USPTO Examiner MOTSINGER SEAN T - Art Unit 2673

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18742069SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTERACTING WITH A LARGE LANGUAGE MODELJune 2024May 2025Allow1110YesNo
18666056SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING ORDER CART AUDITSMay 2024November 2024Allow610YesNo
18636719System for Transportation and Shipping Related Data ExtractionApril 2024August 2024Allow410NoNo
18609524COLOR CONVERSION BETWEEN COLOR SPACES USING REDUCED DIMENSION EMBEDDINGSMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410YesNo
18608582DATA PRE-PROCESSING FOR LOW-LIGHT IMAGESMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010YesNo
18599667TEXT EXTRACTION USING OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITIONMarch 2024November 2024Allow810NoNo
18343579Systems and Methods for Contrastive Learning of Visual RepresentationsJune 2023July 2024Allow1310YesNo
18330290IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODJune 2023June 2025Allow2400NoNo
18317026TEXT IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18313973EQUALIZER-BASED INTENSITY CORRECTION FOR BASE CALLINGMay 2023March 2025Allow2220YesNo
18111254Model Generation System and Model Generation MethodFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2710NoNo
18041265METHOD OF TRAINING DEEP LEARNING MODEL FOR TEXT DETECTION AND TEXT DETECTION METHODFebruary 2023December 2024Allow2200YesNo
18167201SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING ACCESSIBILITY IN USE OF DIGITAL INKFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2610YesNo
18147179METHOD OF REMOVING NOISE IN IMAGE, ELECTRICAL DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022May 2025Allow2910NoNo
18012426WAVELET DENOISING USING SIGNAL LOCATION WINDOWINGDecember 2022May 2025Allow2900NoNo
18066655SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DOCUMENT AUTHENTICATIONDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710YesNo
18070332SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MOBILE IMAGE CAPTURE AND CONTENT PROCESSING OF DRIVER'S LICENSESNovember 2022June 2025Allow3010NoNo
17966455DYNAMIC SMOKE REDUCTION IN IMAGES FROM A SURGICAL SYSTEMOctober 2022April 2025Allow3010NoNo
17950917CONTENT BASED IMAGE PROCESSINGSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2330YesNo
17943458METHOD FOR TRAINING IMAGE-TEXT MATCHING MODEL, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3210NoNo
17822567ABSOLUTE SCALE DEPTH CALCULATION DEVICE, ABSOLUTE SCALE DEPTH CALCULATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010YesNo
17820685MACHINE-LEARNED MODEL BASED EVENT DETECTIONAugust 2022August 2024Allow2350YesNo
17889640MACHINE LEARNING BASED INFORMATION EXTRACTIONAugust 2022March 2025Allow3100NoNo
17881111AUTOMATIC EVALUATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL VEHICLE PERCEPTION USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL DEEP NEURAL NETWORKSAugust 2022November 2024Allow2700NoNo
17859659NEURAL NETWORK FOR CLASSIFYING OBSTRUCTIONS IN AN OPTICAL SENSORJuly 2022September 2024Allow2700YesNo
17847607TERRAIN FUSION REAL-TIME RAY TRACING OPTIMIZATIONJune 2022September 2024Allow2700NoNo
17839468IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUS, IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, AND PROGRAMJune 2022May 2025Allow3510YesNo
17782270FOOD AND/OR BEVERAGE ITEM COUNTING DEVICEJune 2022December 2024Allow3110NoNo
17804961SIGN LANGUAGE SENTIMENT ANALYSISJune 2022January 2025Allow3210YesNo
17743687METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING TABLE, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022September 2024Allow2810NoNo
17742703SPATIALLY ADAPTIVE IMAGE FILTERINGMay 2022September 2024Allow2910YesNo
17776196METHODS AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING COMPLIANCE OF A PART HAVING AN UNEVEN PROFILE WITH A REFERENCE DRAWINGMay 2022July 2024Allow2600NoNo
17733101Self-Calibration for Decoration Based Sensor Fusion MethodApril 2022October 2024Allow3010YesNo
17772306METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MEDIUM FOR IMAGE SUPER-RESOLUTION AND MODEL TRAININGApril 2022October 2024Allow3010YesNo
17726588IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2022December 2024Allow3110NoNo
17727042IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER DEVICEApril 2022October 2024Allow3010YesNo
17725306SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING ATTENTION INDICATORS FOR A VIDEO CONFERENCE INTERFACEApril 2022March 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17719701METHOD FOR THE DIRECT STREAMING OF DIGITAL CONTENT USING UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION EMBEDDED TO AN IMAGEApril 2022March 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17708772IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022September 2024Allow3010YesNo
