USPTO Examiner GARCIA GABRIEL I - Art Unit 2682

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19022509Methods of Printing Document Markings with Enhanced Moiré Effects, and Documents that Exhibit Such EffectsJanuary 2025October 2025Allow921YesNo
18763141PASSAGE TIMING CALCULATION DEVICE, PASSAGE TIMING CALCULATION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING PROGRAMJuly 2024April 2025Allow910NoNo
18649577COMBINING NEAR-INFRARED INFORMATION WITH COLORED IMAGES IN IMAGE-GUIDED SURGERYApril 2024June 2025Allow1310YesNo
18607821METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM, AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTING AN ESTIMATOR FOR USE IN A MICROSCOPEMarch 2024November 2024Allow800NoNo
186018033D VISUALIZATION ENHANCEMENT FOR DEPTH PERCEPTION AND COLLISION AVOIDANCEMarch 2024August 2025Allow1720YesNo
18581711STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSFebruary 2024June 2025Allow1610NoNo
18444058APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING IMAGE BY EMPLOYING COLOR SEPARATION LENS ARRAYFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18429881IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND IMAGE READING METHODFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18428448INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUMJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1100NoNo
18419126SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR ROTATING INSULIN ADMINISTRATION SITESJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1820NoNo
18411440IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1100NoNo
18408601PARAMETER OPTIMIZING METHOD OF NEURAL NETWORK AND COMPUTING APPARATUSJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2500NoNo
18407407MULTI-MODAL REMOTE SENSING IMAGE HYBRID MATCHING METHOD AND SYSTEM WITH MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ORIENTED SELF-SIMILAR FEATURESJanuary 2024December 2025Allow2400NoNo
18401637REAL-TIME DOCUMENT FORGERY DETECTIONJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2600NoNo
18515587SYSTEM, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT DETECTION AND DEPOSIT PROCESSINGNovember 2023December 2024Allow1210NoNo
18499961ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAMENovember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18498205GAZE AND DEPTH BASED CAMERA FOCUSINGOctober 2023December 2025Allow2600NoNo
18496239MODULAR ASSAY READER DEVICEOctober 2023May 2025Allow1810NoNo
18482364EYE-DIRECTED IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSINGOctober 2023October 2025Allow2400NoNo
18481406IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING USB PORT AND NFC MARKOctober 2023August 2024Allow1110YesNo
18553077INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2500NoNo
18369886Device Orientation DetectionSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2600NoNo
18369354Method and Device for Generating Metadata Estimations based on Metadata SubdivisionsSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2400NoNo
18279727Configuring an Immersive ExperienceSeptember 2023February 2026Abandon2910NoNo
18279117Implicit Calibration from Screen Content for Gaze TrackingAugust 2023October 2025Allow2501NoNo
18232694PROJECTION METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2023August 2025Allow2400NoNo
18232600Generating Different Versions of Visual Content for DisplayAugust 2023July 2025Allow2400NoNo
18357528INTERPOLATING AND DEMOSAICKING SUBSAMPLED PIXELS USING NEURAL NETWORKSJuly 2023November 2025Allow2700NoNo
18357090TRACKING INTERACTING HANDS USING SENSOR OF WEARABLE MULTIMEDIA DEVICEJuly 2023September 2025Allow2600NoNo
18272564INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A USER IS A LIVING BODYJuly 2023March 2026Allow3210YesNo
18344514Real Time Visual Mitigation of a Live Camera FeedJune 2023August 2025Allow2600NoNo
18215918Display of Two Functions of Device Used with Data Processing ApparatusJune 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18341567Method and Apparatus for Determining Locations of Wireless CamerasJune 2023August 2025Allow2600YesNo
18341737SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING IMAGE QUALITYJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18209582SEMANTIC LABELING OF NEGATIVE SPACESJune 2023February 2024Allow800NoNo
18307546MASK-ROBUST IMAGE INPAINTING UTILIZING MACHINE-LEARNING MODELSApril 2023September 2025Allow2900YesNo
18306929TEMPERATURE MONITORING WITH A THERMAL CAMERAApril 2023January 2024Allow900NoNo
18305761SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICE AND PROGRAM FOR SHEET CONVEYANCE DEVICEApril 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18248148CYCLING PERFORMING IMAGE CLASSIFICATION BASED ON USER FAMILIARITYApril 2023February 2026Allow3410YesNo
