USPTO Examiner CHAN ALLEN - Art Unit 3715

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18754909Monitoring Fitness Using a Mobile DeviceJune 2024January 2026Allow1920NoNo
18737988Reduced-Cost Card ShufflerJune 2024July 2024Allow100NoNo
18651290AUTOMATIC SELECTION OF OPERATION EXECUTION RANGE AND TARGET VIRTUAL OBJECTApril 2024November 2024Allow700NoNo
18624427COMMUNICATING INFORMATION ABOUT NETWORKED GAMING MACHINES TO PROSPECTIVE PLAYERSApril 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18582558GAME CHARACTER BEHAVIOR CONTROL METHOD AND APPARATUS, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEFebruary 2024December 2024Allow910NoNo
18432373Merged Game Matrices on an Electronic Gaming MachineFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18413651VIRTUAL-ENVIRONMENT-BASED OBJECT CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210YesNo
18401978Adaptive Synchronization of Objects in a Distributed MetaverseJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2610YesNo
18536280METHOD AND DEVICE FOR REMOTE ACQUISITION OF CORRELATED PSEUDO-RANDOM NUMBERS BASED ON SEMI-TRUSTED HARDWAREDecember 2023February 2024Allow200NoNo
18534935WEARABLE ATHLETIC ACTIVITY MONITORING SYSTEMSDecember 2023March 2026Allow2710YesNo
18516867OVERLAPPING RENDERING, STREAMOUT, AND DISPLAY AT A CLIENT OF RENDERED SLICES OF A VIDEO FRAMENovember 2023May 2025Allow1810YesNo
18511091MULTI-STEP VALIDATION AND REDEMPTION FOR DIGITAL LOTTERY TICKETSNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18510111STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHODNovember 2023December 2025Allow2510NoNo
18389443Flight TimeNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18388894IDENTIFYING A SPECIALLY DESIGNATED OBJECT TO FACILITATE DYNAMIC PROMOTIONS RELATED TO USE OF THE OBJECTNovember 2023August 2024Allow900NoNo
18559461INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND GAME IMAGE DISPLAY METHODNovember 2023February 2026Allow2710NoNo
18500697STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM, GAME APPARATUS, AND GAME PROCESSING METHODNovember 2023September 2025Allow2200NoNo
18498265SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A ROUTE OF AN OBJECT OR A PLAYER MOVING ON A SPORT FIELDOctober 2023January 2026Allow2710NoNo
18496115HANDGUN SIMULATION ASSEMBLY USING VIRTUAL REALITY CONTROLLER AND HAVING A RELEASABLE MAGAZINEOctober 2023September 2025Allow2300NoNo
18492522Systems and Methods for Programming Movements Of Player-Controlled Avatars in Video GamesOctober 2023August 2024Allow1000NoNo
18555883METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECORDING SCENE IN GAME, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023October 2025Allow2400NoNo
18487340SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING LIMITED-TIME EVENTS TO USERS IN AN ONLINE GAMEOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18485345DYNAMIC VOLUME ADJUSTMENT BASED ON A PLAYER'S FORWARD VECTOR RELATIVE TO AN AUDIO SOURCE IN A VIRTUAL WORLDOctober 2023August 2025Allow2200NoNo
18482677PERSONALIZED AVATAR SYSTEMS AND METHODSOctober 2023August 2025Allow2200NoNo
18482726TUNING UPSCALING FOR EACH COMPUTER GAME OBJECT AND OBJECT PORTION BASED ON PRIORITYOctober 2023December 2025Allow2610YesNo
18478622STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM AND GAME CONTROL METHODSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2200NoNo
18478730PAINTBALL SUGGESTION SYSTEM BASED ON AMBIENT TEMPERATURESeptember 2023January 2026Abandon2810NoNo
18472395LIGHT EMISSION CONTROL APPARATUS, OPERATION DEVICE, LIGHT EMISSION CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1200NoNo
18472778INDEPENDENTLY RANDOMLY GENERATED DIFFERENT FEATURES ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT ACTIVATORSSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2300NoNo
18371218TABLE GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND GAME MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1510NoNo
18244184HIT CONFIRMATION EFFECTS IN LONG-RANGE COMBAT GAMESSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2200NoNo
18243291MEMORY MANAGEMENT IN GAMING RENDERINGSeptember 2023August 2025Allow2300NoNo
18548495GAME DISPLAY METHOD, DEVICE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023October 2025Allow2510NoNo
18456392VIRTUAL OBJECT LOCATION DISPLAYAugust 2023March 2025Allow1900NoNo
18454446GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING AND LIMITING SPORTS WAGERS FOR IDENTIFIED AND UN-IDENTIFIED PLAYERSAugust 2023September 2024Allow1310NoNo
18451621Training Action Prediction Machine-Learning Models for Video Games with Healed DataAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18446108CARD HANDLING APPARATUS FOR SUSTAINING CASINO PLAY RATEAugust 2023October 2023Allow201NoNo
18231089ACTION PATH CREATION ASSISTANTAugust 2023April 2025Allow2010NoNo