17656037METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SEMANTICALLY SEGMENTING A SOURCE TEXT IMAGE BASED ON A TEXT AREA THRESHOLD DETERMINATIONMarch 2022April 2025Allow3610NoNo
17687758INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2022May 2025Allow3820NoNo
17545424TEMPORAL VIDEO ENHANCEMENTDecember 2021April 2025Abandon4020YesNo
17543978METHOD, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ROAD SLOPE PREDICATINGDecember 2021January 2025Allow3710YesNo
17489932SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL IMAGESSeptember 2021March 2025Allow4120YesNo
17482782SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING PAYMENT DOCUMENTS DURING MOBILE IMAGE PROCESSINGSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3310NoNo
17428518ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING VISUALIZED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICE ON BASIS OF INFORMATION ABOUT EXTERNAL OBJECT, AND OPERATING METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2021October 2024Allow3920YesNo
17183093IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING METHOD, AND PROGRAMFebruary 2021August 2024Allow4210YesNo
16536910INTERACTIVE INTERFACES FOR GENERATING ANNOTATION INFORMATIONAugust 2019December 2019Allow500YesNo
16359551PSEUDO-CT GENERATION WITH MULTI-VARIABLE REGRESSION OF MULTIPLE MRI SCANSMarch 2019June 2019Allow300NoNo
15982222METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSESSING THE QUALITY OF COATED SURFACESMay 2018April 2020Allow2300NoNo
15539643THREE DIMENSIONAL, HUE-PLANE PRESERVING AND DIFFERENTIABLE QUASI-LINEAR TRANSFORMATION METHOD FOR COLOR CORRECTIONJune 2017September 2019Allow2710NoNo
15384156AUTOMATIC IMAGE-BASED RECOMMENDATIONS USING A COLOR PALETTEDecember 2016September 2018Allow2130YesNo
15306297METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SIGNATURE ANALYSIS AND AUTHENTICATIONOctober 2016January 2019Allow2710NoNo
15131324METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF PERSONALIZED PHOTO ALBUMS BASED ON SOCIAL MEDIA DATAApril 2016February 2019Allow3430YesNo
15098906DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK PREDICTION OF IMAGE PROFESSIONALISMApril 2016December 2017Allow2010NoNo
14957662WORK-PIECE DEFECT INSPECTION VIA OPTICAL IMAGES AND CT IMAGESDecember 2015March 2017Allow1500YesNo
14774768IMAGE DECODING DEVICE AND METHODSeptember 2015November 2017Allow2740YesNo
14793235COLOR IMAGE DATA COMPRESSIONJuly 2015March 2016Allow810NoNo
14750911MEASURING DISPLAY EFFECTIVENESS WITH INTERACTIVE ASYNCHRONOUS APPLICATIONSJune 2015September 2017Allow2710NoNo
14431927CLASSIFYING IMAGE SAMPLESMarch 2015May 2018Allow3830YesNo
14660908Methods and Apparatus for the Filtering of Spatial FrequenciesMarch 2015March 2016Allow1200YesNo
14535285SYSTEM, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR EXCHANGING IMAGESNovember 2014July 2015Allow910YesNo
14478182GENERATING AN IMAGE OF A SEAL IMPRESSIONSeptember 2014April 2015Allow700YesNo
14341617IMAGE ENHANCEMENT USING A PATCH BASED TECHNIQUEJuly 2014September 2015Allow1400NoNo
14289051IMAGE REGISTRATION METHODMay 2014September 2015Allow1610NoNo
14279442MULTI-SPECTRAL IMAGE COMPRESSIONMay 2014May 2016Allow2420YesNo
14248606IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODApril 2014June 2015Allow1400NoNo
14246886IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODApril 2014October 2015Allow1810NoNo
14032762IMAGE EDITING DEVICE AND IMAGE EDITING METHODSeptember 2013June 2015Allow2110NoNo
13926756BLUR-KERNEL ESTIMATION FROM SPECTRAL IRREGULARITIESJune 2013December 2014Allow1800NoNo
13926331COLOR CONTENT IN DOCUMENT RENDERING FOR COLORBLIND USERSJune 2013June 2015Allow2410NoNo
13997581METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR LOCAL OPTIMIZATION TEXTURE SYNTHESIS 3-D INPAINTINGJune 2013May 2015Allow2310NoNo
13879686METHOD, AN APPARATUS AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DEINTERLACING AN IMAGE HAVING A PLURALITY OF PIXELSJune 2013June 2015Allow2610NoNo
13875025METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPRESSING THREE-DIMENSIONAL POINT CLOUD DATAMay 2013April 2016Allow3511YesNo
13860222MOVING IMAGE EXTRACTING APPARATUS, PROGRAM AND MOVING IMAGE EXTRACTING METHODApril 2013March 2014Allow1110NoNo
13791791APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING FOREGROUND LAYER IN IMAGE SEQUENCEMarch 2013August 2014Allow1700NoNo
13790424SUPER RESOLUTION ENCODING SCREENS THAT MINIMIZE AFFECTS OF LOSSY COMPRESSION AND DATA VARIATIONSMarch 2013March 2015Allow2400NoNo
13791469IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHODMarch 2013August 2014Allow1700NoNo