18124387APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ACQUIRING IMAGE BY EMPLOYING COLOR SEPARATION LENS ARRAYMarch 2023November 2023Allow810NoNo
18186805GENERATING A COMPOSITE IMAGE BASED ON REGIONS OF INTERESTMarch 2023February 2026Allow3510YesNo
18122317SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING OCCUPANT INTERACTION USING DEPTH INFORMATIONMarch 2023July 2025Allow2800NoNo
18117950STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM FOR GENERATING AN IMAGE DEPTH OF FIELD MASK BASED ON VIRTUAL CAMERA SHOOTING DIRECTION, AND CORRESPONDING INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODMarch 2023December 2025Allow3310NoNo
18176327GAZE DATA GENERATION FOR IN-CABIN MONITORING SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONSFebruary 2023February 2026Allow3610YesNo
18021518SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL IMAGING USING VIRTUAL REALITYFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2600NoNo
18169235SCANNER AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUSFebruary 2023October 2024Allow2000NoNo
18164259METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DISPLAYING VIRTUAL GRAPHICAL DATA BASED ON DIGITAL SIGNATURESFebruary 2023May 2024Allow1510NoNo
18018146INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAMJanuary 2023December 2025Abandon3510NoNo
18101349SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSTANCE SEGMENTATION IN PATHOLOGICAL IMAGES USING OBJECT-GUIDED FRAMEWORKJanuary 2023October 2024Allow2120NoNo
18159307EYE GAZE TRACKING SYSTEM, ASSOCIATED METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAMSJanuary 2023July 2023Allow610NoNo
18149097INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022November 2024Allow2330YesNo
18083637SIGN VISIBILITY TEST SYSTEMDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18082416Display with Chromatic FoveationDecember 2022July 2025Allow3100NoNo
18076876INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEDecember 2022August 2023Allow900NoNo
18007537INFORMATION ACQUISITION APPARATUS, INFORMATION ACQUISITION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022February 2026Allow3810YesNo
18058830ENDOSCOPIC IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSNovember 2022February 2025Allow3700NoNo
17993819QUANTIFICATION OF NONCALCIFIC AND CALCIFIC VALVE TISSUE FROM CORONARY CT ANGIOGRAPHYNovember 2022April 2025Allow2800NoNo
17999615METHOD FOR CARRYING OUT POST-PROCESSING ON SAMPLES OF A WASAB1 ACQUISITION SEQUENCENovember 2022April 2025Allow2800NoNo
18054078INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE TO EXECUTE LOGIN PROCESSING AND IMAGE FORMING FUNCTIONNovember 2022February 2025Allow2840NoNo
17978240INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD FOR ASSOCIATING FRONT SIDE AND BACK SIDE OF SHEETNovember 2022December 2025Allow3810NoNo
17969926SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE REPLACEMENT OF OBJECTS IN IMAGESOctober 2022July 2023Allow810NoNo
17969514IMAGE STITCHING WITH SACCADE-BASED CONTROL OF DYNAMIC SEAM PLACEMENT FOR SURROUND VIEW VISUALIZATIONOctober 2022September 2025Allow3510YesNo
17935836MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022November 2025Allow3810NoNo
17913544ESTIMATING OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF A SCATTERING MEDIUMSeptember 2022October 2025Abandon3701NoNo
17821991INSPECTION SYSTEM, INSPECTION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022January 2025Allow2900NoNo
17822060SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING INTERFACE WITH AN ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEMAugust 2022September 2025Allow3710NoNo
17880004ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BODY COMPONENT INFORMATION BY USING SAMEAugust 2022March 2025Allow3210YesNo
17870866IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMJuly 2022September 2024Allow2600NoNo
17814308MODULAR ASSAY READER DEVICEJuly 2022June 2023Allow1110NoNo
17863990Human Look-Alike Electronic Filing Cabinet and a System ThereofJuly 2022March 2025Allow3200NoNo
17810988LASER SPECKLE FORCE FEEDBACK ESTIMATIONJuly 2022August 2024Allow2500NoNo
17846770DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SINGLE OR MULTI-USER GESTURE DETECTION USING COMPUTER VISIONJune 2022June 2025Allow3610NoNo
17787772Systems and Methods for Analyzing Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Image DataJune 2022May 2025Allow3510NoNo
17835194DYNAMIC IMAGING QUALITY CONTROL DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM FOR DYNAMIC IMAGING QUALITY CONTROL PROGRAM, AND DYNAMIC IMAGING QUALITY CONTROL METHODJune 2022May 2025Allow3610NoNo
17804743Object Detection Based Zonal OCR in an AR ContextMay 2022May 2025Allow3610NoNo
17664213CALIBRATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEDICAL IMAGINGMay 2022April 2025Allow3510NoNo
