Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15955974 | AUTOMATED FOCUSING OF A MICROSCOPE OF AN OPTICAL INSPECTION SYSTEM | April 2018 | April 2020 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15746568 | Method and apparatus for recognizing RGB-D objects based on adaptive similarity measure of dense matching item | January 2018 | October 2019 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15873070 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM | January 2018 | October 2019 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15842804 | METHOD FOR SLICED INPAINTING | December 2017 | October 2019 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15799820 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ANALYZING TOOL TRACE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHOD | October 2017 | August 2019 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15653306 | IMAGE COMPRESSION USING CONTENT CATEGORIES | July 2017 | July 2019 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15615746 | BLENDED IRIS AND FACIAL BIOMETRIC SYSTEM | June 2017 | May 2019 | Allow | 23 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15454046 | BED AREA EXTRACTION METHOD AND BED AREA EXTRACTION APPARATUS | March 2017 | January 2019 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15453394 | Automatic Classification of Eardrum Shape | March 2017 | December 2018 | Allow | 37 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15434707 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION OF A USER | February 2017 | June 2019 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15434140 | FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION MODULE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF | February 2017 | June 2018 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15413255 | IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING METRICS OF OBJECTS REPRESENTED THEREIN | January 2017 | October 2018 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15368113 | FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS | December 2016 | March 2019 | Allow | 27 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15312141 | Image Generating Apparatus, Image Generating Method, and Computer Program | November 2016 | April 2018 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15349027 | RELATIVE POSITIONING OF A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE IN A NETWORK | November 2016 | August 2017 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15310170 | Rim-Wise Function Estimation | November 2016 | April 2018 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15230913 | METHOD, SYSTEMS AND APPARATUS FOR HDR TO HDR INVERSE TONE MAPPING | August 2016 | February 2018 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15228826 | HOUGH PROCESSOR | August 2016 | November 2019 | Allow | 40 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15228606 | Restoring Color and Infrared Images from Mosaic Data | August 2016 | February 2018 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15203931 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT | July 2016 | May 2018 | Allow | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15193058 | Chinese, Japanese, or Korean Language Detection | June 2016 | July 2017 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15184357 | RELATIVE POSITIONING OF A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE IN A NETWORK | June 2016 | October 2016 | Allow | 4 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15104334 | METHOD FOR CORRECTING FRAGMENTARY OR DEFORMED QUADRANGULAR IMAGE | June 2016 | May 2017 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 15104011 | PROCESS FOR EVALUATION OF AT LEAST ONE FACIAL CLINICAL SIGN | June 2016 | December 2017 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 15179631 | REAL-TIME POSE ESTIMATION SYSTEM USING INERTIAL AND FEATURE MEASUREMENTS | June 2016 | June 2017 | Allow | 12 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15036242 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES | May 2016 | November 2017 | Allow | 18 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 15063553 | RELATIVE POSITIONING OF A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE IN A NETWORK | March 2016 | April 2016 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14757594 | Method for upscaling an image and apparatus for upscaling an image | December 2015 | August 2017 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14786981 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SUPER-RESOLUTION ON AN INPUT IMAGE | October 2015 | October 2016 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14855082 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING VERTICAL FOREIGN CHARACTER SETS AND THEIR TRANSLATIONS IN REAL TIME ON RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED MOBILE DEVICES | September 2015 | November 2015 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14811070 | STEREO MATCHING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD | July 2015 | January 2018 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14761154 | Pattern Evaluation Device and Visual Inspection Device Comprising Pattern Evaluation Device | July 2015 | October 2018 | Allow | 39 | 5 | 0 | No | No |
