USPTO Examiner PENG BO JOSEPH - Art Unit 3798

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19314675DUAL FUNCTION ULTRASOUND SYSTEM TIGHTENS SKIN AND REDUCES FATAugust 2025November 2025Allow200NoNo
19314713FAT TISSUE TREATMENTAugust 2025November 2025Allow200NoNo
19189803SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SWEEP TRAJECTORY GUIDANCEApril 2025September 2025Allow510YesNo
19007919METHOD, SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND MEDIUM FOR MONITORING ABDOMINAL RESPIRATION BASED ON ULTRASOUND IMAGEJanuary 2025August 2025Allow820NoNo
18955576ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND PROGRAMNovember 2024January 2026Abandon1400NoNo
18896595SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF REGISTRATION FOR IMAGE GUIDED SURGERYSeptember 2024September 2025Allow1100NoNo
18883697SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME CORRECTION OF STRAIN TRACES IN PATIENTS WITH CONDUCTION DELAYSSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1100NoNo
18845887Tiltingly Oscillating Ultrasound Treatment DeviceSeptember 2024June 2025Allow900NoNo
18775339HAND-HELD APPARATUS FOR NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF A HEART PERFORMANCE METRICJuly 2024November 2025Allow1620YesNo
18726660STRUCTURE FOR MAXIMIZING OUTPUT OF VIBRATION WAVE OF TRANSDUCER HOLDER OF HIGH-INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND GENERATION DEVICEJuly 2024January 2026Abandon1910NoNo
18740386SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATING AND MONITORING A SUBCUTANEOUS TARGET SITEJune 2024January 2026Abandon1910NoNo
18679234Vascular Assessment Using Statistical Analysis of Rapid Blood Pressure ReadingsMay 2024January 2025Allow802NoNo
18674055APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFYING THE BIOMECHANICAL ATTRIBUTES OF THE CORNEA AND THE ANTERIOR SCLERAMay 2024August 2025Allow1501NoNo
18641754CARTRIDGE FOR HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND GENERATOR APPARATUS AND APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAMEApril 2024August 2025Allow1610NoNo
18683877ULTRASOUND IMAGING FOR VISUALIZATION AND QUANTIFICATION OF MITRAL REGURGITATIONFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1910NoNo
18434769FILTERING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ULTRASONIC IMAGINGFebruary 2024July 2025Allow1710NoNo
18428507SHEAR WAVE ELASTICITY IMAGING METHOD AND ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICEJanuary 2024September 2025Allow1911NoNo
18423510BLADDER VOLUME MEASURING METHOD AND SYSTEMJanuary 2024July 2025Allow1820NoNo
18419525ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUSJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1500YesNo
18417779ON-BOARD TOOL TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERYJanuary 2024October 2024Allow910NoNo
18406721METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN INDEX FOR ASSESSING A CARDIAC FUNCTION OF A SUBJECTJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1600NoNo
18405871CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT AND ALIGNMENT OF CORNEAL SURGICAL PROCEDURESJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1511NoNo
18403668ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD OF ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUSJanuary 2024June 2025Allow1710NoNo
18400116Operation-Specific Impedance Matching for Enhancing Sensitivity of an Ultrasound SystemDecember 2023November 2025Allow2311YesNo
18398491SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING A TWO-DIMENSIONAL SHORT AXIS VIEW OF A LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGEDecember 2023April 2025Allow1500NoNo
18571811METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VENTILATION MANAGEMENT USING LUNG ULTRASOUNDDecember 2023July 2025Allow1900NoNo
18531960MULTI-SPECTRAL FLUORESCENCE FOR IN-VIVO DETERMINATION OF PROTON ENERGY AND RANGE IN PROTON THERAPYDecember 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18517039ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUSNovember 2023March 2025Allow1600NoNo
18563087COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHARACTERIZING A FLEXIBLE TUBENovember 2023July 2025Allow1910NoNo
18512153BLOOD PRESSURE ESTIMATION METHOD USING CASCADE FOREST REGRESSION MODELNovember 2023March 2025Allow1600NoNo
18561875DEPTH-SURFACE IMAGING DEVICE FOR REGISTERING ULTRASOUND IMAGES TO EACH OTHER AND TO SURFACE IMAGES BY USING SURFACE INFORMATIONNovember 2023December 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18511107HEART RHYTHM DETERMINATION USING MACHINE LEARNINGNovember 2023September 2025Allow2211YesNo
18510149METHOD OF MEASURING A FLUORESCENCE SIGNAL, DETERMINING A PEAK FREQUENCY MAP AND PROVIDING A RISK PREDICTION VALUE, IMAGE CAPTURING AND PROCESSING DEVICENovember 2023March 2025Allow1600NoNo
18382643Magnetic Particle Imaging Using An Ultrasonic Driving FieldOctober 2023June 2024Allow810NoNo
