USPTO Examiner STREGE JOHN B - Art Unit 2669

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19047488Morphed Image Detection Logic and Surveillance SystemsFebruary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
18918245Morphed Image Detection Logic and Surveillance SystemsOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18619370ADVERSARIAL MASKS FOR SCENE-CUSTOMIZED FALSE DETECTION REMOVALMarch 2024April 2025Allow1311YesNo
18441985Systems and Methods for Using Mobile and Wearable Video Capture and Feedback Plat-Forms for Therapy of Mental DisordersFebruary 2024April 2025Abandon1410NoNo
18504852USING FACIAL SKIN MICROMOVEMENTS TO IDENTIFY A USERNovember 2023September 2024Allow1020NoNo
18501351DETECTION DEVICENovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18288157SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING INTERSECTION CROSSING EVENTS USING FULL FRAME CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUESOctober 2023April 2024Allow600NoNo
18372831SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MONITORING EDGE COMPUTE SITESSeptember 2023April 2024Allow710YesNo
18371186SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE FEATURE RECOGNITION USING A LENSLESS CAMERASeptember 2023December 2024Allow1400YesNo
18463922SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASING IMAGE FIDELITYSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1100YesNo
18236168IRIS RECOGNITION SYSTEM, IRIS RECOGNITION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023July 2024Allow1100YesNo
18236171IRIS RECOGNITION SYSTEM, IRIS RECOGNITION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18233469TRANSFERRING SYSTEM FOR HUGE AND HIGH QUALITY IMAGES ON NETWORK AND METHOD THEREOFAugust 2023October 2024Abandon1410NoNo
18266652DETERMINING MEASURE OF GAPING IN FISH FILLET ITEMJune 2023February 2024Allow810NoNo
18205077ANALYZING SENSOR DATA TO IDENTIFY EVENTSJune 2023July 2024Allow1310YesNo
18140325IRIS RECOGNITION SYSTEM, IRIS RECOGNITION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023May 2024Allow1310YesNo
18304947IMAGE HARMONIZATION FOR DEEP LEARNING MODEL OPTIMIZATIONApril 2023April 2024Allow1210NoNo
18303271PRESET STYLE TRANSFERApril 2023June 2025Allow2500YesNo
18134574NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, DISPLAY CONTROL METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSApril 2023June 2025Allow2700YesNo
18131452SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBJECT AND OBSTACLE DETECTION AND CLASSIFICATION IN COLLISION AVOIDANCE OF RAILWAY APPLICATIONSApril 2023July 2024Allow1510NoNo
18126438TRAINED FUNCTION FOR PROVIDING MAGNETIC FIELD DATA, AND THE APPLICATION OF THE TRAINED FUNCTIONMarch 2023May 2025Allow2500NoNo
18180190SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTION OF ARTIFICIAL DEFORMATION IN ANATOMIC MODELINGMarch 2023March 2024Allow1310NoNo
18180730VOLUMETRIC SAMPLING WITH CORRELATIVE CHARACTERIZATION FOR DENSE ESTIMATIONMarch 2023January 2024Allow1110YesNo
18116882GENERIC CARD FEATURE EXTRACTION BASED ON CARD RENDERING AS AN IMAGEMarch 2023March 2025Allow2430YesNo
18023932THRESHOLD CALCULATION SYSTEM, THRESHOLD CALCULATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2320YesNo
18111743SYSTEM, APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR MONITORING EDGE COMPUTE SITESFebruary 2023October 2023Allow800NoNo
18165926Cross-Modal Weak Supervision For Media ClassificationFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1510YesNo
18102527ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAMEJanuary 2023July 2025Allow2910YesNo
18088250IMAGE DEPTH RECOGNITION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022June 2025Allow3000NoNo
17921224INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2022May 2025Allow3110NoNo
17920145PERSON RETRIEVAL SYSTEMOctober 2022June 2025Allow3210YesNo
18045566SENSOR DEVICE AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHODOctober 2022June 2023Allow800YesNo
17917467LIVELINESS DETECTION USING A DEVICE COMPRISING AN ILLUMINATION SOURCEOctober 2022February 2025Allow2800YesNo
17960729PATTERN RECOGNITION FOR IDENTIFYING INDISTINCT ENTITIESOctober 2022January 2025Allow2700NoNo
17956626SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOW COMPUTE DEPTH MAP GENERATIONSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1310YesNo
17955258METHOD FOR IMAGE SEARCH, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3000NoNo
17906798METHODS, SYSTEMS AND RELATED ASPECTS FOR OPTIMIZATION AND PLANNING OF CARDIAC SURGERYSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3210NoNo
17946854APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING EDGE GROUND TRUTH DATA FOR A FEDERATED SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE USING MACHINE LEARNING PROCESSESSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110YesNo
