USPTO Examiner YENTRAPATI AVINASH - Art Unit 2672

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18895382COMPUTATIONAL LOCALIZATION OF FIBRILLATION SOURCESSeptember 2024February 2025Allow410NoNo
18764517SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGES FOR TRAINING OF AN ITEM IDENTIFICATION MODELJuly 2024August 2025Allow1300NoNo
18702143SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING A PULMONARY VENTILATION AND PERFUSION GRADIENTApril 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18621081HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY AND METHOD FOR DEPTH PREDICTIONMarch 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18689191ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT AND VISIBLE LIGHT FUSION METHOD FOR DETECTING POWER DEVICEMarch 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18588266AUTO SEGMENTATION USING 2-D IMAGES TAKEN DURING 3-D IMAGING SPINFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18586622PROCESSOR FOR LIFETIME-BASED UNMIXING IN FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPYFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18685227DEEP VIDEO LINKAGE FEATURE-BASED BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION METHODFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18435796SUBSTRATE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOFFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110NoNo
18531036Systems, Apparatus, and Methods for Enhanced Image CaptureDecember 2023January 2026Allow2630NoYes
18530033SUBSTRATE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF USE THEREOFDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18513422SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CELL SORTING AND CELL EXTRACTIONNovember 2023June 2025Abandon1920NoNo
18503695SEVERITY ESTIMATION SYSTEM FOR OCCUPANTS IN A VEHICLENovember 2023February 2026Allow2710YesNo
18381403SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME TARGET VALIDATION FOR IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPYOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18378711METHOD OF PROCESSING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT) DATA, METHOD OF OCT IMAGING, AND OCT DATA PROCESSING APPARATUSOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210YesNo
18553827INSPECTION DEVICE, INSPECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAMOctober 2023December 2025Abandon2700NoNo
18373232METHODS FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL CARDIAC IMAGINGSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18458005AUTOMATED METHODS FOR GENERATING LABELED BENCHMARK DATA SET OF GEOLOGICAL THIN-SECTION IMAGES FOR MACHINE LEARNING AND GEOSPATIAL ANALYSISAugust 2023December 2025Allow2710YesNo
18230796VEHICLE SELF-INSPECTION APPARATUS AND METHODAugust 2023May 2025Allow2230YesNo
18363579STAMPEDE DETECTIONAugust 2023August 2025Allow2400NoNo
18361768SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGES FOR TRAINING OF AN ITEM IDENTIFICATION MODELJuly 2023April 2024Allow800NoNo
18361692SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGES FOR TRAINING OF AN ITEM IDENTIFICATION MODELJuly 2023April 2024Allow800NoNo
18351548Method and System for Image Registration Using an Intelligent Artificial AgentJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18220828APPROXIMATING BONE MINERAL DENSITY AND FRACTURE RISK USING SINGLE ENERGY X-RAYSJuly 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18220022THE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STOOL IMAGE ANALYSISJuly 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18217713APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A FUNCTIONAL INDEX FOR STENOSIS ASSESSMENTJuly 2023March 2024Allow900NoNo
18341756SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USING AUDIO AND STACKED COMPUTER VISION ALGORITHMS IN USER ENVIRONMENT AND USER BEHAVIOR DETECTIONJune 2023July 2025Allow2400NoNo
18211913SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY ANNOTATING IMAGESJune 2023March 2024Allow900NoNo
18335076POWER EFFICIENT DETECTION OF WATERMARKS IN MEDIA SIGNALSJune 2023April 2024Allow1000NoNo
18321745SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING A REGION OF INTEREST OF A SUBJECTMay 2023April 2025Allow2310NoNo
18037573GUIDANCE FOR POSITIONING A PATIENT IN MEDICAL IMAGINGMay 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18318661COMPUTATIONAL LOCALIZATION OF FIBRILLATION SOURCESMay 2023June 2024Allow1300NoNo
18196652THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICEMay 2023June 2024Allow1310NoNo
18252403A METHOD FOR INSPECTING HOLLOW GLASS PRODUCTS OF GLASS PRODUCT MATERIALMay 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18314390LIVE BIOMETRIC ENGINE PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTMay 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18313794Autonomous Vehicle Lane Boundary Detection Systems and MethodsMay 2023December 2023Allow700NoNo
