USPTO Examiner FITZPATRICK ATIBA O - Art Unit 2672

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18418327DISPLAY METHOD AND DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR PLANT DISEASE DIAGNOSIS INFORMATION, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024July 2024Allow510YesNo
18454462SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE IMAGE-BASED PLAQUE ANALYSIS AND RISK DETERMINATIONAugust 2023November 2023Allow210YesNo
18454364SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR NON-INVASIVE IMAGE-BASED PLAQUE ANALYSIS AND RISK DETERMINATIONAugust 2023November 2023Allow301NoNo
18329024SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC IMAGES OF SLIDES FOR A DIGITAL PATHOLOGY WORKFLOWJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18183932SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED BLOOD PRESSURE COMPUTATION BASED ON IMAGES OF THE OUTER EYEMarch 2023September 2023Allow610YesNo
18120552AUTOMATIC QUALITY CHECKS FOR RADIOTHERAPY CONTOURINGMarch 2023January 2024Allow1110NoNo
18181764SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE RISK OF FUTURE LUNG CANCERMarch 2023August 2023Allow610YesNo
18180648IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, AND METHODS OF OPERATING THEREOFMarch 2023February 2024Allow1210NoNo
18060478DETERMINE IMAGE PROCESSING CANDIDATE MEDICAL IMAGES BASED ON A NUMBER OF THE SELECTED ONE OR MORE MEDICAL IMAGESNovember 2022May 2024Allow1820NoNo
18059042Three-Dimensional Segmentation from Two-Dimensional Intracardiac Echocardiography ImagingNovember 2022August 2023Allow901NoNo
17959438CEREBRAL HEMATOMA VOLUME ANALYSISOctober 2022July 2023Allow910NoNo
17958535GUIDANCE ACQUISITION DEVICE, GUIDANCE ACQUISITION METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2022August 2023Allow1111NoNo
17940625IDENTIFYING CANDIDATE CELLS USING IMAGE ANALYSIS WITH OVERLAP THRESHOLDSSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1110YesNo
17940582IDENTIFYING CANDIDATE CELLS USING IMAGE ANALYSIS WITH INTENSITY LEVELSSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1110YesNo
17884964SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING BOOKMARK VIDEO FINGERPRINTSAugust 2022October 2023Allow1411NoNo
17811743SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TISSUE VIABILITY SCREENINGJuly 2022June 2023Allow1110NoNo
17861100ANATOMICAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CAD USING MACHINE LEARNINGJuly 2022August 2023Allow1310NoNo
17841300SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING OF DENTAL IMAGESJune 2022October 2023Abandon1620YesNo
17749775Systems and Methods for Quantifying Multiscale Competitive Landscapes of Clonal Diversity in GlioblastomaMay 2022April 2024Allow2320YesNo
17748374COMPUTER-ASSISTED TUMOR RESPONSE ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE VASCULAR TUMOR BURDENMay 2022June 2024Abandon2521YesNo
17718747Quality Control of Automated Whole-slide AnalysesApril 2022April 2024Allow2431NoNo
17713026SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING HYPERMUTATED TUMORApril 2022October 2023Allow1811YesNo
17753564SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR PREDICTING, ANTICIPATING, AND/OR ASSESSING TISSUE CHARACTERISTICSMarch 2022August 2023Allow1720YesNo
17667844Evaluating Quality of Segmentation of an Image into Different Types of Tissue for Planning Treatment Using Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields)February 2022October 2023Allow2010NoNo
17582266MODELING CONTINUOUS KERNELS TO GENERATE AN ENHANCED DIGITAL IMAGE FROM A BURST OF DIGITAL IMAGESJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2800NoNo
17567905AUTOMATED OPTICAL INSPECTION METHOD, AUTOMATED OPTICAL INSPECTION SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3110NoNo
17542709VIDEOCONFERENCE IRIS POSITION ADJUSTMENTSDecember 2021September 2024Abandon3310NoNo
17539280MULTI-RIGID REGISTRATION OF MAGNETIC NAVIGATION TO A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY VOLUMEDecember 2021December 2023Allow2421NoNo
17528207TASK INTERACTION NETWROK FOR PROSTATE CANCER DIAGNOSISNovember 2021February 2024Allow2700NoNo
17519123TRAINING METHOD AND TRAINING APPARATUS FOR A NEURAL NETWORK FOR OBJECT RECOGNITIONNovember 2021February 2024Allow2800NoNo
17519375Image Processing Method in Remote Control, Device, Apparatus and Program ProductNovember 2021July 2024Allow3310NoNo
17516585ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED ACTION RECOGNITION METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUSNovember 2021May 2024Allow3010YesNo
17510763SUPERVISED LEARNING AND OCCLUSION MASKING FOR OPTICAL FLOW ESTIMATIONOctober 2021May 2024Allow3110NoNo
17510448SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALIGNING VECTORS TO AN IMAGEOctober 2021July 2024Abandon3301NoNo
17491634METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSITION AND POSE OF A FIDUCIAL MARKEROctober 2021April 2024Allow3010NoNo
17448295ROTATING AND CROPPING IMAGES FOR VARIOUS FORMS OF MEDIA INCLUDING ANIMATION, COMICS, FILM, OR TELEVISIONSeptember 2021May 2024Allow3110NoNo
17439101SEARCHING FOR WRITE INFORMATION CORRESPONDING TO A FEATURE OF AN IMAGESeptember 2021February 2024Allow2910NoNo
17447480METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REGISTERING IMAGES FOR ELECTRONIC DESIGNSSeptember 2021March 2024Allow3010YesNo
17473623ENTRY DETECTION AND RECOGNITION FOR CUSTOM FORMSSeptember 2021March 2024Allow3010YesNo
17461699SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CUSTOM FOOTWEAR, APPAREL, AND ACCESSORIESAugust 2021May 2024Abandon3310NoNo
17432976MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT METHODAugust 2021September 2024Abandon3720YesNo
17394026INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS ISSUING WARNING TO PERSON AT RISKY POINT, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2021January 2024Allow3010NoNo
