USPTO Examiner LEE TOMMY D - Art Unit 2681

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18747618IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF PORTS TO WHICH USB DEVICE IS ATTACHABLEJune 2024March 2025Allow900NoNo
18659972METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRINTING VERIFIED COPY OF A NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENMay 2024June 2025Allow1420NoNo
18629485CONTENT PROVISION DEVICE, CONTENT PROVISION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUMApril 2024June 2025Allow1410YesNo
18624907VALIDATING IMAGE CONTENT AND FORMAT USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEApril 2024July 2024Allow300NoNo
18540688VECTORIZED INTERLEAVE OF BIT PLANESDecember 2023April 2025Allow1600NoNo
18508353IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF PORTS TO WHICH PORTABLE MEMORY IS ATTACHABLENovember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18507226IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR SPECIFYING COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST ERRORS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INSPECTION METHOD, COUNTERMEASURE SPECIFYING PROGRAM, COUNTERMEASURE SPECIFYING SYSTEM, LEARNING APPARATUS, AND LEARNING METHODNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18507305RELATED INFORMATION PROVIDING METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICENovember 2023January 2025Allow1510NoNo
18508099PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINTING APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING A PRINT JOB USING A PRIORITIZED PRINT SETTINGNovember 2023November 2024Allow1210NoNo
18500221INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT EXECUTES CONTROL FOR ENABLING A SECURITY SETTING RELATED TO ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATION WHEN A FUNCTION RELATED TO A PUSH SCAN IS ENABLED, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023May 2025Allow1930NoNo
18493767PRINT SYSTEM, SERVICE SERVER, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR EXECUTION BY A PROCESSOR OF TERMINAL DEVICE CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING WITH A PRINTEROctober 2023January 2025Allow1510NoNo
18491158MANAGEMENT OF PRINTING OPERATIONS USING ENHANCED HOT FOLDERSOctober 2023June 2025Allow2020NoNo
18490661IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR PREVENTING EXECUTION OF STORED JOBOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18470016INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATIONSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18241477IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, METHOD FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATION REGARDING UTILIZATION STATUS OF IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND USER TERMINALSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18455064IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE THAT PERFORMS IMAGE PROCESSING WHEN A POSITION OF A TERMINAL DEVICE IS WITHIN A PREDETERMINED RANGEAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18454675SERVER APPARATUS THAT DETERMINES IF PRINT DATA HAS NOT BEEN PRINTED AND TRANSMITS UNPRINTED PRINT DATA TO THE PRINTING APPARATUSAugust 2023September 2024Allow1320NoNo
18366448SERVER, PRINTING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023March 2025Allow1900NoNo
18363510IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR MINING PROCESSINGAugust 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18359939COMPATIBLE METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELF-SERVICE PRINTING BACKGROUND, AND DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM AND SYSTEMJuly 2023March 2025Allow2000NoNo
18357391PRINTING DEVICE PRINTING PATCH CHART INCLUDING PATCHES FOR SPECIFIED COLORS INCLUDED IN SPECIFIED OBJECT SPECIFIED FROM AMONG OBJECTS IN PRINTING TARGET IMAGEJuly 2023September 2024Allow1310NoNo
18347463IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, THAT EXECUTES AN OPERATION OR OPERATIONS AFTER A CHANGE IN POWER STATE OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSJuly 2023September 2024Allow1420NoNo
18265943Provisioning System for Cloud-Connected PrintersJune 2023April 2025Allow2210NoNo
18322687IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A PLURALITY OF PORTS TO WHICH PORTABLE MEMORY IS ATTACHABLE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM AND METHOD FOR THE SAMEMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18307078IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THAT SEPARATE A COLOR COMPONENT ATTRIBUTABLE TO A SUBTRACTIVE COLOR MIXTURE COLOR MATERIAL FROM AN IMAGEApril 2023August 2024Allow1520NoNo
18304569METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AMBIENT INTELLIGENCE BASED USER INTERACTIONApril 2023June 2025Allow2600NoNo
18032798COLOR MAP WRAPPERS AND PACKETSApril 2023June 2025Allow2600NoNo
18192142ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR DISPLAYING A DISPLAY SCREEN BASED ON USER INFORMATIONMarch 2023June 2024Allow1520NoNo
18179747PRINTING SYSTEM TO DISPLAY OBJECT SELECTION, PRINTING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023November 2024Allow2030NoNo
18110048METHOD FOR DETECTING SURFACE GRADIENT OF UNSTRUCTURED ROAD BASED ON LIDARFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2910NoNo
18164719INFERENCE PROCESSING SYSTEM IN WHICH SERVER AND EDGE DEVICE COOPERATE TO PERFORM COMPUTATION, SERVER, EDGE DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3110YesNo
18018254IMAGE READING APPARATUS WITH POSTURE ADJUSTMENT PORTION AND STIMULUS OUTPUT PORTIONJanuary 2023August 2024Allow1920NoNo
18004063ADJUSTING COLORANT VALUES IN IMAGES TO BE PRINTEDJanuary 2023October 2024Abandon2120NoNo
18084997DETECTION METHOD AND DETECTION SYSTEM USING LOCAL SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE (LSPR) SPECTRAL IMAGE BRIGHTNESS CONTRASTDecember 2022September 2025Allow3310NoNo
18079020IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGING BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES TRANSPORTED IN A FLUIDDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210YesNo
17993205PRINTING SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING TRANSACTIONS IN A DISTRIBUTED LEDGERNovember 2022October 2024Abandon2320NoNo
