USPTO Examiner SETH MANAV - Art Unit 2672

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18955854SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING AND LABELING OBJECTS IN IMAGES USING AN INDEXNovember 2024April 2025Allow510YesNo
18765325SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING AND MAINTAINING THE EXTERIOR ELEVATED ELEMENTS OF BUILDING STRUCTURESJuly 2024January 2025Allow710NoNo
18642681SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTONOMOUSLY APPLYING PRECISION TREATEMENTS TO A GROUP OF PLANT OBJECTSApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18696169WEEDING ROBOT AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLANNING WEEDING PATH THEREOF, AND MEDIUMMarch 2024September 2024Allow610NoNo
18613855IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHODMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18601595Enhanced Vehicle Navigation Using Non-Destructive Inspection One-Dimensional Sensor ArraysMarch 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18593037ACCELERATOR CIRCUITRY FOR ACCELERATION OF NON-MAXIMUM SUPPRESSION FOR OBJECT DETECTIONMarch 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18686863AUTONOMOUS UAS DATA ACQUISITION WITH CONTEXT AWARENESSFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18444682SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING AND MAINTAINING THE EXTERIOR ELEVATED ELEMENTS OF BUILDING STRUCTURESFebruary 2024May 2024Allow300NoNo
18435807IMAGE DATA ENCAPSULATIONFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18430668IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHODFebruary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18406764MACHINE LEARNING BASED CYCLE TIME TRACKING AND REPORTING FOR VEHICLESJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2500NoNo
18516124MULTI-MODAL METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING THYROID NODULE BASED ON ULTRASOUND AND INFRARED THERMAL IMAGESNovember 2023October 2025Allow2300NoNo
18389076SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION ABOUT OBJECTS FROM SCENE INFORMATIONNovember 2023March 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18388773OBJECT DETECTION WITH CROSS-DOMAIN MIXINGNovember 2023October 2025Allow2300NoNo
18491241Systems, Methods and Devices for Forming Respiratory-Gated Point Cloud for Four Dimensional Soft Tissue NavigationOctober 2023September 2025Allow2200NoNo
18488002SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGINGOctober 2023February 2026Allow2800NoNo
18555239TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATED COMPONENT CLASSIFICATIONOctober 2023March 2026Allow2910NoNo
18379176IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD AND IMAGE ANALYSIS DEVICEOctober 2023October 2025Allow2410NoNo
18473136AUTOMATICALLY ASCERTAINING AN OPTIMAL ARCHITECTURE FOR A NEURAL NETWORKSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18471523TRAINING DEVICE, TRAINING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING TRAINING PROGRAMSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2300NoNo
18368821CODING OF MULTIPLE-COMPONENT ATTRIBUTES FOR POINT CLOUD CODINGSeptember 2023May 2025Allow2020YesNo
18368375MOLECULAR EVIDENCE PLATFORM FOR AUDITABLE, CONTINUOUS OPTIMIZATION OF VARIANT INTERPRETATION IN GENETIC AND GENOMIC TESTING AND ANALYSISSeptember 2023June 2024Allow900NoNo
18550356SCALABLE NEURAL TENSOR NETWORK WITH MULTI-ASPECT FEATURE INTERACTIONSSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2300NoNo
18244298Automated Usability Assessment Of Buildings Using Visual Data Of Captured In-Room ImagesSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1410NoNo
18462267SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT DIMENSIONING BASED ON PARTIAL VISUAL INFORMATIONSeptember 2023February 2025Allow1810NoNo
18280381INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2810NoNo
18548911Predicting Body Composition from User Images Using Deep Learning NetworksSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18241000MICROPLASTICS DETECTOR SENSOR COUPLING AND DATA TRAININGAugust 2023October 2025Allow2500NoNo
18231352SPOT WEED DETECTION AND TREATMENT WITHIN A FIELD OF VIEW IN ACCORDANCE WITH MACHINE LEARNING TRAININGAugust 2023January 2026Allow3010NoNo
18273183SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING FALSE POSITIVES IN OBJECT DETECTION FRAMEWORKSJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18353045DIAGNOSTIC TOOL FOR DEEP LEARNING SIMILARITY MODELSJuly 2023June 2024Allow1100NoNo
18221066STONE SLAB MANUFACTURING METHODS AND SYSTEMSJuly 2023July 2025Allow2410YesNo
18220636PERIODIC-PATTERN BACKGROUND REMOVALJuly 2023December 2025Allow2910NoNo
18269721SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHOTOREALISTIC IMAGE SYNTHESIS USING UNSUPERVISED SEMANTIC FEATURE DISENTANGLEMENTJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18214344Method of Characterizing a Surface Texture and Texture Characterization ToolJune 2023November 2024Allow1710NoNo
18213821SYSTEM FOR TRACKING, LOCATING AND CALCULATING THE POSITION OF AN OBJECT IN A GAME INVOLVING MOVING OBJECTSJune 2023October 2023Allow400NoNo