18363365Hearing Device with Age DetectionAugust 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18360879INFORMATION PROVISION DEVICE, INFORMATION PROVISION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROVISION PROGRAMJuly 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18353643MEASURING A PULL FORCE ON AN EXERCISE BANDJuly 2023January 2024Allow600NoNo
18221045DRY BAG FOR GAME CONTROLLERJuly 2023July 2025Allow2410NoNo
18350633SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING ATHLETIC PERFORMANCEJuly 2023October 2025Allow2710NoNo
18219655Specialized Playing Card GameJuly 2023December 2025Abandon2911NoNo
18260326METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF VIRTUAL OBJECT IN GAME, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023December 2025Allow3010NoNo
18215709SECURING A MULTIPLAYER DETERMINISTIC SIMULATION USING A PARTIAL SIMULATIONJune 2023March 2025Allow2010NoNo
18341171NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM ENCODED WITH COMPUTER READABLE PROGRAM, GAME DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING GAME DEVICE, THAT ALLOW EARLY START OF OPERATION OF PLAYER CHARACTER WHILE GAME INFORMATION IS APPROPRIATELY CONVEYEDJune 2023December 2024Allow1800NoNo
18210505EXERCISE LEADERBOARDJune 2023March 2026Allow3310YesNo
18335653SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING VIRTUAL ITEMS TO USERS OF A VIRTUAL SPACEJune 2023January 2024Allow700NoNo
18209636DISPLAYING VISUAL FIELD PICTURE BASED ON INTERACTION ZONE ON A VIRTUAL MAPJune 2023May 2025Allow2300NoNo
18257109METHOD FOR DISPLAY CONTROL IN GAME, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2023May 2025Allow2300NoNo
18332277STORAGE MEDIUM, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND GAME PROCESSING METHODJune 2023February 2026Allow3310NoNo
18329820CONTINUAL LIMIT HOLD'EM QUASI-TOURNAMENTSJune 2023July 2024Abandon1310NoNo
18036812SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE MAXIMUM RUNNING SPEED OF A RUNNER AND USES THEREOFMay 2023November 2025Allow3010YesNo
18316780ENABLING OF ASSIST FUNCTIONMay 2023September 2025Allow2810YesNo
18036027SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN INTERACTIVE, JUMBLED-LETTER WORD PUZZLEMay 2023June 2025Abandon2610NoNo
18251401INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHODMay 2023June 2025Allow2610NoNo
18141642OPERATOR INTERFACE FOR AUTOMATED GAME CONTENT GENERATIONMay 2023September 2024Allow1620NoNo
18310209DYNAMIC IN-GAME REFINEMENT OF CALIBRATION OF USER INPUTMay 2023June 2025Allow2610NoNo
18251125RECORDING MEDIUM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEApril 2023October 2025Allow3020YesNo
18309401COMMUNICATING INFORMATION ABOUT NETWORKED GAMING MACHINES TO PROSPECTIVE PLAYERSApril 2023January 2024Allow800NoNo
18136690METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING A WORD GAMEApril 2023August 2023Allow410NoNo
18302312MASSIVE MULTI-PLAYER COMPUTEApril 2023October 2023Allow600NoNo
18249206GAME SYSTEM, SERVER SYSTEM, METHOD OF PERFORMING A GAME AND METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION ON A GAMEApril 2023December 2024Allow2100NoNo
18134432Random Output Generating SystemApril 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18030903SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING AN ATHLETIC BODY POSITIONApril 2023February 2026Abandon3410NoNo
18193554WORLD PREDICTION WITHIN A GAME APPLICATION ENVIRONMENTMarch 2023December 2024Allow2000NoNo
18190457SERVER DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND GAME SYSTEMMarch 2023October 2023Allow700NoNo
18190821SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OFFERING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRONIC TABLE GAMES OF CHANCE ON AN ELECTRONIC GAMING MACHINE INCLUDING SIDE BETS TO INCREASE HOLDMarch 2023May 2025Allow2510NoNo
18125434GAMING CHIP AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAMEMarch 2023July 2024Allow1510NoNo
18121268PLOTTING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH LEARNABLE GAME ENGINESMarch 2023April 2025Allow2510NoNo
18245079Device Interaction Method, Electronic Device, and Interaction SystemMarch 2023December 2025Allow3310NoNo
18044690HANDLE, OPERATING ROD THRESHOLD ADJUSTING METHOD, ADJUSTING SYSTEM, AND ADJUSTING DEVICEMarch 2023February 2025Allow2300NoNo
18117876SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SPORTS SCORINGMarch 2023March 2025Allow2500NoNo
18176350CONNECTING A PLAYER TO A RECORDED HELP SESSION IN REAL-TIME DURING GAME PLAY OF A VIDEO GAMEFebruary 2023July 2023Allow500NoNo
18108362SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUDITING GAMEPLAYFebruary 2023December 2023Abandon1110NoNo
18106335Neural Synthesis of Sound Effects Using Deep Generative ModelsFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2701NoNo
18101090PORTING LOCALLY PROCESSED MEDIA DATA WITH LOW LATENCY TO A REMOTE CLIENT DEVICE VIA VARIOUS WIRELESS LINKSJanuary 2023July 2023Allow600NoNo