| 14706028 | FFT-BASED DISPLACED PHASE CENTER ARRAY/ALONG-TRACK INTERFEROMETRY ARCHITECTURE | May 2015 | July 2019 | Allow | 50 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14657121 | SCENE RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS | March 2015 | August 2016 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14640789 | Fault-Aware Matched Filter and Optical Flow | March 2015 | August 2016 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14636664 | FRAMEWORK FOR DATA EXTRACTION BY EXAMPLES | March 2015 | August 2016 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14589203 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING OBJECT USING CORRELATION BETWEEN OBJECT AND CONTENT-RELATED INFORMATION | January 2015 | May 2016 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14585314 | ANALYSIS OF WEB APPLICATION STATE | December 2014 | June 2016 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14567451 | IMAGE MATCHING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM | December 2014 | June 2016 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14561878 | FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION METHOD AND DEVICE THEREOF | December 2014 | April 2016 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14561851 | CHINESE, JAPANESE, OR KOREAN LANGUAGE DETECTION | December 2014 | December 2015 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14561002 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DEPTH ESTIMATION OF STEREO IMAGES | December 2014 | September 2016 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 14559024 | INCOMPLETE PATTERNS | December 2014 | February 2016 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14402721 | SIMILAR IMAGE SEARCH SYSTEM | November 2014 | May 2015 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14278212 | INSPECTION SENSITIVITY EVALUATION METHOD | May 2014 | July 2015 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14277387 | RESOLUTION DETERMINATION DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS | May 2014 | June 2015 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 14274716 | Image Analysis Method and Image Analysis Apparatus | May 2014 | October 2015 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14246764 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING DEFECTS IN WELDS BY PROCESSING X-RAY IMAGES | April 2014 | July 2015 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14242248 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCE | April 2014 | August 2015 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14207155 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISPLAYING FOREIGN CHARACTER SETS AND THEIR TRANSLATIONS IN REAL TIME ON RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED MOBILE DEVICES | March 2014 | April 2014 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 14158885 | DEVICES AND METHODS OF READING MONOCHROMATIC PATTERNS | January 2014 | July 2015 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14108456 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COLLECTING FINGER DATA AND DISPLAYING A FINGER MOVEMENT TRACE AND RELATED METHODS | December 2013 | July 2015 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 14009605 | THERMAL IMAGE SMOOTHING METHOD, SURFACE TEMPERATURE-MEASURING METHOD, AND SURFACE TEMPERATURE-MEASURING DEVICE | October 2013 | May 2015 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 14013096 | DETECTING FACIAL SIMILARITY BASED ON HUMAN PERCEPTION OF FACIAL SIMILARITY | August 2013 | October 2013 | Allow | 1 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13872171 | AUTOMATIC PHOTO GROUPING BY EVENTS | April 2013 | July 2015 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13869609 | HARDWARE COPROCESSOR FOR STRIPE-BASED INTEREST POINT DETECTION | April 2013 | February 2015 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13867467 | FREQUENCY DOMAIN INTEREST POINT DESCRIPTOR | April 2013 | June 2015 | Abandon | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13877545 | COMPUTER-AIDED ASSIGNMENT OF RATINGS TO DIGITAL SAMPLES OF A MANUFACTURED WEB PRODUCT | April 2013 | October 2014 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13676296 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING OBSERVED EMOTIONAL DATA | November 2012 | August 2014 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13671495 | SKEW DETECTION FOR VERTICAL TEXT | November 2012 | April 2015 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 13663051 | INTRINSIC PHYSICAL LAYER AUTHENTICATION OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS | October 2012 | April 2015 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 13661071 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSOR | October 2012 | November 2014 | Allow | 24 | 0 | 1 | No | No |
| 13651827 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPARING IMAGES | October 2012 | March 2015 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13651271 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FINGERPRINTING FOR COMICS | October 2012 | July 2014 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13646265 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | October 2012 | November 2014 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13575344 | INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE AND INFORMATION INPUT-OUTPUT SYSTEM | September 2012 | June 2015 | Allow | 35 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13518687 | Filter Setup Learning for Binary Sensor | September 2012 | August 2015 | Allow | 37 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 13500690 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR THE AUTOMATIC INSPECTION OF A CABLE SPOOL | September 2012 | July 2015 | Allow | 39 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 13517200 | Method and Device for Identifying an Image Acquisition Feature of a Digital Image and Apparatus for Implementing Such a Device | August 2012 | July 2014 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13592148 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING A VISUAL VOCABULARY | August 2012 | October 2014 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 13560660 | DETERMINING SCALING FACTORS FOR DEVICES | July 2012 | May 2015 | Abandon | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 13538324 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | June 2012 | December 2014 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13535286 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT DETECTION AND MULTI-AGENT BEHAVIOR RECOGNITION USING 3D MOTION DATA | June 2012 | September 2014 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13484758 | EDGE BASED LOCATION FEATURE INDEX MATCHING | May 2012 | October 2015 | Allow | 40 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13450750 | BIOMETRIC INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, BIOMETRIC-INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | April 