USPTO Examiner LEE JONATHAN S - Art Unit 2677

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19017812ZERO-SHOT LOW-DOSE CT IMAGE DENOISING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON STRIP DIFFUSION MODELJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19010545TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATED IMAGE LABELINGJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
18976298METHODS FOR ENHANCEMENT OF LOW-LIGHT IMAGES BASED ON REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND AESTHETIC EVALUATIONDecember 2024April 2025Allow510NoNo
18808886SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OFFICIATING INTERFERENCE IN SPORTS, POWERED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEAugust 2024December 2024Allow400NoNo
18772789IMAGE ANALYSIS SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING BUILDING ROOF AGEJuly 2024May 2025Allow1020YesNo
18754097FACIAL ACUPOINT LOCATING METHOD, ACUPUNCTURE METHOD, ACUPUNCTURE ROBOT AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024November 2024Allow410NoNo
18719961HIGH-CONTRAST ULTRAVIOLET FLUORESCENCE IMAGING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PIXEL-LEVEL DETECTION OF CRUDE OIL IN DRILL CUTTINGSJune 2024January 2025Allow720YesNo
18661749METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATING IMAGE ENHANCEMENT AND TRAINING DATA GENERATION USING A GENERATIVE RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORK MODELMay 2024July 2024Allow200NoNo
18637440SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING IMAGE ANALYSIS IN SUPERIOR CAPSULE RECONSTRUCTIONApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18629228MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGApril 2024March 2025Allow1220YesNo
18598932PROCESSING MAP DATA FOR HUMAN QUALITY CHECKMarch 2024October 2024Allow800NoNo
18443157SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUBJECTIVE PROPERTY PARAMETER DETERMINATIONFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1420NoNo
18441669Systems and Methods for Inspection of IC DevicesFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18426323GESTURE DETECTION IN EMBEDDED APPLICATIONSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18403073DIAGNOSTIC ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFORJanuary 2024August 2024Allow810NoNo
18393732SHIP DETECTION AND TRACKING METHOD AND DEVICEDecember 2023August 2024Allow820NoNo
18540532IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMDecember 2023June 2025Allow1840NoNo
18527528Multi-scale Transformer for Image AnalysisDecember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18497853SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSION ARTIFACT DETECTION AND REMEDIATIONOctober 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18382838System For Training Neural Networks That Predict The Parameters Of A Human Mesh Model Using Dense Depth And Part-Based UV Map AnnotationsOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110YesNo
18382216MIXED-REALITY DEVICE POSITIONING BASED ON SHARED LOCATIONOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18489117MANUFACTURING METHOD OF LEARNING DATA, LEARNING METHOD, LEARNING DATA MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, LEARNING APPARATUS, AND MEMORY MEDIUMOctober 2023December 2024Allow1420NoNo
18377900ELECTRONIC APPARATUS FOR SEARCHING RELATED IMAGE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOROctober 2023December 2024Allow1410NoNo
18237411ROBOTIC SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A ROLL OF A MEDICAL DEVICE IN LUMINAL NETWORKSAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18333166SHAPE FUSION FOR IMAGE ANALYSISJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18305697SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPLEX INPUT DATA CONFIGURATIONS FOR IMAGING APPLICATIONSApril 2023May 2025Allow2500NoNo
18125666OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS USING AN IMAGE PREPROCESSING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELMarch 2023November 2024Allow2030NoNo
18040982NOISE SUPPRESSION USING DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKSFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2800NoNo
18082861APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING IMAGE QUALITY AND METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022May 2025Allow2910NoNo
18045598IMAGE ANOMALY DETECTION BY ENHANCING PATCHED FEATURESOctober 2022April 2025Allow3010YesNo
17937680LEARNING PARAMETERS FOR NEURAL NETWORKS USING A SEMANTIC DISCRIMINATOR AND AN OBJECT-LEVEL DISCRIMINATOROctober 2022May 2025Allow3210YesNo
17937706GENERATING AND PROVIDING A PANOPTIC INPAINTING INTERFACE FOR GENERATING AND MODIFYING INPAINTED DIGITAL IMAGESOctober 2022May 2025Allow3210YesNo
17958474APPEARANCE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND APPEARANCE INSPECTION METHODOctober 2022February 2025Allow2800NoNo
17957143DENOISING DIFFUSION GENERATIVE ADVERSARIAL NETWORKSSeptember 2022March 2025Allow2900NoNo
17954535METHOD FOR TRAINING DEPTH ESTIMATION MODEL, METHOD FOR ESTIMATING DEPTH, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICESeptember 2022January 2025Allow2800NoNo
17949439ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICESeptember 2022June 2025Allow3220YesNo
17909009LEARNING APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMSeptember 2022April 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17897022CLASSIFYING DOCUMENTS BASED ON MACHINE LEARNINGAugust 2022February 2025Allow2910YesNo
17892521IMAGE EXTRACTION DEVICE, VEHICLE, IMAGE EXTRACTION SYSTEM, IMAGE EXTRACTION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE EXTRACTION PROGRAMAugust 2022May 2025Allow3310YesNo
17859182METHOD FOR DETECTING APPEARANCE DEFECTS OF A PRODUCT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJuly 2022April 2025Allow3310NoNo
17791093IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION METHOD, DEVICE, EQUIPMENT, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2022February 2025Allow3110NoNo
17838995OBJECT SELECTION FOR IMAGES USING IMAGE REGIONSJune 2022December 2024Allow3010YesNo
17660327METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MACHINE DETERMINING WIRE CONTACT INSERTIONApril 2022December 2024Allow3210YesNo