18137985SECURE LOGIN WITH AUTHENTICATION BASED ON A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF DATAApril 2023June 2025Abandon2630YesNo
18305187IMAGE SEGMENTATION AND MODIFICATION OF A VIDEO STREAMApril 2023December 2023Allow800NoNo
18130759System and Method for Optical Detection of Driver Tampering of a Camera in a VehicleApril 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18108713SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REAL-TIME TARGET VALIDATION FOR IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPYFebruary 2023July 2023Allow500NoNo
18106971APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE TO INDICATE FRAME SIZE INFORMATIONFebruary 2023November 2025Allow3310NoNo
18040937DYNAMIC FLUID EFFECT PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND READABLE MEDIUMFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3610NoNo
18162680SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO DATA DEPTH DETERMINATION AND VIDEO MODIFICATIONJanuary 2023March 2026Allow3720YesNo
18161476SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAGGING UNTAGGED EVENTSJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2900NoNo
18157083SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTING AN IMAGEJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2700NoNo
18156367DETECTION OF HAND GESTURES USING GESTURE LANGUAGE DISCRETE VALUESJanuary 2023December 2024Abandon2330YesNo
18151636DETERMINATION APPARATUS, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3210NoNo
18013891DETECTING AN OBJECT IN AN ENVIRONMENTDecember 2022October 2025Allow3310NoNo
18091237SAMPLE ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND SAMPLE ANALYSIS METHODDecember 2022June 2025Allow3010NoNo
18090131SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNING WORKFLOWDecember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
18082147EVALUATION VALUE CALCULATION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC ENDOSCOPE SYSTEMDecember 2022March 2026Abandon3910NoNo
18077806DOOR OPENING/CLOSING DETERMINATION DEVICE AND DOOROPENING/CLOSING DETERMINATION METHODDecember 2022March 2025Allow2810NoNo
18061856FUSION OF IMAGE FRAMES FOR HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE CONTENTDecember 2022February 2025Allow2600NoNo
18060182Methods, Systems and Computer Program Products for Calculating MetaKG Signals for Regions Having Multiple Sets of Optical CharacteristicsNovember 2022August 2023Allow900NoNo
18048164SUBSTRATE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE THEREOFOctober 2022October 2023Allow1110NoNo
17914141Image Processing Method and Electronic DeviceSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
17933905METHOD, APPARATUS, AND PROGRAM FOR MATCHING POINT CLOUD DATASeptember 2022August 2025Allow3500NoNo
17932657IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGING CONTROL METHOD, AND IMAGING CONTROL PROGRAMSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1300NoNo
17945573THROWING POSITION ACQUISITION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3000NoNo
17906218INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17942869Latency Management Systems and Methods for Remote Control of a Robotic DeviceSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3310NoNo
17939220AIRFLOW CONTROL FOR AGRICULTURAL POLLINATIONSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3020YesNo
17909646INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3410NoNo
17929313LEARNING DEVICE, IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, LEARNING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE GENERATION PROGRAMSeptember 2022September 2025Allow3610NoNo
17900077SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION AND EXTRACTION OF BORDERLESS CHECKBOX TABLESAugust 2022February 2025Allow3000NoNo
17823741WAFER IMAGE DENOISING AND CONTOUR EXTRACTION FOR MANUFACTURING PROCESS CALIBRATIONAugust 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17908403MOVEMENT SUPPORTING DEVICE, MOVEMENT SUPPORTING METHOD, AND PROGRAMAugust 2022March 2026Allow4230NoNo
17899642IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2022January 2025Allow2810NoNo
17897340IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUSAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17907960CHANNEL ATTENTION-BASED SWIN-TRANSFORMER IMAGE DENOISING METHOD AND SYSTEMAugust 2022June 2025Allow3310NoNo
17802303CREATION METHOD OF TRAINED MODEL, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICEAugust 2022May 2025Allow3210NoNo
17889201SELF-SUPERVISED LEARNING FRAMEWORK TO GENERATE CONTEXT SPECIFIC PRETRAINED MODELSAugust 2022September 2025Allow3710YesNo
17882426TISSUE STATE GRAPHIC DISPLAY SYSTEMAugust 2022August 2025Allow3610NoNo
17793947CRACK DETECTION DEVICE, CRACK DETECTION METHOD AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJuly 2022July 2025Allow3620YesNo
17869484IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PROCESSING METHOD THEREOF, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICEJuly 2022July 2025Allow3620YesNo
