USPTO Examiner BEZUAYEHU SOLOMON G - Art Unit 2674

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18770154Cross-Modal Contrastive Learning for Text-to-Image Generation based on Machine Learning ModelsJuly 2024October 2025Allow1510NoNo
18626076AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING FAULTY SIGNATURES FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVING APPLICATIONSApril 2024July 2024Allow400NoNo
18605307ENTROPY FIELD DECOMPOSITION FOR ANALYSIS IN A DYNAMIC SYSTEMMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18391574HAND INITIALIZATION FOR MACHINE LEARNING BASED GESTURE RECOGNITIONDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18538833SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC NOTIFICATION IN INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATIONSDecember 2023February 2026Allow2630NoNo
18531146SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THREE-WAY CALL DETECTIONDecember 2023April 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18517127BLISTER-STRIP INSPECTION DEVICENovember 2023March 2025Allow1620NoNo
18499116SEGMENTING AND GENERATING CONVERSATION FEATURES FOR A MULTIPARTY CONVERSATIONOctober 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18483930SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING USER EMOTION INFORMATION TO A CUSTOMER SERVICE PROVIDEROctober 2023February 2026Allow2840YesNo
18471712SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LANE GRAPH ESTIMATIONSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3010YesNo
18464620DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION USING UNSUPERVISED TEXT ANALYSIS WITH CONCEPT EXTRACTIONSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18242500LICENSE PLATE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOFSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18458163APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A LANE POLYLINE USING A NEURAL NETWORK MODELAugust 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18548042ROAD EDGE RECOGNITION BASED ON LASER POINT CLOUDAugust 2023August 2025Allow2400NoNo
18237689METHOD OF CONTROLLING FOR UNDESIRED FACTORS IN MACHINE LEARNING MODELSAugust 2023July 2024Allow1130YesNo
18455167BASELINE EVENT DETECTION SYSTEMAugust 2023April 2025Allow2010YesNo
18231360METHOD FOR COMPARING IMAGES REPRESENTATIVE OF A GRAPHIC USER INTERFACE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIAAugust 2023February 2026Abandon3010NoNo
18230105METHOD FOR MONITORING MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLY UNITSAugust 2023March 2025Allow2010NoNo
18364251CONTROL SYSTEM OF TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND METHOD THEREOFAugust 2023November 2024Abandon1610NoNo
18363378METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE AN AUDIENCE COMPOSITION BASED ON VOICE RECOGNITION, THERMAL IMAGING, AND FACIAL RECOGNITIONAugust 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18359972DEVICE, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DETECTING DECELERATION OF PRECEDING VEHICLEJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18226482System and Method Associated with Predicting Segmentation Quality of Objects in Analysis of Copious Image DataJuly 2023December 2024Allow1610NoNo
18353392Vehicle Data Fusion Based on Spatiotemporal Information and Subgraph SimilarityJuly 2023October 2025Allow2710YesNo
18352275PULP DIAGNOSIS-TREATMENT ASSISTANCE METHOD AND SYSTEM BASED ON DIGITAL DYNAMIC GUIDEJuly 2023July 2025Allow2400YesNo
18349842THREE-DIMENSIONAL POSE ESTIMATION USING TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGESJuly 2023January 2026Allow3010NoNo
18348021METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION CONTROLJuly 2023November 2024Allow1640YesNo
18345627DEEP-LEARNING-BASED SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR IMAGE RECOGNITIONJune 2023March 2025Allow2130YesNo
18259864Image Output Method and Apparatus, Computer Device and Computer-Readable Storage MediumJune 2023February 2026Allow3210NoNo
18205802UNSUPERVISED CUE POINT DISCOVERY FOR EPISODIC CONTENTJune 2023October 2025Allow2820YesNo
18315485IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD OF GENERATING LAYOUT INCLUDING MULTIPLE IMAGESMay 2023July 2025Allow2600NoNo
18252401SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE, SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMMay 2023February 2026Abandon3310NoNo
18312049STOP LINE RECOGNITION DEVICEMay 2023January 2026Allow3210YesNo
18134373METHOD OF CONTROLLING FOR UNDESIRED FACTORS IN MACHINE LEARNING MODELSApril 2023July 2024Allow1520YesNo
18129910METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SETTING A VALUE OF AN OBJECT PROPERTY IN A SEQUENCE OF METADATA FRAMES CORRESPONDING TO A SEQUENCE OF VIDEO FRAMESApril 2023November 2025Allow3120YesNo
18125164WHITE LINE RECOGNITION DEVICE, MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND WHITE LINE RECOGNITION METHODMarch 2023March 2026Allow3520NoNo
18120844SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC OBJECT TRACKING USING A SINGLE CAMERA MOUNTED ON A VEHICLEMarch 2023August 2024Allow1820YesNo