13821424RECOVERING A PRUNED VERSION OF A PICTURE IN A VIDEO SEQUENCE FOR EXAMPLE-BASED DATA PRUNING USING INTRA-FRAME PATCH SIMILARITYMarch 2013September 2014Allow1800NoNo
13811593METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGMarch 2013November 2015Allow3410NoNo
13689563METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING NOISE IN A SCANNED IMAGE WHILE MINIMIZING LOSS OF DETAIL IN THE SCANNED IMAGENovember 2012March 2015Allow2810NoNo
13622917METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR BUILDING A UNIVERSAL DRESS STYLE LEARNERSeptember 2012November 2014Allow2600NoNo
13606436GENERATING AN IMAGE OF A SEAL IMPRESSIONSeptember 2012June 2014Allow2100NoNo
13593636METHOD AND DEVICE FOR VIDEO IMAGE PROCESSING, CALCULATING THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN VIDEO FRAMES, AND ACQUIRING A SYNTHESIZED FRAME BY SYNTHESIZING A PLURALITY OF CONTIGUOUS SAMPLED FRAMESAugust 2012March 2014Allow1910NoNo
13561362METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING IMAGE AND METHOD AND APPARTUS FOR DECODING IMAGEJuly 2012July 2015Allow3520NoNo
13470947COLOR PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMMay 2012December 2013Allow1900NoNo
13471147COMPRESSION OF HIGH BIT-DEPTH IMAGESMay 2012September 2014Allow2800NoNo
13467098IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD FOR IMAGE RESTORATION, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUSMay 2012June 2014Allow2520NoNo
13466447IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND PROGRAMMay 2012January 2014Allow2110NoNo
13466170SELECTING METRICS FOR SUBSTRATE CLASSIFICATIONMay 2012June 2014Allow2500NoNo
13309396IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMDecember 2011October 2014Allow3410NoNo
13309050IMAGE DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMDecember 2011February 2014Allow2610NoNo
13257523SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NON-COOPERATIVE IRIS RECOGNITIONOctober 2011June 2013Allow2010NoNo
13191379Configurable Color TrappingJuly 2011October 2014Allow3810NoNo
13107084Image Reflow at Word BoundariesMay 2011June 2014Allow3720YesNo
13060015SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDEXING OBJECT IN IMAGEApril 2011September 2014Allow4310NoNo
13120093IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMMarch 2011September 2013Allow3010NoNo
13033659DISPLAY DRIVING CIRCUITFebruary 2011November 2013Allow3310NoNo
13025570AUTOMATIC TRIANGLE ORIENTATION DETECTION ALGRORITHMFebruary 2011June 2013Allow2800NoNo
13058643METHOD FOR GENERATING THUMBNAIL IMAGE IN IMAGE FRAME OF THE H.264 STANDARDFebruary 2011October 2013Allow3220NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner MOTSINGER, SEAN T.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
0
(0.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(100.0%)
Reversal Percentile
94.5%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 100.0% 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
2
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(50.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
78.3%
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, 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 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 MOTSINGER, SEAN T - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MOTSINGER, SEAN T works in Art Unit 2673 and has examined 119 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 97.5%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 29 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MOTSINGER, SEAN T's allowance rate of 97.5% places them in the 92% 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 MOTSINGER, SEAN T receive 1.15 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 18% 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 MOTSINGER, SEAN T is 29 months. This places the examiner in the 47% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a -0.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MOTSINGER, SEAN T. This interview benefit is in the 9% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 43.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 94% 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 37.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

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 11% 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 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 44% 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, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 60% 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 0.0% 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:

  • 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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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.