17426212METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND ADJUSTING DECORATIVE COLOUR FORMULATIONS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE VISUAL PERCEPTION OF TEXTURE CHARACTERISTICSJuly 2021June 2024Allow3420NoNo
17381025DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJuly 2021August 2023Allow2520NoNo
17352825METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR USING A PARAMETERIZED CELL BASED CIRCULAR SORTING ALGORITHMJune 2021September 2023Allow2720NoNo
17345645FLOURESCENCE IMAGE ANALYZING APPARATUS, METHOD OF ANALYZING FLUORESCENCE IMAGE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMJune 2021June 2023Allow2420NoNo
17342199SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION AND REPLACEMENT OF PHOTOGRAPHIC SCENESJune 2021March 2023Allow2210NoNo
17295791APPARATUS FOR ALVEOLI BASED VISUALIZATION IN DARK-FIELD OR PHASE-CONTRAST X-RAY IMAGINGMay 2021September 2023Allow2800NoNo
17316099MATERIAL PROPERTIES FROM TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGEMay 2021February 2024Allow3310NoNo
17283990DETERMINATION DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD FOR DETERMINATION DEVICE, DETERMINATION SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD FOR DETERMINATION SYSTEM, AND PROGRAMApril 2021October 2023Allow3000NoNo
17284198METHOD AND CONTROLLER FOR TRACKING MOVING OBJECTSApril 2021May 2024Abandon3710NoNo
17282662BI-LEVEL OPTIMIZATION-BASED INFRARED AND VISIBLE LIGHT FUSION METHODApril 2021October 2023Allow3000NoNo
17281644COMPARTMENTALIZED DYNAMIC ATLASMarch 2021February 2024Allow3511YesNo
17279410Assisted or Automatic Generating of a Digital Representation of an Annulus Structure of a Valve of a Human Internal OrganMarch 2021July 2023Allow2810NoNo
17206059APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING A BRAIN TISSUE AREA, COMPUTER PROGRAM, NON-VOLATILE COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM AND DATA PROCESSING APPARATUSMarch 2021July 2023Allow2800NoNo
17203609MEDICAL IMPLANT INSPECTION USING IMAGINGMarch 2021January 2024Allow3421YesNo
17275294METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A MINIMUM VALUE OF LASER ENERGY NECESSARY FOR THE FORMATION OF A GAS BUBBLEMarch 2021February 2024Allow3620NoNo
17198205SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ATTENUATION CORRECTIONMarch 2021October 2023Allow3110NoNo
17183369REGION DIVIDING DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM, SIMILARITY DETERMINING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAM, AND FEATURE QUANTITY DERIVING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAMFebruary 2021May 2024Allow3830YesNo
17181700QUALITY METRICS FOR AUTOMATIC EVALUATION OF DUAL ISH IMAGESFebruary 2021July 2023Allow2920YesNo
17170822SIMILARITY DETERMINATION APPARATUS, SIMILARITY DETERMINATION METHOD, AND SIMILARITY DETERMINATION PROGRAMFebruary 2021October 2023Allow3210YesNo
17170493DETECTING OVEREXPOSURE IN IMAGES FROM SUNLIGHTFebruary 2021August 2023Allow3011NoNo
17169515MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMFebruary 2021October 2023Allow3210YesNo
17162673PEST INFESTATION DETECTION FOR HORTICULTURAL GROW OPERATIONSJanuary 2021July 2024Allow4230NoNo
17151269DETERMINATION OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF PLANT PROTECTION AGENTSJanuary 2021July 2023Allow3020NoNo
17146166PLANT FOR PROCESSING PRODUCTS INCLUDING A UNIT FOR DETECTING DEFECTIVE PRODUCTSJanuary 2021December 2023Allow3620NoNo
17258519A METHOD AND A SYSTEM TRAINING A MODEL TO PERFORM SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION ON FOGGY IMAGESJanuary 2021December 2023Allow3510NoNo
17258099INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMJanuary 2021February 2024Abandon3710NoNo
17138353CONTRAST-AGENT-FREE MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC IMAGINGDecember 2020July 2023Allow3020YesNo
17124729ANALYSIS SOFTWARE AND APPARATUS FOR SCREENING EARLY EMBRYODecember 2020January 2024Allow3720YesNo
17251513A NOVEL, QUANTITATIVE FRAMEWORK FOR THE DIAGNOSTIC, PROGNOSTIC, AND THERAPEUTIC EVALUATION OF SPINAL CORD DISEASESDecember 2020July 2023Allow3110YesNo
17101267BIOLOGICAL TISSUE IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND MACHINE LEARNING METHODNovember 2020August 2023Allow3211NoNo
16764837Methods for Using Machine Learning and Mechanistic Models for Biological Feature Mapping with Multiparametric MRIMay 2020August 2023Allow3931NoNo
16740799IDENTIFYING CANDIDATE CELLS USING IMAGE ANALYSISJanuary 2020August 2023Allow4321YesNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O works in Art Unit 2672 and has examined 48 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 87.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O's allowance rate of 87.5% places them in the 67% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O receive 1.27 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 17% 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 FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O 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 +7.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by FITZPATRICK, ATIBA O. This interview benefit is in the 37% 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, 45.2% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 95% 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 36.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 55% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 47% 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 22% 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 4.8% of allowed cases (in the 80% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.

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

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