USPTO Examiner POPOVICI DOV - Art Unit 2681

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18760734SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EDITING AUDIOVISUAL DATA USING LATENT CODES FROM GENERATIVE NETWORKS AND MODELSJuly 2024July 2025Allow1310YesNo
18670947IMPLEMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING IMPLEMENT STATEMay 2024December 2024Allow700YesNo
18637567RECORDING MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING PRINT SETTING THAT SELECTIVELY REQUIRES A PASSWORDApril 2024May 2025Allow1310YesNo
18607676IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR CREATING IMAGE FORMING CONDITIONMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18440822IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1300NoNo
18429819IMAGE INSPECTION DEVICE, IMAGE FORMING DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAMFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1100YesNo
184259643-DIMENSIONAL REPRESENTATIONS OF POST-CONTRAST ENHANCED BRAIN LESIONSJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700YesNo
18423105METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING PRINTING DEFECTS AND CONTAMINATED COMPONENTS OF A PRINTERJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1410YesNo
18410763STORAGE MEDIUM, CONTROL METHOD FOR TERMINAL APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL APPARATUSJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1400YesNo
18406835ITERATIVE IMAGE RECONSTRUCTIONJanuary 2024August 2024Allow800YesNo
18401539DETERMINING ITEM QUANTITY AT CHECKOUTDecember 2023February 2026Allow2600NoNo
18399819LEARNING APPARATUS AND LEARNING METHODDecember 2023February 2026Allow2500NoNo
18389931NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING SUPPORT PROGRAMDecember 2023July 2024Allow700YesNo
18532587IMAGE DATA DECOMPRESSIONDecember 2023December 2025Allow2400YesNo
18528238IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS HAVING A CABLE AND A REINFORCING MEMBER ALONG THE CABLEDecember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18518447IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAMNovember 2023July 2024Allow800YesNo
18513756MULTI-SITE CROSS-ORGAN CALIBRATED DEEP LEARNING (MUSCID) METHOD AND APPARATUSNovember 2023December 2025Allow2500NoNo
18514340A CODEC FOR PROCESSING SCENES OF ALMOST UNLIMITED DETAILNovember 2023September 2024Allow1000YesNo
18510435PRINTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PRINTING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM THAT STORES PROGRAMNovember 2023December 2024Allow1410NoNo
18386668MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD, MANAGEMENT SERVER, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMNovember 2023June 2024Allow800YesNo
18497974SYSTEMS FOR CELL SHAPE ESTIMATIONOctober 2023January 2025Allow1510YesNo
18554028SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAMOctober 2023November 2025Allow2500YesNo
18369303OPTICAL INSPECTION SYSTEM AND OPTICAL INSPECTION METHODSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18368721IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS WITH HARDWARE KEYS PROVIDED ON A BACK SURFACE OF AN OPERATING PORTIONSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110YesNo
18548686VITAL SIGNS MONITORING METHOD, DEVICES RELATED THERETO AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2810YesNo
18453573PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR FORMING A COATING FILM ON A SUBSTRATE HAVING A CAMERA AND A MIRROR MEMBERAugust 2023October 2025Allow2600YesNo
18447450METHOD, USER DEVICE AND A PRINTING DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING ONE OR MORE CUSTOMIZED PRODUCTSAugust 2023June 2025Allow2210YesNo
18343825SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PILL IDENTIFICATION BASED ON IMAGE AND USER CLAIMS DATAJune 2023November 2025Allow2800YesNo
18338056MODEL TRAINING BASED ON SYNTHETIC DATAJune 2023September 2025Allow2700YesNo
18209394System and Method for Early Identification of Difficult Venous Access of a PatientJune 2023September 2025Allow2700YesNo
18254801SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTION OF SUBJECT ACTIVITY BY PROCESSING VIDEO AND OTHER SIGNALS USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEMay 2023September 2025Allow2800YesNo
18320965X-RAY IMAGING DEVICE WITH A RECONFIGURABLE IMAGE PROCESSING MODULEMay 2023August 2025Allow2700YesNo
18036181METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SENSOR SIGNALS DEPENDENT DIALOG GENERATION DURING A MEDICAL IMAGING PROCESSMay 2023December 2025Allow3110YesNo
18249909DATA CREATION SYSTEM, LEARNING SYSTEM, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, PROCESSING DEVICE, EVALUATION SYSTEM, DATA CREATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMApril 2023August 2025Allow2800NoNo
18301311SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR UTILIZING A TIERED PROCESSING SCHEMEApril 2023July 2024Allow1500YesNo
18030568MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAMApril 2023September 2025Allow3010YesNo
18126542MACHINE LEARNING PREFLIGHT PRINTING SYSTEM AND METHODSMarch 2023February 2026Allow3500YesNo