17944936SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION OF A POINT CLOUD FRAMESeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17903011SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING AN IMAGE CHARACTERISTIC OF IMAGE FRAMES IN A VIDEO STREAMSeptember 2022February 2024Allow1710YesNo
17929468READING SUPPORT SYSTEM AND MOVING BODYSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1110YesNo
17901429APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE SEGMENTATION USING MACHINE LEARNING PROCESSESSeptember 2022February 2025Allow3010YesNo
17896666DYNAMIC DETECTION AND RECOGNITION OF MEDIA SUBJECTSAugust 2022February 2024Allow1810NoNo
17893167METHOD OF DETECTING BIOMETRIC FEATUREAugust 2022August 2023Allow1200YesNo
17799010AUTOMATIC CONTAINER LOADING AND UNLOADING APPARATUS AND METHODAugust 2022April 2023Allow800NoNo
17878408High Quality Instance SegmentationAugust 2022March 2023Allow800YesNo
17851381METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AN OBJECT WITHIN AN IMAGE AND MOBILE DEVICE FOR EXECUTING THE METHODJune 2022April 2024Allow2240YesNo
17850124TRANSFERRING SYSTEM FOR HUGE AND HIGH QUALITY IMAGES ON NETWORK AND METHOD THEREOFJune 2022September 2023Abandon1410NoNo
17788873OPTICAL SENSORJune 2022February 2025Allow3230YesNo
17845685FACIAL AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMJune 2022June 2023Allow1210NoNo
17786406METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING RAW IMAGE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2022October 2024Allow2810NoNo
17805583INSECT SINGULATION AND CLASSIFICATIONJune 2022June 2023Allow1210YesNo
17777457CHARACTERIZING INTRA-SITE TUMOR HETEROGENEITYMay 2022May 2025Allow3610NoNo
17738656MACHINE LEARNING FOR OTITIS MEDIA DIAGNOSISMay 2022July 2024Allow2621YesNo
17735324FINGERPRINT VERIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2022March 2023Allow1000YesNo
17661469FINGERPRINT ACQUISITION DEVICEApril 2022September 2023Allow1610YesNo
17723894METHOD AND SYSTEM TO COMPENSATE FOR CONSECUTIVE MISSING VIEWS IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) RECONSTRUCTIONApril 2022May 2025Allow3610NoNo
17723455Telemedicine System With Dynamic ImagingApril 2022June 2025Allow3811YesNo
17716863ANOMALY DETECTION USING AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)April 2022February 2025Allow3410YesNo
17715901LEARNING ORDINAL REPRESENTATIONS FOR DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING BASED OBJECT LOCALIZATIONApril 2022October 2024Allow3000NoNo
17712325SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE FEATURE RECOGNITION USING A LENSLESS CAMERAApril 2022June 2023Allow1400YesNo
17712400Login Method Based on Fingerprint Recognition and DeviceApril 2022August 2023Allow1720YesNo
17697757DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR TOPOLOGICAL NORMALIZATION FOR ANOMALY DETECTIONMarch 2022March 2023Allow1100YesNo
17432340REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURE EVALUATING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAMMarch 2022March 2025Allow4210YesNo
17642123METHOD FOR OBTAINING DATA FROM AN IMAGE OF AN OBJECT OF A USER THAT HAS A BIOMETRIC CHARACTERISTIC OF THE USERMarch 2022January 2025Allow3430NoNo
17689694IMAGE BASED VALUATION SYSTEMMarch 2022May 2025Allow3940NoNo
17640618METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING RADIOABLATION TREATMENTMarch 2022January 2025Allow3410NoNo
17640183INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMarch 2022May 2024Allow2610NoNo
17678123IRIS RECOGNITION SYSTEM, IRIS RECOGNITION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2022February 2023Allow1100YesNo
17677986VEHICLE POSITIONING METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON LASER DEVICEFebruary 2022March 2023Allow1300YesNo
17668912Technique For Processing Patient-Specific Image Data For Computer-Assisted Surgical NavigationFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1710NoNo
17592378LEARNING SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION MODELS IN THE ABSENCE OF A PORTION OF CLASS LABELSFebruary 2022June 2024Allow2810NoNo
17584023METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS FROM SEQUENCES OF VOLUMETRIC IMAGESJanuary 2022November 2023Allow2110NoNo
17577553SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING FINGERPRINT BASED USER AUTHENTICATION USING IMAGERY CAPTURED USING MOBILE DEVICESJanuary 2022January 2025Allow3650YesNo
17627220MAPPING AND LOCALIZATION SYSTEM FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESJanuary 2022July 2023Allow1801NoNo
17597528SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHODJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3110NoNo
17570501IMAGING DEVICEJanuary 2022March 2024Allow2700YesNo
17565219ROBUST OPERATING ROOM VIDEO ANONYMIZATION BASED ON ENSEMBLE DEEP LEARNINGDecember 2021January 2025Allow3611NoNo
17645410ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN TAILGATE AND PIGGYBACKDecember 2021February 2025Allow3711YesNo