18176700IMAGE PROCESSING ARRANGEMENTSMarch 2023May 2025Allow2630NoNo
18081252AUTHENTICATION DEVICE AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAMEDecember 2022March 2026Allow3930NoNo
18009890IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND PATTERN INSPECTION SYSTEMDecember 2022February 2026Abandon3810NoNo
18060473DETECTING ITEMS IN A SHOPPING CART BASED ON LOCATION OF SHOPPING CARTNovember 2022February 2026Allow3820YesNo
17927326BUILDING SYSTEM WITH CREDENTIAL AND BODY TEMPERATURE VERIFICATION FEATURESNovember 2022January 2026Abandon3820NoNo
17972940UTILIZING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO CLASSIFY VEHICLE TRAJECTORIES AND COLLECT ROAD USE DATA IN REAL-TIMEOctober 2022December 2024Allow2500NoNo
18048695RAPID IMAGE STITCHING WITH PREVIEW CAPABILITIESOctober 2022March 2026Allow4010NoNo
17959727VIDEO STITCHING METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022July 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17935496METHOD FOR GENERATING TRAINING DATA FOR SUPERVISED LEARNING FOR TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORKSeptember 2022January 2026Abandon4001NoNo
17907003GROUND ROLL ATTENUATION USING UNSUPERVISED DEEP LEARNINGSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2900NoNo
17911221SECURE ARCHITECTURE FOR BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATIONSeptember 2022January 2026Abandon4011NoNo
17941676ROAD AND INFRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS TOOLSeptember 2022December 2025Allow3920YesNo
17882591METHOD FOR TROUBLESHOOTING HIDDEN DANGERS OF TREES NEAR POWER TRANSMISSION LINES BY COMBINING ICESAT-2 WITH JL-1 IMAGESAugust 2022October 2024Allow2600NoNo
17797102METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR VISUAL INSPECTION OF WIND TURBINE GENERATORSAugust 2022May 2025Allow3310NoNo
17871335HUMAN-ASSISTED NEURO-SYMBOLIC OBJECT AND EVENT MONITORINGJuly 2022January 2026Allow4221YesNo
17785277APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CONTEXTUALIZED EQUIPMENT RECOMMENDATIONJune 2022December 2025Allow4210NoNo
17748080MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL DEVICE, MOBILE OBJECT CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2022May 2025Abandon3620NoNo
17777895METHOD OF ACQUIRING BIOMETRIC INFORMATION ON SMALL ANIMALS, BIOMETRIC INFORMATION ACQUISITION PROGRAM, AND BIOMETRIC INFORMATION ACQUISITION DEVICEMay 2022September 2024Allow2810NoNo
17663833Concept for an Entry-Exit Matching SystemMay 2022February 2026Allow4530YesNo
17746429ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING IMAGE INPAINTING AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAMEMay 2022January 2025Allow3210YesNo
17743619Site-Based Calibration of Object Detection RulesMay 2022October 2025Allow4140YesNo
17775529Monitoring Animal Pose Dynamics from Monocular ImagesMay 2022May 2025Abandon3720NoNo
17661658THIRD PARTY API INTEGRATION FOR FEEDBACK SYSTEM FOR HANDWRITTEN CHARACTER RECOGNITION TO IDENTIFY NAMES USING NEURAL NETWORK TECHNIQUESMay 2022November 2024Allow3110YesNo
17725592MACHINE LEARNING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND MACHINE LEARNING DEVICEApril 2022December 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17721288UNSUPERVISED TRAINING OF OPTICAL FLOW ESTIMATION NEURAL NETWORKSApril 2022October 2024Allow3000NoNo
17715804SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CROSS-LINGUAL CROSS-MODAL TRAINING FOR MULTIMODAL RETRIEVALApril 2022September 2024Allow2900NoNo
17708907AUTONOMOUS SEGMENTATION OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STRUCTURES FROM MEDICAL IMAGESMarch 2022January 2026Abandon4540NoNo
17691172Single-Pixel Imaging Through Dynamic Scattering MediaMarch 2022August 2024Allow2900NoNo
17578433METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTAINING PRIVACY OF LICENSE PLATE AND/OR OTHER INFORMATIONJanuary 2022November 2025Abandon4640YesNo
17561829IMAGE CORRECTION METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE UTILIZING METHODDecember 2021April 2025Allow3920NoNo
17539172METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING PAIRED LOW RESOLUTION AND HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGES USING A GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKNovember 2021April 2025Allow4100NoNo
17610098AUTOMATIC IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY RECOGNISING AT LEAST ONE RARE CHARACTERISTICNovember 2021May 2024Allow3010NoNo
17502290STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND DETERMINATION MODEL GENERATION METHODOctober 2021October 2024Abandon3620NoNo
17603679INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODOctober 2021September 2024Allow3510NoNo
17474692SEARCHABILITY AND DISCOVERABILITY OF CONTEXTUALLY RELEVANT FRAMES WITHIN DIGITAL CONTENTSeptember 2021September 2025Allow4821YesNo
17422464FEATURE PYRAMID WARPING FOR VIDEO FRAME INTERPOLATIONJuly 2021December 2024Allow4110NoNo
17421266INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSJuly 2021May 2025Allow4640YesNo
17345436Systems and Methods for Producing a Light Field from a Depth MapJune 2021November 2024Allow4110NoNo
17307407TECHNIQUES FOR POSITIONING SPEAKERS WITHIN A VENUEMay 2021December 2025Allow5560YesNo
