USPTO Examiner GARCIA SANTIAGO - Art Unit 2673

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18872231Parking Assist Method and Parking Assist DeviceDecember 2024June 2025Allow600NoNo
18943565MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGNovember 2024April 2025Allow510YesNo
18919977Underwater detection method and system for contact leakage of tunnel joints of dam culvertOctober 2024December 2024Allow200NoNo
18723037EMOTION DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING EMOTIONSeptember 2024June 2025Allow1110YesNo
18732477METHODS, SYSTEMS, DEVICES, MEDIA AND PRODUCTS FOR VIDEO PROCESSINGJune 2024December 2024Allow610YesNo
18625028Racially Unbiased Deep Learning-Based Mammogram AnalyzerApril 2024October 2024Allow700YesNo
18587850ANIMAL VISUAL IDENTIFICATION, TRACKING, MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODS THEREOFFebruary 2024September 2024Allow610YesNo
18429701COMPACT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IRIS RECOGNITIONFebruary 2024September 2024Allow800YesNo
18421875SYNTHETIC VIDEO GENERATION SHOWING MODIFIED FACEJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1200NoNo
18525770PARKING SPACE DETECTION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023December 2024Abandon1320NoNo
18523448AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM FOR REAL-TIME DAMAGE ASSESSMENTNovember 2023September 2024Allow900YesNo
18512643Automatic Image Based Object Damage AssessmentNovember 2023December 2024Allow1300NoNo
18508582BIOMETRIC TICKETINGNovember 2023August 2024Allow900YesNo
18386388Traffic Signal Alarm Device Using Images to Calibrate DistanceNovember 2023November 2024Allow1200YesNo
18375996SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ONCOMING VEHICLE DETECTION AND ALERTS FOR A WASTE COLLECTION VEHICLEOctober 2023September 2024Allow1200YesNo
18375941ACTION CLASSIFICATION IN VIDEO CLIPS USING ATTENTION-BASED NEURAL NETWORKSOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18242559Augmented Reality-Based Training and Troubleshooting for Medical DevicesSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1300YesNo
18240717BIOMETRIC TICKETINGAugust 2023October 2024Allow1310YesNo
18453884METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DENTAL PROCEDURESAugust 2023September 2024Allow1300YesNo
18235216SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A WIRELESS SECURITY RANGEAugust 2023July 2024Allow1100YesNo
18450367METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MUCK PROCESSING IN SMART CITY BASED ON INTERNET OF THINGSAugust 2023August 2024Allow1200YesNo
18230834Anomaly Detection SystemAugust 2023December 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18227465Inter-Prediction Mode Based Image Processing Method, and Apparatus ThereforJuly 2023June 2024Allow1100YesNo
18352971FISH BIOMASS, SHAPE, SIZE, OR HEALTH DETERMINATIONJuly 2023December 2024Allow1710YesNo
18213712TARGET ADDRESSING SYSTEMJune 2023June 2024Allow1200YesNo
18209599Automatic Initialization of Customer Assistance Based on Computer Vision AnalysisJune 2023February 2025Allow2020YesNo
18265369IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJune 2023April 2025Allow2210NoNo
18196516BIOMETRIC TICKETINGMay 2023August 2024Allow1610YesNo
18132311METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DEPTH ESTIMATION USING STEREO CAMERAS IN A VEHICLE SYSTEMApril 2023September 2024Allow1810YesNo
18295733DOCUMENT PORTION IDENTIFICATION IN A RECORDED VIDEOApril 2023September 2024Allow1710YesNo
18103887APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH NEURAL NETWORK IMPLEMENTATION OF DOMAIN ADAPTATIONJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1910NoNo
18102915TRANSMISSION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION METHOD, RECEIVING DEVICE AND RECEIVING METHODJanuary 2023June 2024Allow1610NoNo
18092353Method and Apparatus for Collection of Sensor Data Using a Sensor ModuleJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2520YesYes
17960760METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VIDEO RECOGNITIONOctober 2022May 2025Allow3110YesNo
17946741HUMAN ASSISTED LIVE OPERATIONS SYSTEMS AND METHODSSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3210NoNo
17946824HUMAN ASSISTED LIVE OPERATIONS SYSTEMS AND METHODSSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3200YesNo
17932174SIMILARITY LEARNING FOR CROWD-SOURCED POSITIONINGSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3210NoNo
17939135MEDICAL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD FOR MEDICAL SYSTEMSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3210YesNo
17939163Method and System for Image-Based Operational Decision SupportSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17903183SPECTRUM ACCESS METHOD AND SYSTEM USING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE-BASED DOUBLE-ACTION REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3210NoNo
17908763MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDICAL IMAGESSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17820946SENSOR FUSION APPROACH FOR PLASTICS IDENTIFICATIONAugust 2022April 2025Allow3210YesNo
17890289SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNITION OF HEALTH CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO IMAGE PROCESSINGAugust 2022May 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17888572VALIDATION OF AI-BASED RESULT DATAAugust 2022April 2025Allow3210YesNo
17759801SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFACT REDUCTION IN TOMOSYNTHESIS WITH MULTI-SCALE DEEP LEARNING IMAGE PROCESSINGJuly 2022April 2025Allow3210NoNo
17873566METHOD FOR PROVIDING A LABEL OF A BODY PART ON AN X-RAY IMAGEJuly 2022June 2025Allow3420YesNo
17791653APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING EDGE COMPUTING SERVICE IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2022February 2025Allow3110NoNo
17851301APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING A PROCEDURE OF AN IMAGING EXAMINATIONJune 2022February 2025Allow3110NoNo
17782812Paging a User Equipment by a Network NodeJune 2022January 2025Allow3110NoNo
17831015System And Method For Discouraging Inappropriate Use Of A Mobile DeviceJune 2022August 2024Allow2710NoNo