18340819INFERRING INTENT USING COMPUTER VISIONJune 2023December 2025Allow3011YesNo
18339952Systems and Methods for Detecting Complex Networks in MRI Image DataJune 2023February 2024Allow800NoNo
18211722CLASSIFICATION AND PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTJune 2023July 2025Allow2500NoNo
18337153Method for Temporal Correction of Multimodal DataJune 2023November 2025Allow2810NoNo
18336810METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING RELATIONSHIP RECOGNITION MODEL AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING IMAGEJune 2023June 2025Allow2400NoNo
18334205IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGING DEVICEJune 2023April 2025Allow2220NoNo
18332891LAPAROSCOPIC ULTRASOUND ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMJune 2023May 2024Allow1110NoNo
18204570DETECTION OF FACE MANIPULATION BY QUANTIFIED DISORDER MEASUREMENTSJune 2023September 2025Allow2700NoNo
18204537METHOD OF TRAINING IMAGE CAPTIONING MODEL AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2023October 2025Allow2910NoNo
18199896TRAINING A SPEAKER NEURAL NETWORK USING ONE OR MORE LISTENER NEURAL NETWORKSMay 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18315866METHODS, DEVICES, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR TRAINING A KEYPOINT ESTIMATION NETWORK USING CGAN-BASED DATA AUGMENTATIONMay 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18315629SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AN INSPECTION IMAGE OF AN OBJECT FROM RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGINGMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18312654SELF ENSEMBLING TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES FROM SPATIAL FREQUENCY DATAMay 2023May 2024Allow1300NoNo
18309432METHODS FOR REQUESTING AND AUTHENTICATING PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGE DATAApril 2023June 2024Allow1410NoNo
18308135STORAGE MEDIUM, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSApril 2023May 2025Allow2500NoNo
18032399METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING A SEQUENCE OF INPUT IMAGES REPRESENTING A PARTICLE IN A SAMPLE OVER TIMEApril 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18134352Object Re-Identification Apparatus and Method ThereofApril 2023December 2025Allow3210NoNo
18129773IMAGE BACKGROUND REMOVALMarch 2023April 2024Allow1330YesNo
18126042IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHODMarch 2023October 2023Allow600NoNo
18186757DAMAGE DETERMINATION INFORMATION SYSTEM, SERVER DEVICE, TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMMarch 2023January 2026Allow3310YesNo
18166004AUTOMATED DATA PRE-PROCESSING FOR MACHINE LEARNINGFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3010YesNo
18017308Method for Estimating an Ego Motion of a Vehicle on the Basis of Measurements of a Lidar Sensor and Computing DeviceJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3110NoNo
18099628Supervised training accelerator for temporal coding-based spiking neural network and operation method thereofJanuary 2023February 2026Allow3730NoNo
18006078Systems and Methods for Training Machine-Learned Visual Attention ModelsJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2700NoNo
18097032Motion Based Pre-Processing of Two-Dimensional Image Data Prior to Three-Dimensional Object Tracking With Virtual Time SynchronizationJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2500NoNo
18091545Systems, Methods and Devices for Forming Respiratory-Gated Point Cloud for Four Dimensional Soft Tissue NavigationDecember 2022August 2023Allow710NoNo
18091791MULTIPLE EMITTERS TO TREAT AGRICULTURAL OBJECTS FROM MULTIPLE PAYLOAD SOURCESDecember 2022December 2023Allow1210NoNo
18090656REMOTE SENSING-BASED EXTRACTION METHOD FOR TYPE OF RIVER CHANNELDecember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
18068604METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE PROCESSING TO MODEL VASCULASTUREDecember 2022August 2023Allow810NoNo
18084152SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELF-DISTILLED VISION TRANSFORMER FOR DOMAIN GENERALIZATIONDecember 2022March 2025Allow2600NoNo
18081776INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022December 2025Allow3611NoNo
18001800NEGATIVE EXAMPLE AVAILABILITY DECIDING APPARATUS, NEGATIVE EXAMPLE AVAILABILITY DECIDING METHOD, AND PROGRAMDecember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
18064836IMAGE CLASSIFICATION WITH MODALITY DROPOUTDecember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
18075927SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING AND MAINTAINING THE EXTERIOR ELEVATED ELEMENTS OF BUILDING STRUCTURESDecember 2022September 2023Allow1010YesNo
18070823System, Method, and Platform for Auto Machine Learning Via Optimal Hybrid AI Formulation from CrowdNovember 2022August 2023Allow810NoNo
17926948FIDUCIAL PATTERNSNovember 2022September 2025Abandon3320NoNo
18057260FACIAL IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM FOR FACIAL IMAGE ACQUISITION SYSTEMNovember 2022August 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17999380METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AN AGRICULTURAL TREATMENTNovember 2022April 2025Allow2910NoNo
