USPTO Examiner YANG QIAN - Art Unit 2677

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19234316Machine vision based installation method, system, and storage medium for building boardsJune 2025August 2025Allow300YesNo
18834775METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSFORMING SPEECH INTO VISUAL TEXTJuly 2024February 2026Allow1900NoNo
18745340Function Executing Device with Two Types of Wireless Communication InterfacesJune 2024April 2025Allow1000NoNo
18667568Camera Platform Incorporating Schedule and StatureMay 2024February 2026Allow2110YesNo
18661521Mixed Depth Object DetectionMay 2024November 2025Allow1810YesNo
18654696Customizing Large Language Models For Information RetrievalMay 2024March 2026Allow2210NoNo
18636628Data Rate Control for Event-Based Vision SensorApril 2024February 2026Abandon2210NoNo
18693557IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODMarch 2024October 2025Allow1840YesNo
18587200System And Method For Matching Products And Determining Spreads And PlugsFebruary 2024October 2025Allow1910NoNo
18438327IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2500YesNo
18438145SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC SCREEN CAPTURES BY A VIRTUAL MEETING PARTICIPANTFebruary 2024July 2024Allow530YesNo
18542438METHOD FOR DEBUGGING IMAGES AND TRACKING USAGE PATTERNS OF ANONYMOUS OBJECTS WITHIN A SPACEDecember 2023May 2025Allow1700NoNo
18536738AUTO-ORGANIZING OBJECTS BASED ON DOCUMENT ANALYSISDecember 2023March 2026Allow2720YesNo
18530481SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DIGITIZED DOCUMENT IMAGE TEXT CONTOURINGDecember 2023July 2025Allow1910YesNo
18567243METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING TEXT, AND APPARATUSDecember 2023January 2026Allow2500NoNo
18519265SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING IMAGE ANALYSIS TO AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINE VEHICLE INFORMATIONNovember 2023July 2025Allow1910YesNo
18507339GENERATING ALTERNATIVE TEXT (“ALT TEXT”) FOR IMAGESNovember 2023November 2025Allow2410YesNo
18497362MODIFICATION OF ELECTRONIC SYSTEM OPERATION BASED ON ACOUSTIC AMBIENCE CLASSIFICATIONOctober 2023August 2025Allow2120YesYes
18493740PREDICTING CANCER RECURRENCE FROM SPATIAL MULTI-PARAMETER CELLULAR AND SUBCELLULAR IMAGING DATAOctober 2023November 2024Allow1200YesNo
18491548OBJECT DETECTIONS FOR VIRTUAL REALITYOctober 2023October 2025Abandon2420NoNo
18485069Neural Networks For Speaker VerificationOctober 2023July 2024Allow900YesNo
18484328IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18482823VIDEO TO NARRATIONOctober 2023July 2024Allow920YesNo
18464396INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICESeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18459179METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PROVIDING TEXT-RELATED IMAGEAugust 2023July 2025Allow2340YesNo
18237481Detecting Target Objects in a 3D SpaceAugust 2023August 2025Abandon2350NoNo
18455459SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUGMENTED REALITYAugust 2023June 2024Allow1000NoNo
18236661Conversational Artificial Intelligence Runtime System Using A Human-Like InstructionsAugust 2023September 2025Allow2510NoNo
18235124ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, TERMINAL APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOFAugust 2023December 2025Allow2811YesNo
18274232METHOD AND APPARATUS OF TRAINING IMAGE RECOGNITION MODEL, AND METHOD OF DETECTING DISPLAY SUBSTRATEJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18354932GENERATING SYNTHETIC MODELS OR VIRTUAL OBJECTS FOR TRAINING A DEEP LEARNING NETWORKJuly 2023January 2025Allow1820YesNo
18352743SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR ASSESSING SENTENCE SEGMENTATIONJuly 2023November 2025Abandon2910NoNo
18219077METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SPECTRAL EXPANSION FOR AN AUDIO SIGNALJuly 2023May 2025Allow2230YesNo
18217930JOINT PROCESSING OF CORRECTIVE AND MISINTERPRETED UTTERANCES FOR ACCURATE ASSISTANT RESPONSESJuly 2023September 2025Allow2610YesNo
18345574LINE REMOVAL FROM AN IMAGEJune 2023August 2025Allow2640YesNo
18337803METHODS FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL STATE DETERMINATION IN BODY SCANSJune 2023September 2024Allow1510NoNo
18335210SMART IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICE USING SAMEJune 2023January 2026Allow3110NoNo
18327468Systems and Methods of Detecting and Responding to a Visitor to a Smart Home EnvironmentJune 2023June 2024Allow1200YesNo
18198053THICKNESS MEASUREMENT OF SUBSTRATE USING COLOR METROLOGYMay 2023August 2024Allow1520NoNo
18315176MACHINE-LEARNING FRAMEWORK FOR DETECTING DEFECTS OR CONDITIONS OF RAILCAR SYSTEMSMay 2023July 2025Allow2630YesNo
