USPTO Examiner LEMIEUX IAN L - Art Unit 2669

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18981623SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE GENERATION WITH QUALITY ASSURANCEDecember 2024April 2025Allow410YesNo
18911702CAMERA POSE ESTIMATION METHOD AND SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND READABLE MEDIUMOctober 2024January 2025Allow410NoNo
18795162STRIPE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAMERA OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONAugust 2024January 2025Allow510NoNo
18718411PERSON RE-IDENTIFICATION METHOD, SYSTEM AND DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024February 2025Allow810NoNo
18737279MACHINE VISION-BASED SHEET LABELING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024November 2024Allow510NoNo
18733897METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING MISALIGNMENT OF ELECTRODE PLATES, ELECTRODE PLATES, ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL, AND BATTERYJune 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18674036MULTI-SOURCE IMAGE CORRESPONDENCE METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON HETEROGENEOUS MODEL FITTINGMay 2024August 2024Allow310NoNo
18646407TRACKING METHOD FOR TRACKING MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, TRACKING SYSTEM, AND TRACKING APPARATUSApril 2024January 2025Allow920NoNo
18627451SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE GENERATIONApril 2024August 2024Allow510NoNo
18626533GENERATION SYSTEM AND GENERATION METHOD FOR METADATA FOR MOVEMENT ESTIMATIONApril 2024March 2025Abandon1120YesNo
18616830METHOD, SYSTEM AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA FOR PRIORITIZING OBJECTS FOR FEATURE EXTRACTIONMarch 2024February 2025Allow1100NoNo
18534232SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OVERLAY METROLOGY USING A PHASE MASKDecember 2023April 2025Allow1700YesNo
18528685SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND USING A MULTI-STAGE OBJECT CLASSIFICATION AND CONDITION PIPELINEDecember 2023March 2024Allow310NoNo
18372164COMPUTER AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODSeptember 2023April 2024Allow611YesNo
18455175METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGING A BIOLOGICAL TISSUEAugust 2023June 2025Abandon2210NoNo
18237866SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURING AND USING A MULTI-STAGE OBJECT CLASSIFICATION AND CONDITION PIPELINEAugust 2023October 2023Allow200NoNo
18274371Systems and Methods for Training Models to Predict Dense Correspondences in Images Using Geodesic DistancesJuly 2023December 2023Allow400NoNo
18347613ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING HIGH ACCURACY BIO-SIGNALS BASED ON INFORMATION OBTAINED IN A NON-CONTACT MANNER, SYSTEM, AND OPERATION METHOD OF THE SAMEJuly 2023November 2024Allow1620YesNo
18342907METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SHARED IMAGE PROCESSING AMONG MULTIPLE DEVICESJune 2023March 2025Allow2010YesNo
18330160OPTIMIZED MATCHED FILTER TRACKING OF SPACE OBJECTSJune 2023November 2024Allow1810NoNo
18202778Machine Learning Architecture for Imaging Protocol DetectorMay 2023April 2025Abandon2310NoNo
18314618METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING SIMILARITY OF DOCUMENTSMay 2023March 2025Allow2220YesNo
18299177AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF LATTICE STRUCTURES USING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHYApril 2023October 2023Allow610NoNo
18129421POINT CLOUD ALIGNMENT SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING HIGH DEFINITION MAPS FOR VEHICLE NAVIGATIONMarch 2023February 2024Allow1120NoNo
18185599SAMPLE HANDLING APPARATUS AND IMAGE REGISTRATION METHODSMarch 2023November 2024Allow2030YesNo
18117672SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRESPONDENCE MAP DETERMINATIONMarch 2023February 2025Allow2410YesNo
18163794ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED BASE CALLINGFebruary 2023December 2024Allow2220NoNo
18148270POSE ESTIMATION METHOD FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE BASED ON POINT LINE AND PLANE FEATURE FUSIONDecember 2022November 2023Allow1110NoNo
18071952FEATURE DESCRIBING THE SHAPE OF SPATIALLY DISTRIBUTED DATA SETNovember 2022March 2023Allow300NoNo
17967355ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF OPTICAL FINGERPRINT SENSORS, METHOD FOR ACQUIRING AND AUTHENTICATING FINGERPRINT INFORMATION IN THE SAMEOctober 2022June 2025Allow3210YesNo
17963127OPTIMIZED MATCHED FILTER TRACKING OF SPACE OBJECTSOctober 2022February 2023Allow410NoNo
17955341AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF LATTICE STRUCTURES USING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHYSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2410NoNo
17889004Systems and Methods for Rapid Alignment of Digital Imagery Datasets to Models of StructuresAugust 2022December 2024Abandon2830YesNo
17817547IDENTIFYING PRODUCTS FROM ON-SHELF SENSOR DATA AND VISUAL DATAAugust 2022January 2025Abandon3020NoNo
17879251Image Compression/Decompression in a Computer Vision SystemAugust 2022May 2024Allow2230NoNo
