Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18410404 | MICROPHONE DETECTION USING HISTORICAL AND CACHE COORDINATE DATABASES | January 2024 | April 2025 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18498693 | FACE AUTHENTICATION ENVIRONMENT DETERMINATION METHOD, FACE AUTHENTICATION ENVIRONMENT DETERMINATION SYSTEM, FACE AUTHENTICATION ENVIRONMENT DETERMINATION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | October 2023 | June 2025 | Abandon | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18230560 | Circuit For Combined Down Sampling And Correction Of Image Data | August 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17926532 | MULTI-PLANE IMAGE COMPRESSION | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17924158 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRAINING IMAGE RESTORATION MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2022 | June 2025 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17974770 | SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND MEDIA FOR DETERMINING A STOPPING CONDITION FOR MODEL DECIMATION | October 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 30 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17974241 | DETERMINING SEVERITY OF STEPWISE CRACKING IN A PRESSURIZED VESSEL | October 2022 | April 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17883165 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | August 2022 | May 2025 | Abandon | 33 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17816688 | SCALABLE AND REALISTIC CAMERA BLOCKAGE DATASET GENERATION | August 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17793341 | SUPER RESOLUTION USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK | July 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17810948 | Automated Change Assessment of Target Objects During a Dynamic ISR Mission | July 2022 | December 2024 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17829265 | VIDEO COMPRESSION | May 2022 | April 2025 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17826320 | SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE DEVICE, SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING DEVICE | May 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17826978 | Photometric Cost Volumes For Self-Supervised Depth Estimation | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17778503 | FACE AUTHENTICATION ENVIRONMENT DETERMINATION METHOD, FACE AUTHENTICATION ENVIRONMENT DETERMINATION SYSTEM, FACE AUTHENTICATION ENVIRONMENT DETERMINATION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | May 2022 | June 2025 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17735630 | WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE WEARABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE | May 2022 | February 2025 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17734127 | AD FRAUD DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD | May 2022 | March 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17755025 | FREE VIEWPOINT VIDEO GENERATION AND INTERACTION METHOD BASED ON DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK | April 2022 | November 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17687916 | CELL AGGREGATE INTERNAL PREDICTION METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE | March 2022 | February 2025 | Abandon | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17686468 | IMAGE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND IMAGE INSPECTION METHOD | March 2022 | January 2025 | Allow | 34 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17648677 | WAFER ALIGNMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS | January 2022 | January 2025 | Abandon | 36 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17576783 | CONSTRUCTING PROCESSING PIPELINE AT EDGE COMPUTING DEVICE | January 2022 | September 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17571285 | Neural 3D Video Synthesis | January 2022 | October 2024 | Allow | 34 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17554406 | APPROACHES FOR LOSSY COMPRESSION USING MACHINE LEARNING | December 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17552352 | INFORMATION PROCESSING WITH ITERATIVELY IMPROVED ESTIMATES OF DATA ATTRIBUTES BASED ON USER MODIFICATIONS, AND APPARATUS, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF | December 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17549176 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTAL PROCESS MONITORING METHOD, DEVICE, SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM | December 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17643545 | HANDWRITING RECOGNITION | December 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17543912 | METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR MANAGING ARTIFACTS OF IMAGE | December 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17544264 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FACIAL LANDMARK DETECTION USING FACIAL COMPONENT-SPECIFIC LOCAL REFINEMENT | December 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 34 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17543234 | MACHINE LEARNING GENERATION OF LOW-NOISE AND HIGH STRUCTURAL CONSPICUITY IMAGES | December 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17613694 | Generative Adversarial Networks with Temporal and Spatial Discriminators for Efficient Video Generation | November 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 37 | 2 | 1 | No | No |
| 17530097 | Method Of Using Camera For Both Internal And External Monitoring Of A Vehicle | November 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 38 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17595182 | DIFFERENCE DETECTION APPARATUS, DIFFERENCE DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | November 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 37 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17595049 | ENCODING APPARATUS, ENCODING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | November 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 32 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17609033 | AUTOMATED MAP MAKING AND POSITIONING | November 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17513359 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, DISPLAY METHOD, AND DISPLAY PROGRAM | October 2021 | June 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17482023 | JUDDER DETECTION FOR DYNAMIC FRAME RATE CONVERSION | September 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 37 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17441877 | METHOD OF EXTRACTING NUMBER OF STEM AND TILLERING FOR WHEAT UNDER FIELD CONDITION | September 2021 | April 2024 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17441413 | MEDICAL SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | September 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 33 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17310172 | MATCHING OF FACE OR FACIAL IMAGE WITH A FACIAL IMAGE COMPRISED OF A PATTERN OF PERFORATIONS | July 2021 | April 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17232197 | PROSTHESIS SCANNING AND IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD | April 2021 | October 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17200105 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | March 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17188188 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | March 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 42 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17156846 | NO-REFERENCE VISUAL MEDIA ASSESSMENT COMBINING DEEP NEURAL NETWORKS AND MODELS OF HUMAN VISUAL SYSTEM AND VIDEO CONTENT/DISTORTION ANALYSIS | January 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 50 | 4 | 0 | No | Yes |
| 17138310 | HIGH-RESOLUTION AND HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING OF SKIN | December 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 45 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17123928 | AUTOMATIC INSPECTION USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELS | December 2020 | September 2024 | Allow | 45 | 6 | 0 | Yes | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner RHIM, WOO CHUL.
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.
⚠ Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.
Examiner RHIM, WOO CHUL works in Art Unit 2676 and has examined 45 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 68.9%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 34 months.
Examiner RHIM, WOO CHUL's allowance rate of 68.9% places them in the 23% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.
On average, applications examined by RHIM, WOO CHUL receive 1.91 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 61% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by RHIM, WOO CHUL is 34 months. This places the examiner in the 24% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +28.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by RHIM, WOO CHUL. This interview benefit is in the 79% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 29.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 46% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 44.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 62% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 90% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% 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, 200.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 100% 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'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.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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