18312587ACOUSTIC MODEL TRAINING USING CORRECTED TERMSMay 2023August 2025Allow2840YesNo
18136960METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING VEHICLEApril 2023November 2025Allow3110NoNo
18296128METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING CHILDREN'S SITTING POSTURE BASED ON FACE RECOGNITION OF CHILDRENApril 2023February 2026Abandon3410NoNo
18130169Method and System for Generating Test Cases for Visual Train PositioningApril 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18187890METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A GAZE DIRECTION OF A USERMarch 2023January 2026Allow3420YesNo
18181195LEARNING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROL THE SAME, AND CONTROL PROGRAMMarch 2023July 2025Allow2810NoNo
18044071MORPHOLOGY DECODER TO PREDICT HETEROGENEOUS ROCK PERMEABILITY WITH MACHINE LEARNING GUIDED 3D VISIONMarch 2023April 2025Allow2600NoNo
18177851FEATURE DETECTION DEVICE, FEATURE DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETECTING FEATUREMarch 2023August 2025Allow3010NoNo
18150964TRAINING METHOD FOR HUMAN BODY ATTRIBUTE DETECTION MODEL, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MEDIUMJanuary 2023November 2025Abandon3410NoNo
18076564PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A FLOOR PLANDecember 2022May 2025Allow2910YesNo
18008426METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK FOR SEVERITY DECISIONDecember 2022September 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17998610IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND PROGRAMNovember 2022January 2026Abandon3911NoNo
17982696KEY POINT CORRECTION SYSTEM, KEY POINT CORRECTION METHOD, AND NONTRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMNovember 2022April 2025Allow3010YesNo
18051044SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ACCESS CASUALTY HEALTH INFORMATION IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATIONOctober 2022May 2025Abandon3130NoNo
17974676METHOD FOR MEASURING THICKNESS OF A THIN FILM LAYER ON GLASSOctober 2022May 2025Abandon3110NoNo
17962388MULTI-CAMERA DOMAIN ADAPTIVE OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND DETECTION METHOD THEREOFOctober 2022April 2025Allow3010NoNo
17955648INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022December 2025Abandon3930YesNo
17936097MODULARIZED ATTENTIVE GRAPH NETWORKS FOR FINE-GRAINED REFERRING EXPRESSION COMPREHENSIONSeptember 2022March 2026Allow4110YesNo
17931257SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED RENDERINGSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3111YesNo
17823852IMAGE SELECTION SUPPORT DEVICE, IMAGE SELECTION SUPPORT METHOD, AND IMAGE SELECTION SUPPORT PROGRAMAugust 2022February 2025Allow2910YesNo
17908039IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMAugust 2022March 2025Allow3010NoNo
17802363BODY HEIGHT ESTIMATING APPARATUS, BODY HEIGHT ESTIMATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022May 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17892375APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SENSING AND ANALYZING SKIN CONDITIONAugust 2022September 2025Allow3720NoNo
17798969CLASSIFYING OUT-OF-DISTRIBUTION DATA USING A CONTRASTIVE LOSSAugust 2022February 2025Allow3110YesNo
17814946ENHANCED IMAGE FOR NON-CONTACT MONITORINGJuly 2022August 2025Allow3621YesNo
17865735VOXELIZATION OF A 3D STRUCTURAL MEDICAL IMAGE OF A HUMAN'S BRAINJuly 2022February 2025Allow3110NoNo
17812970Biometric Monitoring Systems and MethodsJuly 2022August 2024Allow2500NoNo
17866159IDENTIFICATION OF A VEHICLE HAVING VARIOUS DISASSEMBLY STATESJuly 2022August 2025Abandon3720NoNo
17860815MULTI-STREAM LATE FUSION OF IMAGES FOR SEMANTIC SEGMENTATIONJuly 2022August 2025Abandon3720NoNo
17859824TREATMENT SYSTEM, CONTROL DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHODJuly 2022May 2025Allow3420YesNo
17791398SURGICAL OPERATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, SURGICAL OPERATION SUPPORT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMJuly 2022January 2025Allow3010YesNo
17858722MACHINE LEARNING ASSISTED SUPER RESOLUTION MICROSCOPYJuly 2022September 2024Allow2600NoNo
17788732A PET SYSTEM ATTENUATION CORRECTION METHOD BASED ON A FLOW MODELJune 2022December 2024Allow2910YesNo
17843817SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR IMPLEMENTING ANNOTATION-EFFICIENT DEEP LEARNING MODELS UTILIZING SPARSELY-ANNOTATED OR ANNOTATION-FREE TRAININGJune 2022June 2025Abandon3510YesNo
17841232PRESENTATION DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING A GRAPHICAL PRESENTATION OF AN AUGMENTED REALITYJune 2022September 2024Allow2700NoNo
17756700COMPUTATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY FEATURES WITH DEPTHMay 2022August 2025Allow3830YesNo
