the 11% 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, 36.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 83% 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 32.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 47% 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 12% 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 10% 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, 62.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 68% 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 1.1% of allowed cases (in the 68% 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 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 56% 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:

  • 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.