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
19217967MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGMay 2025July 2025Allow200NoNo
19043962Computer-Implemented System And Method For Automating InspectionsFebruary 2025December 2025Allow1110NoNo
19032338TRAINING A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TO ASSESS EMBRYO CHARACTERISTICS FROM VIDEO IMAGE DATAJanuary 2025December 2025Allow1010YesNo
19017812ZERO-SHOT LOW-DOSE CT IMAGE DENOISING METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON STRIP DIFFUSION MODELJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
19010545TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATED IMAGE LABELINGJanuary 2025March 2025Allow200NoNo
19009280TECHNIQUES FOR CONCURRENT OBJECT IDENTIFICATIONJanuary 2025November 2025Allow1020YesNo
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
18764066DETECTION METHOD FOR LOW-QUALITY FAKE FACE IMAGES BASED ON DOMAIN-INVARIANT FEATURE LEARNINGJuly 2024August 2025Allow1300NoNo
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
18652139TRAINING AND DEPLOYMENT OF IMAGE GENERATION MODELSMay 2024October 2025Allow1810NoNo
18642991Efficient Temporal Networks for Streaming DataApril 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18637440SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING IMAGE ANALYSIS TO GUIDE A SURGICAL PROCEDUREApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18629228MACHINE-LEARNING MODELS FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGApril 2024March 2025Allow1220YesNo
18606228AN APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING RANDOM IMAGES OF A HERBAL FORMULATIONMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
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
18429153SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ACCELERATED OBSTACLE DETECTION FOR A ROBOTIC DEVICEJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18426323GESTURE DETECTION IN EMBEDDED APPLICATIONSJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18419076DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING PLENOPTIC MULTIPLANAR IMAGEJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18403073DIAGNOSTIC ASSISTANCE SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREFORJanuary 2024August 2024Allow810NoNo
18393732SHIP DETECTION AND TRACKING METHOD AND DEVICEDecember 2023August 2024Allow820NoNo
18545876METHOD, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUSES FOR HEATMAP REGRESSION IN A NEURAL NETWORKDecember 2023December 2025Allow2400NoNo
18540532IMAGE QUALITY ADJUSTMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMDecember 2023June 2025Allow1840NoNo
18534443ANNOTATION CROSS-LABELING FOR AUTONOMOUS CONTROL SYSTEMSDecember 2023January 2026Allow2510NoNo
18527528Multi-scale Transformer for Image AnalysisDecember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18497853SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSION ARTIFACT DETECTION AND REMEDIATIONOctober 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18495569SINGLE IMAGE DEHAZING METHOD BASED ON DETAIL RECOVERYOctober 2023November 2025Allow2510NoNo
18384163SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEARNING TO SYNTHESIZE HAND-OBJECT INTERACTION SCENEOctober 2023February 2026Allow2810YesNo
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
18482149IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICEOctober 2023January 2026Allow2710NoNo
18478297TWO-DIMENSIONAL POSE ESTIMATION BASED ON BIPARTITE MATCHING OF JOINT TYPE HEATMAPS AND JOINT PERSON HEATMAPSSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2710NoNo
18469057PRIVACY PRESERVATION SYSTEMSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18467035TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK TO GENERATE A DENSE DEPTH MAP FROM IMAGE AND LIDAR DATASeptember 2023September 2025Allow2400NoNo
18367415PREPARING DATA FOR HIGH-PRECISION ABSOLUTE LOCALIZATION OF A MOVING OBJECT ALONG A TRAJECTORYSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2710YesNo
18281723SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC MONITORING OF PAVEMENT CONDITIONSeptember 2023March 2026Abandon3010NoNo
18367046Vision-Based Detection and Classification of Traffic LightsSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2330YesNo
18239153METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING BUILDINGSAugust 2023September 2025Allow2400NoNo
18237411ROBOTIC SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING A ROLL OF A MEDICAL DEVICE IN LUMINAL NETWORKSAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18453818METHOD AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM A WIRELINE CABLE INSPECTIONAugust 2023February 2026Allow3020YesNo
18351371METHOD FOR DETERMINING A STATE OF AT LEAST ONE FLOOR ELEMENT, ASSOCIATED SYSTEM AND ASSEMBLYJuly 2023March 2026Abandon3210NoNo
18219965DEVICES AND METHOD FOR GRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF AN IMPAIRMENT OF A DEMODULATED SIGNAL BASED ON HISTOGRAM TESTINGJuly 2023November 2025Allow2810NoNo
18342017TEXT-BASED IMAGE ANOMALY DETECTIONJune 2023January 2026Allow3110YesNo
18269472VIDEO DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS DEVICEJune 2023November 2025Allow2810NoNo
18339838SYSTEM AND PLATFORM FOR AUTOMATIC OPTIMIZATION OF IMAGE QUALITY OF IMAGE SENSOR AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJune 2023August 2025Allow2500NoNo
18338613NEURAL NETWORK-BASED IMAGE COMPRESSION METHODJune 2023August 2025Allow2500NoNo
18334285MULTI-SENSOR OBJECT FUSION AND TRACKING FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONSJune 2023October 2025Allow2810YesNo