17982642METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMPANION ANIMAL HEALTH DIAGNOSIS USING IMAGE OF SAMPLENovember 2022September 2025Abandon3510NoNo
18051263TECHNIQUES FOR OPTIMIZING NEURAL NETWORKS FOR MEMOIZATION USING SHIFTED VALUE LOCALIZATIONOctober 2022September 2025Allow3410NoNo
17957841METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ANALYZING INTESTINAL MICROFLORA OF A SUBJECTSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3410NoNo
17915570Method for Finding Image Regions that Significantly Influence Classification in a Tool for Pathology Classification in a Medical ImageSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
17936336DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION BASED ON WHETHER A USER IS PERMITTED TO USE A FUNCTIONSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2730NoNo
17914737PREDICTION OF GEOGRAPHIC-ATROPHY PROGRESSION USING SEGMENTATION AND FEATURE EVALUATIONSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
17934887METHOD FOR PICKING UP AN OBJECT BY MEANS OF A ROBOTIC DEVICESeptember 2022April 2025Allow3110NoNo
17946771SLIDE IMAGING APPARATUS INCLUDING A ROBOTIC ARM AND A METHOD FOR IMAGING A SLIDESeptember 2022August 2025Allow3510NoNo
17911753POSITIONING METHOD, POSITIONING DEVICE, AND POSITIONING SYSTEMSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3010NoNo
17945732GUIDANCE METHOD FOR MOTOR IMAGERY AND APPARATUS THEREOFSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3120NoNo
17932231IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS CAPABLE OF COMMUNICATING WITH A SYSTEM FOR CENSORSHIP FUNCTIONSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2220NoNo
17906169System and Methods of Prediction of Ischemic Brain Tissue Fate from Multi-Phase CT-Angiography in Patients with Acute Ischemic Stroke using Machine LearningSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3410NoNo
17931109Diverse Cosmetic and Skin Care Product Matching SystemSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3310NoNo
17886839System and Method for Load-Carrier Pose EstimationAugust 2022June 2025Allow3410NoNo
17886650VIDEO MONITORING WITH ROBUST PRIVACY MASKINGAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110YesNo
17884592SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING SAFETY IN BUILDINGSAugust 2022March 2025Abandon3110NoNo
17759785METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCALIZATION WITH SUPERVISIONJuly 2022March 2025Allow3210YesNo
17814849ITERATIVE HIERARCHAL NETWORK FOR REGULATING MEDICAL IMAGE RECONSTRUCTIONJuly 2022April 2025Allow3310NoNo
17861738IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJuly 2022May 2025Allow3400NoNo
17854915SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DYNAMIC PRINT HEAD ADJUSTMENT FOR SUBLIMATION INK PRINTINGJune 2022January 2025Allow3120NoNo
17789752INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR GENERATING CROWD-AVOIDANCE PATH PLANSJune 2022July 2025Allow3720NoNo
17850665IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ASSOCIATING MOVING OBJECTS IN IMAGESJune 2022January 2025Allow3110NoNo
17851020INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY ORDERING PAGEJune 2022December 2024Allow2910NoNo
17850421LIVENESS DETECTION BASED ON GESTURE VALIDATION, FACIAL EXPRESSION ANALYSIS, AND CONCURRENCY VALIDATIONJune 2022February 2025Allow3210NoNo
17786841Systems and Methods for Manipulation of Shadows on Portrait Image FramesJune 2022May 2025Allow3511NoNo
17842206DEFECT DETECTION METHOD OF DEEP LEARNING-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR ELEMENT MANUFACTURING METHOD INCLUDING THE DEFECT DETECTION METHODJune 2022October 2024Allow2800NoNo
17804650MEDICAL INFORMATION DISPLAY APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING AN INDEX VALUE FOR THE LUNG, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR DERIVING THE INDEX VALUE, AND MEDICAL INFORMATION DISPLAY METHOD FOR DISPLAYING THE INDEX VALUEMay 2022February 2025Allow3310NoNo
17826403DRIVING ANALYSIS DEVICE AND DRIVING ANALYSIS METHOD FOR ANALYZING DRIVER TENDENCYMay 2022December 2024Allow3110NoNo
17660582IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR GENERATING HIGH-RESOLUTION IMAGES WITH REFLECTED LIGHT IMAGES AND BACKGROUND LIGHT IMAGESApril 2022November 2024Allow3110NoNo
17726218TARGETED SUPER-RESOLUTION IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2022October 2024Allow3000NoNo
17697774FACE RECONSTRUCTION USING A MESH CONVOLUTION NETWORKMarch 2022October 2024Allow3110NoNo
17654533Manufacturing Method of a Component Carrier, Handling System, Computer Program and System ArchitectureMarch 2022October 2024Allow3110NoNo
17689630GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND CHIPMarch 2022September 2024Allow3010NoNo
17676548MEASUREMENT OF PHYTOTOXICITY FROM IMAGERYFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17533023METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR IDENTIFYING AND AUTHENTICATING PROVENANCE OF WATCHESNovember 2021November 2024Abandon3610NoNo
17517085OPTICAL DIFFRACTIVE PROCESSING UNITNovember 2021March 2025Allow4100NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner LEE, TOMMY D - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner LEE, TOMMY D works in Art Unit 2681 and has examined 2 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 50.0%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 41 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner LEE, TOMMY D's allowance rate of 50.0% places them in the 12% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by LEE, TOMMY D receive 0.50 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 3% 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, TOMMY D is 41 months. This places the examiner in the 21% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

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:

  • Prepare for rigorous examination: With a below-average allowance rate, ensure your application has strong written description and enablement support. Consider filing a continuation if you need to add new matter.
  • 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

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