17245191OBJECT STITCHING IMAGE GENERATIONApril 2021May 2025Allow4830NoNo
17289874METHOD IN THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS OF A DEVICE, A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND A SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO PERFORM THE METHODApril 2021December 2024Allow4420NoNo
17218113INTELLIGENT REAL-TIME DEFECT PREDICTION, DETECTION, AND AI DRIVEN AUTOMATED CORRECTION SOLUTIONMarch 2021September 2024Allow4220YesNo
17214071SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DEFENDING AGAINST PHYSICAL ATTACKS ON IMAGE CLASSIFICATIONMarch 2021January 2025Allow4630YesNo
17201126DIVISION PATTERN DETERMINING APPARATUS AND LEARNING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SAME AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2021September 2024Allow4211YesNo
17199307ADAPTIVE SELECTION OF DATA MODALITIES FOR EFFICIENT VIDEO RECOGNITIONMarch 2021October 2024Allow4330YesNo
17105375MULTIMODAL GAME VIDEO SUMMARIZATIONNovember 2020January 2026Allow6040YesYes
17032664DETECTION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DEFECTS IN PHARMACEUTICAL CYLINDRICAL CONTAINERSSeptember 2020November 2024Allow5031NoNo
16997885SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPLEMENTING FLEXIBLE, INPUT-ADAPTIVE DEEP LEARNING NEURAL NETWORKSAugust 2020April 2025Allow5641YesNo
16886038IDENTIFYING AND REDACTING CAPTURED DATAMay 2020April 2025Allow5841YesNo
16205251METHOD OF EXTRACTING IMAGE OF PORT WHARF THROUGH MULTISPECTRAL INTERPRETATIONNovember 2018April 2019Allow400YesNo
16054188CONTROL METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND CONTROL APPARATUSAugust 2018January 2020Allow1800NoNo
15946842Methods, Systems, and Products for NotificationsApril 2018March 2020Allow2430YesNo
15657631VISUAL IVR USING CALL REDIRECTJuly 2017February 2018Allow710YesNo
15473213Dynamic and Configurable Response to Incoming Phone CallsMarch 2017January 2019Allow2120YesNo
15446020END USER EXPERIENCE VIA DISTRIBUTED OPTION TREE GENERATIONMarch 2017August 2018Allow1720NoNo
15434332IMAGE RECOGNIZING METHOD FOR PREVENTING RECOGNITION RESULTS FROM CONFUSIONFebruary 2017February 2019Allow2410NoNo
15320244IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION PROCESSING METHODDecember 2016February 2019Allow2610NoNo
15009895Methods, Systems, and Products for NotificationsJanuary 2016January 2018Allow2330NoNo
14837404INTERACTIVE VOICE RESPONSE WITH USER DESIGNATED DELIVERYAugust 2015October 2018Allow4940YesNo
14762337COMMUNICATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMMUNICATION PROCESSING DEVICE, COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND CONTROL METHOD AND CONTROL PROGRAM THEREFORJuly 2015March 2018Allow3231NoNo
14664363EFFICIENT MECHANISM FOR CUSTOMER FEEDBACK FROM A VOICE CALLMarch 2015October 2019Allow5570YesNo
14614526ADVANCED VOICE AND DATA OPERATIONS IN A MOBILE DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICEFebruary 2015May 2019Allow5150YesNo
12625465METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ACT SERVICESNovember 2009July 2012Allow3110NoNo
12126509PHONE NUMBER EXTRACTION SYSTEM FOR VOICE MAIL MESSAGESMay 2008November 2012Allow5420NoYes

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
9.8%
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
4
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(25.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(75.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
35.0%
Lower 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, 25.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G works in Art Unit 2674 and has examined 37 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 97.3%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 42 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G's allowance rate of 97.3% places them in the 88% 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 BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G receive 2.43 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 70% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G is 42 months. This places the examiner in the 19% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BEZUAYEHU, SOLOMON G. This interview benefit is in the 31% 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 75% 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 23.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 31% 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, 200.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 95% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 75.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 65% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 33.3% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). 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, 66.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 73% 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 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:

  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

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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