17780975DATA AUGMENTATION FOR A MACHINE LEARNING METHODMay 2022April 2025Allow3410NoNo
17752597METHOD OF DETERMINING A CONCENTRATION OF AN ANALYTE IN A BODILY FLUIDMay 2022January 2025Allow3210YesNo
17662369LOCATION IDENTIFICATION OF ACCESS POINTS IN A NETWORKMay 2022December 2024Allow3110YesNo
17604998MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF DRIVING MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL SIGNAL ACQUISITION SYSTEMMay 2022December 2024Allow3810NoNo
17657502VIDEO USED TO ESTIMATE VITAL SIGNSMarch 2022January 2025Allow3310NoNo
17762518PHYSICAL MEDICAL ELEMENT PLACEMENT SYSTEMSMarch 2022October 2024Allow3110NoNo
17648505Method of Calibration Using Master Calibration FunctionJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3110YesNo
17553666DIGITAL IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF ANALYZING PIXEL DATA OF AN IMAGE OF A SKIN AREA OF A USER FOR DETERMINING SKIN HYPERPIGMENTATIONDecember 2021November 2024Allow3520NoNo
17543985SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING OR SELECTING IMAGES BASED ON IMAGE SEGMENTATIONDecember 2021November 2024Allow3520YesNo
17616834System for determining the position of movable dummy elementsDecember 2021November 2024Abandon3520NoNo
17533858METHOD FOR DETECTING WHITE MATTER LESIONS BASED ON MEDICAL IMAGENovember 2021October 2024Allow3520NoNo
17487276METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSDUCER ARRAY PLACEMENT AND SKIN SURFACE CONDITION AVOIDANCESeptember 2021October 2024Allow3620YesNo
17390115IMAGING DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDUREJuly 2021August 2024Allow3610NoNo
17415752Ostomy condition classification with masking, devices and related methodsJune 2021July 2024Allow3720YesNo
17328356METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR REDUCING A RISK OF SPREAD OF DISEASE AMONG PEOPLE IN A SPACEMay 2021July 2024Allow3821NoNo
17308009ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED VASCULAR MAPPING AND INTERVENTIONAL PROCEDURE ASSISTING PLATFORM BASED UPON DYNAMIC FLOW BASED IMAGING AND BIOMARKERSMay 2021November 2024Allow4220YesYes
17161437METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FILL LEVEL DETERMINATIONJanuary 2021November 2024Allow4611YesNo
17112948IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD BASED ON ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE, AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICEDecember 2020November 2024Allow4840NoNo
13713788WIRELESS ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A DECODER AND ASSOCIATED METHODSDecember 2012August 2014Allow2010NoNo
13514346METHOD FOR IMPROVING CHANNEL ESTIMATION PERFORMANCE IN DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS MULTICARRIER SYSTEMSJune 2012July 2014Allow2520NoNo
13371762SELF-TIMED TIMERFebruary 2012December 2013Allow2220NoNo
13309074RADIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUSDecember 2011February 2014Allow2610NoNo
13254292CHANNEL ESTIMATION FOR A CONTROL CHANNEL IN AN OFDM SYSTEMOctober 2011December 2013Allow2710NoNo
13252047WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WITH IMPROVED AUTOMATIC GAIN CONTROLOctober 2011May 2014Allow3210YesNo
13003389ESTIMATION OF THE IMPULSE RESPONSE OF A SYSTEM ON THE BASIS OF BINARY OBSERVATIONSApril 2011November 2013Allow3410NoNo
13003378Methods for Fast and Low-Power UWB IR Baseband Receiver SynchronizationMarch 2011March 2014Allow3820NoNo
13010162Discriminator System for Timing Error Detection In Presence and Absence of Multipath ConditionsJanuary 2011July 2014Allow4240NoNo
13003810RECEPTION DEVICE AND RECEPTION METHODJanuary 2011July 2013Allow3020YesNo
12456931Apparatus and methods using an efficient golay correlator running at 1.5 the sampling rate in wireless communication systemsJune 2009July 2014Allow6040NoNo
12456894EFFICIENT TUNING AND DEMODULATION TECHNIQUESJune 2009January 2014Allow5530NoNo
12145322PHASE-NOISE RESILIENT GENERATION OF A CHANNEL QUALITY INDICATORJune 2008November 2012Allow5320YesNo
11998936DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMDecember 2007February 2013Allow6040NoNo
11864110METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING THRESHOLD OF ONE OR MORE DFE TRANSITION LATCHES BASED ON INCOMING DATA EYESeptember 2007August 2014Allow6020NoYes
11601758Radio transmission method, radio reception method, radio transmission apparatus and radio reception apparatusNovember 2006September 2013Allow6070YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
8.9%
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
2
(66.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(33.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
91.3%
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, 66.7% 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 GARCIA, SANTIAGO - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner GARCIA, SANTIAGO works in Art Unit 2673 and has examined 75 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.7%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner GARCIA, SANTIAGO's allowance rate of 94.7% places them in the 85% 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 GARCIA, SANTIAGO receive 1.35 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 GARCIA, SANTIAGO is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 36% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +10.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GARCIA, SANTIAGO. This interview benefit is in the 46% 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, 34.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 69% 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 47.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 66% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 75.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 60% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 18.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 10% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

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 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:

    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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