18188419READING DEVICE, OUTPUT DEVICE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSMarch 2023February 2026Allow3510NoNo
18112870IMAGE SEGMENTATION AND VECTORIZATION SYSTEM FOR COMPLEMENTARY STYLING PRODUCTSFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2900YesNo
18162264SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RETRIEVAL OF POINT CLOUD DATA FROM CACHE IN RESPONSE TO TRIGGERING EVENTSJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2900YesNo
18099681SCANNING DENTAL IMPRESSIONSJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3110NoNo
18096637THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING METHOD, THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA ENCODING DEVICE, AND THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA DECODING DEVICEJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2900YesNo
18013605Correction Coefficient Calculation Device, Correction Coefficient Calculation Method, and Correction Coefficient Calculation ProgramDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18012491METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING AN ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCEDecember 2022October 2025Allow3410NoNo
18055603APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING FILTER PROCESSING USING CONVOLUTION OPERATION, METHOD OF PERFORMING FILTER PROCESSING, AND MEDIUMNovember 2022August 2025Allow3300YesNo
17924929COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETERMINING A VASCULAR FUNCTION OF A PERFUSION IMAGING SEQUENCENovember 2022June 2025Allow3100YesNo
17965164Proactive Service Requests for Forecast Storage System FailuresOctober 2022May 2025Allow3100YesNo
17961230AUTOMATED COLLECTION OF PRODUCT IMAGE DATA AND ANNOTATIONS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL TRAININGOctober 2022June 2025Allow3200YesNo
17955814JOINT 2D AND 3D OBJECT TRACKING FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONSSeptember 2022September 2025Allow3610YesNo
17954490SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC IMAGES WITH PREANALYTIC ADJUSTMENTSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3200YesNo
17940709METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LEARNING TO SHARE WEIGHTS ACROSS TRANSFORMER BACKBONES IN VISION AND LANGUAGE TASKSSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3400YesNo
17940599SELF-SUPERVISED MULTIMODAL REPRESENTATION LEARNING WITH CASCADE POSITIVE EXAMPLE MININGSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3200YesNo
17930382IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2022April 2025Allow3100YesNo
17802010Method for Analyzing a Structure within a Fluidic SystemAugust 2022September 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17887236DISPLAY DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF THE SAMEAugust 2022September 2024Allow2500YesNo
17881923SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING AN OBJECT WITHIN AN IMAGEAugust 2022March 2025Allow3100YesNo
17872801METHODS, SYSTEMS, ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE, AND APPARATUS FOR DECODING IMAGESJuly 2022January 2025Allow3000YesNo
17813953APPARATUSES, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR IMPROVED GENERATION OF OBJECT IDENTIFICATION DATAJuly 2022January 2025Allow3000YesNo
17793832Image Classification Device and MethodJuly 2022December 2024Allow2900NoNo
17868217METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING THE IMAGE PROCESSING OF WEB VIDEOS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS APPLYING THE METHODJuly 2022May 2025Allow3410YesNo
17865290LIGHTWEIGHT, MOBILE 3D FACE IMAGING SYSTEM FOR CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTSJuly 2022April 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17859913UNSUPERVISED OBJECT-ORIENTED DECOMPOSITIONAL NORMALIZING FLOWJuly 2022December 2024Allow2900NoNo
17856118AUTONOMOUS AGENT OPERATION USING HISTOGRAM IMAGESJuly 2022July 2025Allow3700YesNo
17855048CONDITION DIAGNOSIS USING USER DEVICEJune 2022December 2024Allow2900NoNo
17788563ACTION IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2022November 2024Allow2900YesNo
17788444OBJECT TRACKING APPARATUS, OBJECT TRACKING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2022November 2024Allow2800YesNo
17783723DETERMINATION SYSTEM, DETERMINATION METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND AUTHENTICATION SYSTEMJune 2022January 2025Allow3210YesNo
17830784SYSTEMS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS FOR OCCUPANCY TRACKING USING AUGMENTED REALITYJune 2022October 2024Allow2800YesNo
17831241SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANTIMICROBIAL APPLICATION AND RELATED DATA COLLECTIONJune 2022September 2024Allow2700YesNo
17804815ATMOSPHERIC CHEMICAL SPECIES DETECTION USING MULTISPECTRAL IMAGINGMay 2022September 2024Allow2800YesNo
17781074METHOD TO IMPROVE INSTANCE SELECTION IN BOOTSTRAPPING FRAMEWORK FOR CONCEPT EXTRACTION FROM TEXT DOCUMENTSMay 2022August 2024Allow2700YesNo
17698094INSPECTION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022March 2025Allow3610NoNo