17950342METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH NEURAL NETWORK PARAMETER QUANTIZATIONSeptember 2022May 2023Allow710NoNo
17949054SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBJECT DIMENSIONING BASED ON PARTIAL VISUAL INFORMATIONSeptember 2022June 2023Allow910NoNo
17946942MOLECULAR EVIDENCE PLATFORM FOR AUDITABLE, CONTINUOUS OPTIMIZATION OF VARIANT INTERPRETATION IN GENETIC AND GENOMIC TESTING AND ANALYSISSeptember 2022June 2023Allow910NoNo
17900622VISUAL ODOMETRY IN AUTONOMOUS MACHINE APPLICATIONSAugust 2022June 2023Allow900NoNo
17896771Inspection Device for Inspecting a Building or StructureAugust 2022April 2024Allow1930YesNo
17867676PRECISION TREATMENT OF AGRICULTURAL OBJECTS ON A MOVING PLATFORMJuly 2022July 2023Allow1210NoNo
17841697Control Method, Electronic Device, and Storage MediumJune 2022August 2025Allow3810NoNo
17781524METHOD FOR DETERMINING MATERIAL PROPERTIES FROM FOAM SAMPLESJune 2022July 2025Allow3830YesNo
17728811SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCEDURALLY SYNTHESIZING DATASETS OF OBJECTS OF INTEREST FOR TRAINING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELSApril 2022March 2024Allow2220YesNo
17652982OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCIES IN IOT AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEMSMarch 2022October 2025Allow4410YesNo
17675632DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATION MESSAGE RELATED TO CONTENTFebruary 2022December 2023Allow2210NoNo
17671302NEURAL NETWORK UTILIZATION WITH ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGYFebruary 2022November 2024Allow3301NoNo
17666917MITIGATION OF QUANTIZATION-INDUCED IMAGE ARTIFACTSFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2510NoNo
17665653SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXTRACTING INFORMATION ABOUT OBJECTS FROM SCENE INFORMATIONFebruary 2022June 2023Allow1700NoNo
17586549IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGEJanuary 2022September 2023Allow1900NoNo
17580892DETECTION OF STRUCTURESJanuary 2022January 2025Allow3610NoNo
17628490ASSAY READING METHODJanuary 2022December 2024Allow3510NoNo
17557941OBJECT LOCALIZATION IN VIDEODecember 2021September 2024Allow3310YesNo
17550201DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMDecember 2021May 2025Allow4111YesNo
17617089IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMDecember 2021March 2025Allow3920NoNo
17614243Information Processing Device, Screening Device, Information Processing Method, Screening Method, and ProgramNovember 2021May 2025Allow4221NoNo
17534167OPTICAL RESOLUTION MEASUREMENT METHOD FOR OPTICAL DEVICESNovember 2021July 2024Allow3210YesNo
17534241OPTIMAL AUTOMATIC MAPPING METHOD OF REAL IMAGE AND THERMAL IMAGE IN A BODY HEAT TESTER AND BODY HEAT TESTER APPLYING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2021December 2024Allow3610NoNo
17613059IMPROVED OBJECT DETECTIONNovember 2021March 2025Allow4010NoNo
17610922SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING KEY FEATURES OF A ROTARY MILKING PARLOR ARRANGEMENT, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND NON-VOLATILE DATA CARRIERNovember 2021September 2024Allow3410NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
1
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
74.2%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

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
94.1%
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 SETH, MANAV - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SETH, MANAV works in Art Unit 2672 and has examined 116 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 97.4%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 37 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SETH, MANAV's allowance rate of 97.4% places them in the 89% 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 SETH, MANAV receive 1.55 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 29% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SETH, MANAV is 37 months. This places the examiner in the 33% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SETH, MANAV. This interview benefit is in the 25% 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, 31.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 65% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 40.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 62% 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, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 55% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 50% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). 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, 61.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 66% 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 2.6% of allowed cases (in the 78% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 28% 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:

  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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.