18333166SHAPE FUSION FOR IMAGE ANALYSISJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18332237METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCATTER ESTIMATION IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING SYSTEMSJune 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18195914METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE FOR TARGET IMAGE EXTRACTIONMay 2023September 2025Allow2810NoNo
18305697SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPLEX INPUT DATA CONFIGURATIONS FOR IMAGING APPLICATIONSApril 2023May 2025Allow2500NoNo
18301312SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OVERCOMING REAL-WORLD LOSSES IN MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONSApril 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18128773METHODS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR IMAGE ANNOTATION QUALITY ASSURANCEMarch 2023November 2025Allow3210NoNo
18128145METHOD FOR EVALUATING VIDEO QUALITY BASED ON NON-REFERENCE VIDEOMarch 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18125666OBJECT DETECTION APPARATUS USING AN IMAGE PREPROCESSING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELMarch 2023November 2024Allow2030NoNo
18043506SENSOR NOISE REMOVAL DEVICE AND SENSOR NOISE REMOVAL METHODFebruary 2023December 2025Abandon3410NoNo
18040982NOISE SUPPRESSION USING DEEP CONVOLUTIONAL NETWORKSFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2800NoNo
18154621APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DENOISING MODELJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3220YesNo
18094496METHOD IN IMAGE PROCESSING FOR REMOVAL OF GENERAL DISTORTIONS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3420NoNo
18093214SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROPE EVALUATIONJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3400NoNo
18003992IMAGE-BASED VEHICLE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT METHOD, APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022December 2025Abandon3610NoNo
18012861METHOD FOR SUBPIXEL DISPARITY CALCULATIONDecember 2022December 2025Allow3610NoNo
18082861APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING IMAGE QUALITY AND METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022May 2025Allow2910NoNo
18071089CALIBRATION-LESS STRUCTURED LIGHT MEASUREMENTNovember 2022August 2025Allow3210YesNo
18056526Eye Tracking Data FilteringNovember 2022October 2025Allow3510NoNo
17968819TRAINING A DENOISING MODEL FOR A MICROSCOPEOctober 2022October 2025Allow3620YesNo
17966082System of analysis of video stream in order to determine pool water quality and robot presenceOctober 2022September 2025Abandon3510NoNo
18045598IMAGE ANOMALY DETECTION BY ENHANCING PATCHED FEATURESOctober 2022April 2025Allow3010YesNo
17958474APPEARANCE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND APPEARANCE INSPECTION METHODOctober 2022February 2025Allow2800NoNo
17937714Systems and Methods for Automated Clinical Image Quality AssessmentOctober 2022March 2026Allow4120NoNo
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
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
17942548DIMENSION MEASUREMENT METHOD AND DIMENSION MEASUREMENT DEVICESeptember 2022December 2025Allow3930YesNo
17909009LEARNING APPARATUS, LEARNING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMSeptember 2022April 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17901083METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORECASTING TIME SERIES BY IMAGE INPAINTINGSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3720NoNo
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
17873169INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODJuly 2022September 2025Allow3810NoNo
17869877IMAGING METHOD FOR SEPARATING SPECTRAL SIGNAL COMPONENTS, AND ASSOCIATED ENDOSCOPY SYSTEMJuly 2022October 2025Allow3920NoNo
17861741METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOGNIZING TEXT, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2022October 2025Allow3930NoNo
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
17828885ADDRESSABLE AUGMENTED-REALITY CONTENTMay 2022November 2025Allow4250NoNo
17824368Method For Training A Neural Network For Semantic Image SegmentationMay 2022July 2025Allow3830NoNo
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

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner LEE, JONATHAN S.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
5.7%
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, 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.

Strategic Recommendations

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

Examiner LEE, JONATHAN S - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LEE, JONATHAN S works in Art Unit 2677 and has examined 25 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 84.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 39 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LEE, JONATHAN S's allowance rate of 84.0% places them in the 59% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by LEE, JONATHAN S receive 1.68 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 34% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by LEE, JONATHAN S is 39 months. This places the examiner in the 27% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +20.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by LEE, JONATHAN S. This interview benefit is in the 64% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 44.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 95% 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 57.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 83% 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, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 4% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

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 29% 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

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.