2012 | April 2014 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13449620 | ANALYSIS OF WEB APPLICATION STATE | April 2012 | September 2014 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13447709 | DETERMINING SCALING FACTORS FOR DEVICES | April 2012 | November 2014 | Allow | 31 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13434738 | Finding Engaging Media with Initialized Explore-Exploit | March 2012 | August 2014 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13430803 | EVALUATING IMAGE SIMILARITY | March 2012 | April 2014 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13360062 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD OF PROCESSING IMAGE, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS | January 2012 | January 2015 | Allow | 36 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 13324058 | IDENTIFYING IMAGES USING FACE RECOGNITION | December 2011 | February 2015 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13158301 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FUSING VECTOR DATA WITH IMAGERY | June 2011 | September 2012 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13117176 | Complex pattern deciphering using architecture parallel to swarm intelligence | May 2011 | October 2013 | Allow | 28 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13115685 | Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method, and Program | May 2011 | October 2013 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13091798 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | April 2011 | May 2014 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13091490 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR COLLECTING FINGER DATA AND DISPLAYING A FINGER MOVEMENT TRACE AND RELATED METHODS | April 2011 | September 2013 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13091218 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM | April 2011 | August 2013 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13091839 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM | April 2011 | August 2013 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13062220 | METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING SHAPES AND SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING SAID METHOD | April 2011 | November 2013 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 13085329 | SUPERVISED AND SEMI-SUPERVISED ONLINE BOOSTING ALGORITHM IN MACHINE LEARNING FRAMEWORK | April 2011 | February 2015 | Allow | 46 | 4 | 1 | No | No |
| 13083668 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF AN ADDITIVE IN AN ARTICLE | April 2011 | May 2013 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13066112 | Segmenting human hairs and faces | April 2011 | September 2013 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13044579 | DEVICES AND METHODS OF READING MONOCHROMATIC PATTERNS | March 2011 | October 2013 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 13038218 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADAPTIVE QUANTIZATION LAYER REDUCTION IN IMAGE PROCESSING APPLICATIONS | March 2011 | May 2012 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12805984 | Image inspection apparatus, image inspection method, and computer program product | August 2010 | March 2013 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12855075 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND PROGRAM | August 2010 | June 2014 | Allow | 46 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 12855542 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION WITH IMAGE PROCESSING | August 2010 | March 2013 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 12666813 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A 3D MODEL FROM IMAGES | July 2010 | December 2013 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 12741557 | METHOD AND A DEVICE FOR IDENTIFYING A SET OF PIXELS, THE VALUES OF WHICH ARE INTENDED TO BE USED TO DETERMINE THE VALUE OF A TARGET PIXEL | July 2010 | August 2013 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 12310702 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE QUALITY OF PRINTED DOCUMENTS BASED ON PATTERN MATCHING | March 2010 | September 2013 | Allow | 54 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LI, RUIPING.
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.
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, 0.0% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.
⚠ 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 LI, RUIPING works in Art Unit 2676 and has examined 128 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 98.4%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.
Examiner LI, RUIPING's allowance rate of 98.4% places them in the 90% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by LI, RUIPING receive 1.88 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 41% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by LI, RUIPING is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 71% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +2.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LI, RUIPING. This interview benefit is in the 24% 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.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 39.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 89% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 47.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 73% 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.
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 12% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 83.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 76% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 40.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 53.8% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 52% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.8% of allowed cases (in the 64% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).
Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 30% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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