18100999Athletic Performance Analysis and Training System and MethodJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2510NoNo
18100292System and Method for Controlling AudioJanuary 2023December 2025Allow3420YesNo
18156565ACTION STATE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, ACTION STATE ESTIMATION METHOD, ACTION STATE LEARNING APPARATUS, AND ACTION STATE LEARNING METHODJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3621YesNo
181515313D Spatialisation of Voice ChatJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2610YesNo
18151234SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF INTERACTIVE VIRTUAL OBJECTSJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3010NoNo
18150154CURVED SURFACE VIRTUAL SCROLLING DEVICES AND BUTTON CONSTRUCTSJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2500NoNo
18085259OFFERING INCENTIVES FOR STATUS IN A GAME STREAMING ENVIRONMENTDecember 2022January 2026Allow3720YesNo
18010457CONTACTLESS MOTION GAME DEVICE OR KIOSKDecember 2022July 2025Allow3210NoNo
18078293SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC CONFIGURATION OF A VIRTUAL REALITY PLAY AREA AND PHYSICAL HARM AVOIDANCEDecember 2022February 2025Allow2700NoNo
18062838GAMES CONTROLLERDecember 2022April 2023Allow500NoNo
18070182IN-STREAM OBJECT INSERTIONNovember 2022October 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17993625APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING GAME MAPSNovember 2022February 2026Allow3920NoNo
17992599METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING PICTURE IN VIRTUAL SCENE, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCTNovember 2022May 2025Allow4110YesNo
17773229INFRARED-TRANSMITTING HOUSING FOR PREVENTING LIGHT INTERFERENCE AND INFRARED POSITIONING HANDLENovember 2022April 2025Allow3500NoNo
18055851STAMINA MONITORING METHOD AND DEVICENovember 2022March 2024Allow1610NoNo
17984509COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED AMERICAN SOCCER TRAINING AND EVALUATION METHOD AND SYSTEMNovember 2022July 2023Allow810NoNo
17983291GAMING MACHINE, GAMING SYSTEM, DISPLAY METHOD AND PROGRAMNovember 2022June 2023Allow710NoNo
17982058TARGETING OF AN INDIVIDUAL OBJECT AMONG A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS IN A MULTI-PLAYER ONLINE VIDEO GAMENovember 2022April 2025Allow2910YesNo
17978351GAMING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING ROAMING GAME ELEMENTSNovember 2022June 2025Allow3110NoNo
17978714RANDOM QUANTITY OF WAYS TO WIN DETERMINING MODIFIER OF HOLD AND SPIN SEQUENCENovember 2022June 2025Allow3110NoNo
17975186COLLISION DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022July 2024Allow2000NoNo
17973337SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISABLING WI-FI ON THE HANDHELD CONSOLEOctober 2022May 2025Allow3011NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
2
(66.7%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(33.3%)
Reversal Percentile
54.7%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 33.3% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
14
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(21.4%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
11
(78.6%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
28.3%
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, 21.4% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner CHAN, ALLEN - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner CHAN, ALLEN works in Art Unit 3715 and has examined 304 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 19 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner CHAN, ALLEN's allowance rate of 86.2% places them in the 64% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by CHAN, ALLEN receive 1.16 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 13% 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 CHAN, ALLEN is 19 months. This places the examiner in the 95% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +11.3% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by CHAN, ALLEN. This interview benefit is in the 46% 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, 30.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 59% 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 37.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 56% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 40.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 38% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 70.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 57% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 57.1% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 51.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 50% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 42% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 45% 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:

    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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