17777487METHOD OF DETERMINING AND DISPLAYING AN AREA OF INTEREST OF A DIGITAL MICROSCOPE TISSUE IMAGE, INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEM FOR NAVIGATING A PATIENT-SPECIFIC IMAGE RECORD, AND WORK PLACE COMPRISING SUCH INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEMMay 2022October 2024Allow2900NoNo
17661911INFORMATION REDIRECTION SYSTEM TO AND FROM THE INTERNET, MOBILE DEVICES AND NETWORKSMay 2022December 2023Allow1920YesNo
17660922MEDICAL DATA PROCESSING DEVICE PERFORMING PROCESSING USING A COMPLEX-NUMBER NEURAL NETWORKApril 2022July 2025Allow3920NoNo
17659983OPTIMAL SEQUENTIAL DECISION MAKING WITH CHANGING ACTION SPACEApril 2022June 2024Allow2600NoNo
17717354Camera CalibrationApril 2022August 2024Allow2800YesNo
17767746INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMApril 2022February 2025Allow3510NoNo
17658476ULTRASONIC DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM THAT GENERATE A RENDERING IMAGE OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA USING A VALUE OF COLOR ATTENUATIONApril 2022February 2025Allow3410NoNo
17703139BRIGHTNESS AND COLOR CORRECTION OF IMAGE DATA OF A LINE CAMERAMarch 2022August 2024Allow2800NoNo
17684050CALIBRATION DEVICE, CALIBRATION METHOD, DRIVE RECORDER, VEHICLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022November 2024Allow3310YesNo
17674472INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, LEARNING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2022February 2024Allow2400NoNo
17635917IMAGE COLORIZATION USING MACHINE LEARNINGFebruary 2022September 2025Allow4330YesNo
17650142IMAGE READING APPARATUS FOR DETECTING MULTIFEEDING AN INTERRUPTING OR STOPPING THE READING, AND IMAGE READING METHODFebruary 2022September 2023Allow1900NoNo
17629557Method and Apparatus for Inputting Food InformationJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3100YesNo
17627814IMAGE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, IMAGE DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3000YesNo
17646876DOCUMENT SCANNER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSJanuary 2022July 2023Allow1810NoNo
17567152INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, PRINT SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR MAINTAINING ORDER OF EJECTION OF PRINTED RECORDING MEDIUMJanuary 2022December 2024Allow3510NoNo
17567023SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MITIGATING MIS-DETECTIONS OF TRACKED OBJECTS IN THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT OF A VEHICLEDecember 2021July 2024Allow3000NoNo
17646524STORING FACIAL RECOGNITION ELEMENTS AS LAYERS TO BLEND FACIAL CHANGESDecember 2021June 2024Allow3000NoNo
17551187PERSONALIZED CALIBRATION-INDEPENDENT REGIONAL FIXATION PREDICTION FOR SIMULTANEOUS USERS OF A DIGITAL DISPLAYDecember 2021July 2024Allow3100YesNo
17618966METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A SYNTHETIC ELASTOGRAPHY IMAGEDecember 2021March 2025Allow3920NoNo
17547235IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND IMAGE FORMING METHODDecember 2021February 2025Allow3810NoNo
17547329SUBJECT MOTION MEASURING APPARATUS, SUBJECT MOTION MEASURING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM AND IMAGING SYSTEMDecember 2021October 2024Allow3410NoNo
17615454BIOIMAGE ACQUIRING DEVICE, CONVERTER GENERATING DEVICE, BIOIMAGE GENERATING METHOD, CONVERTER GENERATING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMNovember 2021April 2024Allow2800NoNo
17527566DISTANCE-MEASURING IMAGING DEVICENovember 2021March 2025Allow4000NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner GARCIA, GABRIEL I - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner GARCIA, GABRIEL I works in Art Unit 2682 and has examined 82 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 97.6%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner GARCIA, GABRIEL I's allowance rate of 97.6% places them in the 89% 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 GARCIA, GABRIEL I receive 0.89 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 6% 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 GARCIA, GABRIEL I is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 47% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by GARCIA, GABRIEL I. This interview benefit is in the 27% 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, 41.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 93% 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 50.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 75% 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 2.4% of allowed cases (in the 77% 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 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.
  • 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

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