17694352SYSTEM, DEVICES AND/OR PROCESSES FOR APPLICATION OF KERNEL COEFFICIENTSMarch 2022September 2024Allow3000YesNo
17641811IMAGE SUPER-RESOLUTION PROCESSING METHOD, SYSTEM, AND DEVICEMarch 2022March 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17641692METHOD FOR PREDICTING LUNG CANCER DEVELOPMENT BASED ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL, AND ANALYSIS DEVICE THEREFORMarch 2022August 2024Allow2900YesNo
17641436METHOD AND SYSTEM OF RECOGNIZING AND PROCESSING OBJECT EDGES AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022February 2025Allow3520YesNo
17665793VISUAL FEATURE DATABASE CONSTRUCTION METHOD, VISUAL POSITIONING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2022July 2024Allow3000YesNo
17590581INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND TERMINAL DEVICEFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2900YesNo
17585301DUAL-LEVEL MODEL FOR SEGMENTATIONJanuary 2022November 2024Allow3410NoNo
17621331HYBRID MULTI-CAMERA TRACKING FOR COMPUTER-GUIDED SURGICAL NAVIGATIONDecember 2021September 2024Allow3310YesNo
17545765METHOD FOR CHARACTER RECOGNITION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2021November 2024Abandon3510NoNo
17529439DEEP LEARNING DEVICE AND SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMENovember 2021April 2025Allow4000YesNo
17609708EXHIBITION SUPPORT DEVICE, EXHIBITION SUPPORT SYSTEM, EXHIBITION SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAMNovember 2021July 2024Allow3210NoNo
17609547Image Taking Method, Image Analysis Method, Method For Training An Image Analysis Neural Network, And Image Analysis Neural NetworkNovember 2021November 2024Allow3620YesNo
17484072Tracking Method, Laser Scanner, And Tracking ProgramSeptember 2021July 2025Allow4510YesNo
15991118INK-OPTIMIZED HALFTONE SCREENMay 2018April 2019Allow1000YesNo
15913345SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBFUSCATING INDICIA ON REUSABLE MEDIAMarch 2018February 2019Allow1100YesNo
15724071MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHODOctober 2017February 2019Allow1710YesNo
15450117IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSMarch 2017March 2018Allow1200YesNo
15430799IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM, AND PRINTING METHOD THAT DECIDE WHETHER TO STORE, PRINT AND NOT STORE, OR PRINT AND STORE IMAGE DATAFebruary 2017June 2018Allow1630YesNo
15331208IMAGE PROCESSOR ACQUIRING IMAGE LOG, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR IMAGE PROCESSOROctober 2016May 2018Allow1920YesNo
15331175INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODOctober 2016October 2018Allow2440YesNo
15298157INFORMATION PRESENTATION SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PRESENTATION METHODOctober 2016July 2017Allow910YesNo
15294326IMAGE FORMING SYSTEM THAT ENSURES CONTINUOUS USE OF PRINT RESOURCES AND IMAGE FORMING METHODOctober 2016March 2017Allow500YesNo
15091516PRINTING APPARATUS, POWER-OFF CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMApril 2016December 2016Allow800YesNo
15078260A PRINTING CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2016July 2017Allow1620YesNo
15045801OUTPUT CONTROL SYSTEM, OUTPUT CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMFebruary 2016February 2017Allow1210YesNo
14940991SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING THE EXECUTION OF PRINT JOBSNovember 2015October 2016Allow1110YesNo
14886117IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT CONVERTS INPUT COLOR VALUE TO REPRESENTATIVE COLOR VALUE WITHIN CONSTANT HUE PLANE AND¿USES CONVERTED COLOR VALUE AS PRINTING COLOR VALUE, AND IMAGE¿FORMING METH93October 2015February 2017Allow1610YesNo
14828970MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHODAugust 2015April 2016Allow800NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

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
5.8%
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 POPOVICI, DOV - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner POPOVICI, DOV works in Art Unit 2681 and has examined 84 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 98.8%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner POPOVICI, DOV's allowance rate of 98.8% places them in the 92% 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 POPOVICI, DOV receive 1.37 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 20% 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 POPOVICI, DOV is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 83% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by POPOVICI, DOV. This interview benefit is in the 49% 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, 32.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 70% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 25.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 34% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 92% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.

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 7.1% of allowed cases (in the 89% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 2.4% of allowed cases (in the 70% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.