17868660SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DUAL-VALUE ATTENTION AND INSTANCE BOUNDARY AWARE REGRESSION IN COMPUTER VISION SYSTEMJuly 2022February 2025Allow3100NoNo
17790705SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CELL SORTING AND CELL EXTRACTIONJuly 2022December 2022Allow610NoNo
17850485LIGHTING CONFIGURATION FOR METROLOGY SYSTEM WITH IMAGES ACQUIRED AT DIFFERENT FOCUS POSITIONSJune 2022March 2026Allow4420NoNo
17804865SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPLANATION OF MODELS USING IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNIQUESJune 2022October 2024Allow2800NoNo
17781586ABNORMAL PHYSICAL CONDITION DETERMINATION SYSTEM, ABNORMAL PHYSICAL CONDITION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMJune 2022January 2025Allow3210NoNo
17826436TRAINING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR NEURAL NETWORK MODELMay 2022August 2025Allow3820NoNo
17749650AI-BASED DETECTION OF CONTEXTUAL CLASS DESCRIPTION IN DOCUMENT IMAGESMay 2022June 2025Allow3710NoNo
17748996DEFECT DETECTION OF A SEMICONDUCTOR SPECIMENMay 2022September 2024Allow2800NoNo
17748460OBJECT LABELING FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATAMay 2022March 2025Allow3410NoNo
17746087METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACQUIRING CONTOUR LINE OF BLOOD VESSEL ACCORDING TO CENTERLINE OF BLOOD VESSELMay 2022October 2024Allow2910NoNo
17662884METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MOTION TRANSFER BETWEEN DIFFERENT MEDIAMay 2022June 2024Allow2600NoNo
17739963IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022September 2024Allow2900NoNo
17656467TOPIC CLASSIFIER WITH SENTIMENT ANALYSISMarch 2022December 2024Allow3300NoNo
17656343SUBSTRATE INSPECTION SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF USE THEREOFMarch 2022August 2023Allow1610NoNo
17653444DEVICE FOR REPLACING INTRUSIVE OBJECT IN IMAGESMarch 2022June 2024Allow2700NoNo
17640160DETECTION SYSTEM, DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMarch 2022August 2023Allow1710YesNo
17638416METHOD FOR THE RECOMPOSITION OF A KIT OF SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS AND CORRESPONDING APPARATUSFebruary 2022December 2025Allow4620YesNo
17652272METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DUAL CHANNEL TRANSFER OF GAMEFebruary 2022June 2025Allow4010NoNo
17652256METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING CORNER POINTS OF LANE LINES, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2022June 2024Allow2800NoNo
17652134METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING OPTICAL DISTORTION OF AN OBJECT FROM A SINGLE IMAGEFebruary 2022January 2025Allow3410NoNo
17650115INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, LEARNING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEFebruary 2022September 2025Allow4320NoNo
17649402VIDEO CONFERENCING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROOM NEATNESS DETECTION AND MESSAGING THEREOFJanuary 2022December 2024Abandon3410NoNo
17587086DEFECT DETECTING METHOD BASED ON DIMENSIONALITY REDUCTION OF DATA, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17585140UPSAMPLING AND REFINING SEGMENTATION MASKSJanuary 2022March 2024Allow2600NoNo
17583419METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING IMAGEJanuary 2022September 2025Allow4410NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
9.7%
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
2
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
79.8%
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, 50.0% 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 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 YENTRAPATI, AVINASH - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner YENTRAPATI, AVINASH works in Art Unit 2672 and has examined 58 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 93.1%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner YENTRAPATI, AVINASH's allowance rate of 93.1% places them in the 80% 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 YENTRAPATI, AVINASH receive 1.52 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 27% 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 YENTRAPATI, AVINASH is 34 months. This places the examiner in the 44% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by YENTRAPATI, AVINASH. This interview benefit is in the 38% 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, 27.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 72.7% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 93% 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 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. 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, 85.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 87% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

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 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:

  • 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.

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.