17815852METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSING A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERJuly 2022April 2024Allow2030YesNo
17870153SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODEL-BASED IMAGE ANALYSISJuly 2022May 2024Allow2210NoNo
17860770METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PRODUCING MEDIA FILE WITH BLUR EFFECTJuly 2022November 2024Allow2810YesNo
17858734Machine Learning Architecture for Imaging Protocol DetectorJuly 2022January 2023Allow610YesNo
17854280CONSTRUCTION STAGE DETECTION USING SATELLITE OR AERIAL IMAGERYJune 2022October 2023Allow1530NoNo
17854294ROADS AND GRADING DETECTION USING SATELLITE OR AERIAL IMAGERYJune 2022October 2023Allow1530YesNo
17855168METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING STEREO IMAGERY USING MOTION OF VEHICLEJune 2022August 2023Allow1330YesNo
17844396SENSORS, AGRICULTURE HARVESTER WITH THE SENSORS AND METHODS FOR STEERING OR GUIDING AGRICULTURE HARVESTERSJune 2022August 2024Allow2620YesNo
17757695MULTI-MODE THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNING METHOD AND SYSTEMJune 2022January 2025Allow3120NoNo
17784472OBJECT SEARCH DEVICE AND OBJECT SEARCH METHODJune 2022August 2024Allow2600NoNo
17782497DEEP NEURAL NETWORK FRAMEWORK FOR PROCESSING OCT IMAGES TO PREDICT TREATMENT INTENSITYJune 2022April 2025Allow3411YesNo
17781430SELF-POSITION ESTIMATION APPARATUS, SELF-POSITION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMJune 2022November 2024Allow2910NoNo
17777207IMAGE RESTORATION DEVICE, IMAGE RESTORATION METHOD, AND IMAGE RESTORATION PROGRAMMay 2022February 2025Allow3310NoNo
177419612D & 3D COLOR FUSION IMAGINGMay 2022March 2025Allow3420YesNo
17723007IMAGE CLASSIFICATION USING BATCH NORMALIZATION LAYERSApril 2022August 2023Allow1610NoNo
17720875AUTOMATED ANALYSIS OF LATTICE STRUCTURES USING COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHYApril 2022June 2022Allow200NoNo
17703975SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR SIGNAL CORRECTIONS IN PIXEL-BASED SEQUENCINGMarch 2022May 2024Allow2610YesNo
17698869IMAGE-BASED ITEM IDENTIFICATIONMarch 2022November 2023Allow1920YesNo
17679241System And Method For Image Based Registration And CalibrationFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1610YesNo
17666840HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR MONITORING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS DURING PROCESSING AND MANUFACTURINGFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1610NoNo
17633133METHODS FOR HIGH-PERFORMANCE ELECTRON MICROSCOPYFebruary 2022April 2024Allow2600NoNo
17585283ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE ELECTRONIC APPARATUSJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3110NoNo
17581811SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DISPLAYED FEEDBACK WHEN USING A REAR-FACING CAMERAJanuary 2022January 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17576481MULTI-TIER PCBA INTEGRITY VALIDATION PROCESSJanuary 2022March 2024Allow2600NoNo
17574185Image Processing Method, Apparatus, and DeviceJanuary 2022September 2024Allow3210NoNo
17570426IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUSJanuary 2022October 2024Allow3340YesNo
17567847SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF OPTIMAL METROLOGY GUIDANCEJanuary 2022April 2023Allow1610NoNo
17562565POSITION DETERMINATION DEVICEDecember 2021August 2024Allow3110NoNo
17553502METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBJECT DETECTION AND POSTURE ESTIMATION BASED ON OBJECT-CUSTOMIZED IMAGE FEATURE DETECTION ALGORITHMDecember 2021March 2022Allow300NoNo
17551662METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC HAND POSE ESTIMATION USING MACHINE LEARNINGDecember 2021August 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17550648THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTIONDecember 2021May 2024Allow2910YesNo
17617138INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMDecember 2021December 2024Abandon3620NoNo
17616326METHOD OF DETECTING MOVING OBJECTSDecember 2021September 2024Allow3310NoNo
17456813IDENTIFICATIONS OF DEVIATIONS RELATING TO ASSEMBLIES OF COMPONENTSNovember 2021October 2024Allow3420YesNo
17511880METHOD, APPARATUS FOR SUPERIMPOSING LASER POINT CLOUDS AND HIGH-PRECISION MAP AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEOctober 2021March 2025Allow4110NoNo
17505302CALIBRATING CROP ROW COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMOctober 2021January 2023Allow1500NoNo
17500902ANALYZING SCREEN COVERAGE OF A TARGET OBJECTOctober 2021May 2022Allow710NoNo
17473232TECHNIQUES FOR RE-AGING FACES IN IMAGES AND VIDEO FRAMESSeptember 2021January 2025Allow4021YesNo
17432912DETERMINING A RELATIVE COGNITIVE CAPABILITY OF A SUBJECTAugust 2021February 2025Allow4230NoNo
17401053MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE FOR IMAGING PROTOCOL DETECTORAugust 2021April 2022Allow810NoNo
17394653METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH GAZE ESTIMATIONAugust 2021April 2023Allow2110NoNo
17393054SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING AN IMAGE AND/OR AUTOMATICALLY INTERPRETING IMAGESAugust 2021September 2024Abandon3710NoNo
