USPTO Examiner MCLEAN NEIL R - Art Unit 2681

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18764548SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTIVELY SENDING, DELIVERY AND RECEIVING OF FAXESJuly 2024March 2025Allow900NoNo
18601005THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE SPACE TRANSFORMATIONMarch 2024March 2025Allow1220YesNo
18589356MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SYSTEM AND MAINTENANCE SUPPORT METHODFebruary 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18581180Unibody Endoskeletal Transtibial Prosthetic Devices and Digital Fabrication WorkflowFebruary 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18411646COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, CONTROL METHOD OF COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18531925METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR CORRELATING AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL 2D-IMAGE TO A 3D-REPRESENTATION OF AT LEAST A PART OF TOOTHDecember 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18387613SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED IDENTITY VERIFICATIONNovember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18501728CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18499905IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR INPUTTING CHARACTERS USING TOUCH PANEL, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023September 2024Allow1100NoNo
18488473IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR ASSIGNING FILE TO DIRECTORY FOR STORAGE, AND ARRANGING SPECIFIC ELEMENT WITH INPUTTED ATTRIBUTE NAME AT POSITION DESIGNATED BY USER IN RULE DISPLAYED AND EDITED IN FIRST AREA AND ASSIGNS ARRANGED SPECIFIC ELEMENT TO SECOND AREAOctober 2023September 2024Allow1100NoNo
18347037COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PRINTING COMPOSITE IMAGEJuly 2023August 2024Allow1420NoNo
18212424IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHODJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18132233Terminal Device, Access Point, Communication Device, and Computer Programs ThereforApril 2023June 2024Allow1410NoNo
17991908APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING LEARNING DATA FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELNovember 2022March 2025Allow2810NoNo
17919778INSPECTION SYSTEMOctober 2022March 2025Allow2900NoNo
17937024TECHNIQUES FOR GENERATING A PERCEPTUAL QUALITY MODEL FOR PREDICTING VIDEO QUALITY ACROSS DIFFERENT VIEWING PARAMETERSSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3310NoNo
17952789METHOD FOR TRACKING DIGITAL ASSETS VIA STATISTICAL STEGANOGRAPHYSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3000NoNo
17935399SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VALIDATING PLANTING OF TREESSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3010YesNo
17949003System and Method with Masking and Inpainting Strategy for Generic Defense Against Patch AttacksSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3110YesNo
17941512METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING FLARED GAS QUANTITIES BY USING SWIR IMAGES ACQUIRED BY A SPACEBORNE IMAGE SENSORSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3010YesNo
17822548ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SUPPORTED READING BY REDACTING OF A NORMAL AREA IN A MEDICAL IMAGEAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17874504SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REMOTE ASSET TAGGING AND MANAGEMENTJuly 2022November 2024Allow2710NoNo
17786379SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROGRESSIVE REGISTRATIONJune 2022March 2025Allow3310YesNo
17751933VEHICLE MOUNTED LIVENESS DETECTION SYSTEM, LIVENESS DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2022April 2025Allow3520NoNo
17778324INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, RANGE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMMay 2022October 2024Allow2910NoNo
17756131APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL INSPECTION OF SANITARYWAREMay 2022March 2025Allow3410NoNo
17777083Offline Troubleshooting and Development for Automated Visual Inspection StationsMay 2022April 2025Allow3510YesNo
17736078DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY IDENTIFYING AND CATEGORIZING WASTE, AND DIRECTING A DESIRED USER ACTIONMay 2022June 2024Allow2600NoNo
17772591IMAGING APPARATUS FOR AUTHENTICATION AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMApril 2022March 2025Allow3410NoNo
17727218IMAGE ACQUIRING DEVICE, CANCER DETERMINATION DEVICE, CANCER DETERMINATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMApril 2022February 2025Allow3410NoNo
17714654DEPTH IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2022October 2024Allow3010YesNo
17656803SENTIMENT CAPTURE BY WIRELESS NETWORK ELEMENTSMarch 2022November 2024Allow3210NoNo
17706107Utilizing Sensor Data For Automated User IdentificationMarch 2022October 2024Allow3100NoNo
17705365INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMMarch 2022March 2025Allow3610NoNo
17698511DETECTION DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING AN OBJECT AND/OR A PERSON, METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022January 2025Allow3410YesNo
17698309SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC VIDEO RECONSTRUCTION WITH DYNAMIC POINT OF INTERESTMarch 2022October 2024Allow3110YesNo
17675305VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICEFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3110YesNo
17672427MEASUREMENT AND APPLICATION OF IMAGE COLORFULNESS USING DEEP LEARNINGFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2900YesNo
17581604DEEP LEARNING BASED SAMPLE LOCALIZATIONJanuary 2022September 2024Allow3210NoNo
17579370GUIDED DOMAIN RANDOMIZATION VIA DIFFERENTIABLE DATASET RENDERINGJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3010NoNo
17573510METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING OBJECT IN IMAGE RELATED TO AN ANIMAL'S EYE OR NOSEJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3010NoNo
17624621IMAGE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS USING DEEP LEARNING MODEL AND METHOD THEREFORJanuary 2022April 2024Allow2700YesNo
17623376PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR TREATING INFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTIONSDecember 2021November 2024Allow3410NoNo
17455514DATA AUGMENTATION FOR MACHINE LEARNINGNovember 2021June 2025Allow4310NoNo
17524475Systems and Methods for Artificial Facial Image Generation Conditioned On Demographic InformationNovember 2021September 2024Allow3510NoNo
17504203INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOROctober 2021March 2025Allow4020NoNo
17491248INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2021August 2024Allow3510YesNo
17482875METHOD AND APPARATUS OF SPATIALLY SPARSE CONVOLUTION MODULE FOR VISUAL RENDERING AND SYNTHESISSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3320NoNo
17462752MACHINE LEARNING-BASED ENVIRONMENT FAIL-SAFES THROUGH MULTIPLE CAMERA VIEWSAugust 2021August 2024Allow3510NoNo
17142906TERMINAL DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM WITH MENU FOR SERVICE SELECTIONJanuary 2021November 2024Allow4630YesNo
16224944HINGE MECHANISM AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSDecember 2018June 2019Allow600NoNo
15875334INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CLIENT TERMINALJanuary 2018September 2018Allow810NoNo
15874332INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODJanuary 2018November 2018Allow1010YesNo
15873408INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING NONVOLATILE STORAGE DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAMEJanuary 2018December 2018Allow1110YesNo
15869660IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAMJanuary 2018March 2019Allow1430YesNo
15340220PRINTING APPARATUS HAVING WIRELESS DIRECT COMMUNICATION FUNCTION AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE PRINTING APPARATUSNovember 2016October 2018Allow2440NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner MCLEAN, NEIL R - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MCLEAN, NEIL R works in Art Unit 2681 and has examined 51 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 100.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 30 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MCLEAN, NEIL R's allowance rate of 100.0% places them in the 98% 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 MCLEAN, NEIL R receive 1.04 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 14% 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 MCLEAN, NEIL R is 30 months. This places the examiner in the 42% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MCLEAN, NEIL R. This interview benefit is in the 11% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 35.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 75% 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 33.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

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 2% 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 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:

  • 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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