17722500SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC DATA CONSISTENCY CHECKING USING AUTOMATICALLY DEFINED RULESApril 2022January 2025Allow3310NoNo
17760839TRAVEL CONTROL APPARATUS, TRAVEL CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022December 2024Allow3310NoNo
17692605DEVICE FOR DIAGNOSING SPINE CONDITIONSMarch 2022November 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17753640SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAPPING COATINGS TO A SPATIAL APPEARANCE SPACEMarch 2022July 2024Allow2810NoNo
17687368BOVINE EMBRYO EVALUATION USING AI/ML ANALYSIS OF REAL-TIME VIDEO FOR PREDICTING MALE-SEX OFFSPRINGMarch 2022October 2024Allow3220NoNo
17687437EMBRYO EVALUATION USING AI/ML ANALYSIS OF REAL-TIME VIDEO FOR PREDICTING OFFSPRING SEXMarch 2022September 2024Allow3110NoNo
17687265HUMAN EMBRYO EVALUATION USING AI/ML ANALYSIS OF REAL-TIME VIDEO FOR PREDICTING MALE-SEX OFFSPRINGMarch 2022September 2024Allow3110NoNo
17687416BOVINE EMBRYO EVALUATION USING AI/ML ANALYSIS OF REAL-TIME VIDEO FOR PREDICTING FEMALE-SEX OFFSPRINGMarch 2022September 2024Allow3110NoNo
17687319HUMAN EMBRYO EVALUATION USING AI/ML ANALYSIS OF REAL-TIME VIDEO FOR PREDICTING FEMALE-SEX OFFSPRINGMarch 2022September 2024Allow3110NoNo
17679597METHOD FOR SIMULATING THE ILLUMINATION OF AN INDOOR SCENE OBSERVED BY A CAMERA ILLUMINATED BY OUTDOOR LIGHT AND SYSTEMFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2910NoNo
17572704INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS, INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD, AND INFORMATION DISPLAY PROGRAMJanuary 2022February 2025Allow3710NoNo
17624398SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING A THERAPY FOR TREATING A MEDICAL CONDITION OF A PERSONJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3200NoNo
17565389SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING AND ANNOTATING IMAGES TAKEN DURING A MEDICAL PROCEDUREDecember 2021May 2025Allow4030YesNo
17555871IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING AN IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAMDecember 2021March 2025Abandon3920NoNo
17619629Method and Device for Passive Ranging by Image ProcessingDecember 2021January 2025Allow3710NoNo
17527653EFFICIENT THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION FROM POINT CLOUDSNovember 2021June 2024Allow3110NoNo
17611588SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECOGNISING AND MEASURING AFFECTIVE STATESNovember 2021June 2025Abandon4310NoNo
17506094IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CORRECTING COLORS OF AN INPUT IMAGE REPRESENTING A SCENE ILLUMINATED BY MULTIPLE ILLUMINANTSOctober 2021November 2024Allow3710NoNo
17438687IMAGE EXTENSION NEURAL NETWORKSSeptember 2021October 2024Allow3710NoNo
17437790SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATION AND SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTHENTICATION BASED PERSONAL SERVICESeptember 2021May 2025Allow4420NoNo
17431678GENERATION APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMAugust 2021May 2025Abandon4510NoNo
17312314IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMJune 2021November 2024Allow4110NoNo
17341622METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATIC DEPLOYMENT OF IMAGE RESTORATION PARAMETERSJune 2021September 2024Allow3930NoNo
17292392SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEASURING THE DISTANCE TO AN OBJECT IN WATERMay 2021July 2024Allow3910NoNo
17234475OBJECT FENCE GENERATION FOR LANE ASSIGNMENT IN AUTONOMOUS MACHINE APPLICATIONSApril 2021June 2024Allow3820YesNo
17234487LANE MASK GENERATION FOR AUTONOMOUS MACHINE APPLICATIONSApril 2021September 2024Allow4120YesNo
17192580VIDEO CLASSIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2021June 2024Allow4020NoNo
17133602METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE, RELATED DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2020October 2024Allow4640NoNo
16917714Fusing Map Reconstructions Generated from Multiple Batches of DataJune 2020August 2024Allow5020YesNo
15340496MOBILE ROBOT AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMENovember 2016October 2018Allow2420NoNo
15340405SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING HAZE IN DIGITAL PHOTOSNovember 2016January 2019Allow2720NoNo
15038521METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CORRECTION RESTORATION AND ANALYSIS ALARMING OF DISTORTED IMAGEMay 2016January 2019Allow3220NoNo
13484320MULTIPLE AUDIO/VIDEO DATA STREAM SIMULATIONMay 2012September 2013Allow1620NoNo
13167864IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2011July 2013Allow2510NoNo
12971793DEVICE FOR IMPROVING STEREO MATCHING RESULTS, METHOD OF IMPROVING STEREO MATCHING RESULTS USING THE DEVICE, AND SYSTEM FOR RECEIVING STEREO MATCHING RESULTSDecember 2010November 2012Allow2300YesNo
12972054IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE SENSING APPARATUSDecember 2010April 2013Allow2710NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner LEE, JONATHAN S - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LEE, JONATHAN S works in Art Unit 2677 and has examined 64 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 92.2%, 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 LEE, JONATHAN S's allowance rate of 92.2% places them in the 77% 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 LEE, JONATHAN S receive 1.30 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 25% 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 LEE, JONATHAN S 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 LEE, JONATHAN S. 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, 46.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 96% 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 55.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 78% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 33.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 27% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

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:

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • 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

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