17392202AUTONOMOUS AGRICULTURAL TREATMENT SYSTEM USING MAP BASED TARGETING OF AGRICULTURAL OBJECTSAugust 2021April 2023Allow2110NoNo
17425330PARKING DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON VISUAL DIFFERENCEJuly 2021April 2022Allow910NoNo
17425331EXAMINATION PAPER CORRECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2021July 2022Allow1210YesNo
17382035METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A LOCATION OF A SHARED VEHICLE PARK POSITIONJuly 2021July 2023Abandon2410NoNo
17361315METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGJune 2021September 2023Allow2620YesNo
17419049DICTIONARY CREATION DEVICE, BIOMETRICS DEVICE, MONITORING SYSTEM, DICTIONARY CREATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2021October 2024Abandon3920NoNo
17357692SELECTING AVAILABLE ASSIGNMENTS IN RETAIL STORES FOR USERS BASED ON EXTERNAL ASSIGNMENTSJune 2021April 2022Allow1010NoNo
17418238METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING COLLECTION OF INCORRECTLY-ANSWERED QUESTIONSJune 2021June 2022Allow1210YesNo
17355921METHOD FOR TYPHOON CENTER AUTOMATIC SELECTION USING VECTORS CALCULATED FROM RADAR IMAGE DATA BY OPTICAL FLOW TECHNIQUE, RECORDING MEDIUM AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHODJune 2021January 2022Allow700NoNo
17350402AUTOMATED AND PERIODIC UPDATING OF ITEM IMAGES DATA STOREJune 2021June 2024Allow3630YesNo
17350904METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIRTUAL VIEWPOINT IMAGE SYNTHESIS BY MIXING WARPED IMAGEJune 2021April 2023Allow2210NoNo
17344095METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR 3D RECONSTRUCTION OF PLANES PERPENDICULAR TO GROUNDJune 2021February 2024Allow3210YesNo
17338328METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TARGET ANCHOR, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2021November 2023Allow2910NoNo
17331162DECODING APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAME, AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) UP-SCALING APPARATUS AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAMEMay 2021April 2023Allow2310NoNo
17326728DOOR STATUS VERIFICATION USING A CAMERA AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEMay 2021November 2023Allow3010NoNo
17321911METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERSON SUPER RESOLUTION FROM LOW RESOLUTION IMAGEMay 2021April 2023Allow2310NoNo
17309206DEEP LIGHT DESIGNMay 2021April 2024Allow3520YesNo
17246235SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CORRESPONDENCE MAP DETERMINATIONApril 2021March 2023Allow2310NoNo
17243584VOLUME ACQUISITION METHOD FOR OBJECT IN ULTRASONIC IMAGE AND RELATED ULTRASONIC SYSTEMApril 2021March 2023Allow2310NoNo
17231905KEYPOINT MATCHING USING GRAPH CONVOLUTIONSApril 2021April 2023Allow2410YesNo
17231580ENTITY RECOGNITION FROM AN IMAGEApril 2021March 2023Allow2310NoNo
17230518Colorization To Show Contribution of Different Camera ModalitiesApril 2021April 2024Allow3631YesNo
17230135METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SHARED IMAGE PROCESSING AMONG MULTIPLE DEVICESApril 2021May 2023Allow2511YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LEMIEUX, IAN L.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
8.8%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% 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
3
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(33.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(66.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
50.0%
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, 33.3% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

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

Examiner LEMIEUX, IAN L - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LEMIEUX, IAN L works in Art Unit 2669 and has examined 351 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 92.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LEMIEUX, IAN L's allowance rate of 92.0% places them in the 77% 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 LEMIEUX, IAN L receive 1.23 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 21% 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 LEMIEUX, IAN L is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 76% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LEMIEUX, IAN L. This interview benefit is in the 42% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 38.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 86% 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 64.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 86% 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 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 44% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

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 39% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 20% 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 1.2% of allowed cases (in the 59% 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.

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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.