17780694METHOD FOR DETECTING HAND KEY POINTS, METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING GESTURE, AND RELATED DEVICESMay 2022January 2025Allow3210YesNo
17746347MEDICAL IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND MEDICAL IMAGE VISUALIZATION APPARATUS AND METHODMay 2022January 2025Allow3211YesNo
17755465METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED SPECIMEN CHARACTERIZATION USING DIAGNOSTIC ANALYSIS SYSTEM WITH CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE BASED TRAININGApril 2022August 2025Allow4030NoNo
17660090TRANSFERRING FACES BETWEEN DIGITAL IMAGES BY COMBINING LATENT CODES UTILIZING A BLENDING NETWORKApril 2022October 2024Allow3010YesNo
17767700PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT SYSTEM AND PATHOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT DEVICEApril 2022July 2025Allow3931YesNo
17754302Graph-based Hemodynamics for Biomarkers of Neurovascular ResilienceMarch 2022February 2026Allow4740YesNo
17706524INTELLIGENT SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING HEMP BY HEADSPACE CHEMICAL ANALYSISMarch 2022May 2025Allow3730YesNo
17700312METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022August 2024Allow2910NoNo
17688771IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMMarch 2022August 2024Allow2910NoNo
17678121OCCLUSION DETECTION FOR LASER SCAN-POINT COLORINGFebruary 2022December 2025Abandon4630YesNo
17677990TARGET POSITIONING METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEMFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3010YesNo
17665587INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17585311ULTRASONIC SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17562817PREDICTING WOUND MANAGEMENT TREATMENT RESOURCES USING MACHINE LEARNINGDecember 2021April 2025Allow3930YesNo
17551506METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING REGION OF INTEREST IN PATHOLOGICAL SLIDE IMAGEDecember 2021March 2026Abandon5160YesNo
17608785RECOGNITION ERROR CORRECTION DEVICE AND CORRECTION MODELNovember 2021March 2025Allow4010YesNo
17433566DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT PROGRAM, DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT METHODAugust 2021August 2024Allow3630NoNo
17347917SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR DETECTING FUNCTIONAL DISORDER(S) OR AGING PROGRESSION IN MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGINGJune 2021May 2024Allow3540YesNo
17342836IMAGE PROCESSING CONTROLLER, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND DISPLAY DEVICEJune 2021January 2025Allow4311YesNo
17326362OCCUPANCY CONTROL APPARATUSMay 2021December 2024Allow4340YesNo
17293731Medical Device Having CameraMay 2021September 2024Allow4110YesNo
17290321AUTOMATICALLY APPLYING STYLE CHARACTERISTICS TO IMAGESApril 2021February 2025Abandon4640NoNo
17266090SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISEASE DIAGNOSIS USING NEURAL NETWORKFebruary 2021September 2024Allow4430YesNo
17265862INTERPRETABLE DEEP MACHINE LEARNING FOR CLINICAL RADIO;OGYFebruary 2021May 2025Allow5230NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner YANG, QIAN.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
9.9%
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
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

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 YANG, QIAN - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner YANG, QIAN works in Art Unit 2677 and has examined 31 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 93.5%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 40 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner YANG, QIAN's allowance rate of 93.5% places them in the 81% 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 YANG, QIAN receive 2.65 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 77% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by YANG, QIAN is 40 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.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by YANG, QIAN. This interview benefit is in the 38% 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, 25.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 40% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 18.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 22% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 50.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

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:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • 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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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.