17645221INTERACTIVE 3D ANNOTATION TOOL WITH SLICE INTERPOLATIONDecember 2021August 2024Allow3110YesNo
17619642Method and Device for Passive Ranging by Image Processing and Use of Three-Dimensional ModelsDecember 2021March 2024Allow2700YesNo
17619615IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMDecember 2021October 2024Allow3410NoNo
17550506PROCESSING REMOTE SENSING DATA USING NEURAL NETWORKS BASED ON BIOLOGICAL CONNECTIVITYDecember 2021February 2025Abandon3810NoNo
17549292DERMATOGLYPH DETECTORDecember 2021May 2023Allow1700YesNo
17546080ADAPTIVE AUTO-SEGMENTATION IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHYDecember 2021October 2024Allow3410NoNo
17547202HOLE FILLING METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL AND COMPUTING DEVICE THEREFORDecember 2021April 2024Allow2910YesNo
17547033ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ENABLED REAGENT-FREE IMAGING HEMATOLOGY ANALYZERDecember 2021October 2024Allow3510NoNo
17545624IMAGE ENHANCEMENT SYSTEM BASED ON NONLOCAL FEATURESDecember 2021February 2024Allow2600YesNo
17596287SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL AND FOR PROVIDING AN ESTIMATED INTERIOR IMAGE OF A PATIENTDecember 2021June 2024Allow3010NoNo
17541684METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACILITATING SOCIAL DISTANCINGDecember 2021October 2024Abandon3510NoNo
17539849METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AERIAL OBJECT DETECTIONDecember 2021May 2024Allow3010NoNo
17539041SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF VEGETATION AND STRUCTURE LOAD ANALYSIS IN AERIAL PROPERTY IMAGESNovember 2021July 2024Allow3111NoNo
17538516METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR ADAPTIVE INFERENCE IN COMPRESSED VIDEO DOMAINNovember 2021March 2024Allow2801NoNo
17534981SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTION OF ARTIFICIAL DEFORMATION IN ANATOMIC MODELINGNovember 2021December 2022Allow1200YesNo
17532306SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING FINGERPRINT BASED USER AUTHENTICATION USING IMAGERY CAPTURED USING MOBILE DEVICESNovember 2021April 2024Allow2930YesNo
17528309METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING DRUGNovember 2021February 2024Allow2700NoNo
17527715DYNAMIC SENSOR DATA AUGMENTATION VIA DEEP LEARNING LOOPNovember 2021July 2024Allow3210NoNo
17517114ADVERSARIAL MASKS FOR SCENE-CUSTOMIZED FALSE DETECTION REMOVALNovember 2021December 2023Allow2600NoNo
17607057INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODOctober 2021September 2024Allow3520NoNo
17511711SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING NON-STANDARD USER INTERFACE OBJECTOctober 2021June 2024Allow3210NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner STREGE, JOHN B.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
1
(33.3%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(66.7%)
Reversal Percentile
86.6%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 66.7% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
4
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(75.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(25.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
93.6%
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, 75.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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 STREGE, JOHN B - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner STREGE, JOHN B works in Art Unit 2669 and has examined 389 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.3%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 21 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner STREGE, JOHN B's allowance rate of 94.3% places them in the 84% 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 STREGE, JOHN B receive 1.03 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 14% 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 STREGE, JOHN B is 21 months. This places the examiner in the 85% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by STREGE, JOHN B. This interview benefit is in the 31% 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, 37.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 81% 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 42.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 58% 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, 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 57.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 25% 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, 46.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 53% 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 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 60% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 26% 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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