18381562ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOFOctober 2023July 2025Allow2110NoNo
18479087Application to detect dyslexia using Support Vector Machine and Discrete Fourier Transformation technique.October 2023September 2025Abandon2310NoNo
18478340System and Method for Simultaneous Acquisition of Pulsed-Wave Doppler and Color Doppler for Retrospective Analysis of Cardiovascular FunctionSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2411YesNo
18472543ULTRASOUND DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEM, ULTRASOUND IMAGE GENERATION APPARATUS, AND ULTRASOUND IMAGE GENERATION METHODSeptember 2023April 2024Allow700NoNo
18470755COMPACT PHOTOACOUSTIC SENSORSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2210NoNo
18550963DEVICE, METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR INFERRING BLOOD PRESSURE INFORMATIONSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2410NoNo
18368665MEDICAL SUPPORT SYSTEM, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND MEDICAL SUPPORT METHODSeptember 2023July 2025Allow2210NoNo
18550943ULTRASOUND SYSTEMSeptember 2023January 2026Abandon2811NoNo
18281654ELECTRONIC DEVICESeptember 2023April 2025Allow2001NoNo
18230352ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIES OR PREDICTING MORBIDITY TO DEMENTIA WITH LEWY BODIESAugust 2023June 2025Allow2210NoNo
18264316COMBINED NEUROMODULATION TECHNIQUESAugust 2023October 2025Allow2611YesNo
18360699ACOUSTIC ORTHOPEDIC TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHODSJuly 2023November 2024Allow1510NoNo
18212341ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT OF VESSEL STENOSISJune 2023September 2025Abandon2620NoNo
18315852METHODS AND COMPUTING SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING ULTRASOUND IMAGE TO DETERMINE HEALTH OF SUBDERMAL TISSUEMay 2023February 2024Allow1000NoNo
18195655PREOPERATIVE IMAGING COMBINED WITH INTRAOPERATIVE NAVIGATION BEFORE AND AFTER REMOVAL OF AN IMPLANT FROM A SURGICAL SITE TO CREATE A COMPOSITE SURGICAL THREE DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURAL DATASETMay 2023February 2025Allow2221YesNo
18195832APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC ULTRASOUND SEGMENTATION FOR VISUALIZATION AND MEASUREMENTMay 2023March 2024Allow1000NoNo
18135798MICRO VEIN ENHANCER WITH TWO LASERS AND TWO OPTICAL DETECTORS CONFIGURED FOR REMOVING SURFACE TOPOLOGYApril 2023January 2025Allow2120YesNo
18301385SHEAR WAVE ELASTROGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGING AN ANISOTROPIC MEDIUMApril 2023November 2024Allow1920NoNo
18123147SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING PERIPHERAL ARTERY DISEASE AND METHOD OF USEMarch 2023October 2024Abandon1910NoNo
18179874SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF REGISTRATION FOR IMAGE GUIDED SURGERYMarch 2023June 2024Allow1610YesNo
18168074SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TASK-LESS MAPPING OF BRAIN ACTIVITYFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1810NoNo
18168160WEARABLE ULTRASOUND SYSTEM AND METHODFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1811YesNo
18168402Device Agnostic Systems and Methods for Acquiring and Analyzing Images from an Ultrasound ProbeFebruary 2023August 2024Allow1800NoNo
18107232SHOCK WAVE DEVICE HAVING A SOURCE SELF ALIGNING WITH AN X-RAY DEVICEFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2912NoNo
18104755ULTRASOUND OUTPUT DEVICE INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF TRANSDUCERSFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2910NoNo
18160509GDOT: GATED DIFFUSE OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHYJanuary 2023September 2025Allow3210NoNo
18006731VEIN TRANSILLUMINATORJanuary 2023March 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18094371PHYSIOLOGY SENSING INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITH INDEX FOR SPECTRAL FLOW ASSESSMENT, AND ASSOCIATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODSJanuary 2023July 2024Allow1800NoNo
18151381Methods and Systems for Assessment of Pulmonary HypertensionJanuary 2023January 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18003295EXTENDED-REALITY VISUALIZATION OF ENDOVASCULAR NAVIGATIONDecember 2022May 2025Allow2801NoNo
18002204HISTOTRIPSY ACOUSTIC AND PATIENT COUPLING SYSTEMS AND METHODSDecember 2022September 2025Allow3311YesNo
18061500METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REFLECTANCE IMAGING OF PERIPHERAL NERVESDecember 2022August 2025Allow3211NoNo
18075407A Camera-Augmented FMCW Radar System for Cardiopulmonary System MonitoringDecember 2022March 2025Abandon2710NoNo
18070225SYSTEMS FOR INDICATING PARAMETERS IN AN IMAGING DATA SET AND METHODS OF USENovember 2022September 2023Allow1010NoNo
17993053BALLOON OCCLUSION CATHETER FOR RETROGRADE ANGIOGRAPHYNovember 2022April 2025Allow3921YesNo
17988146Marker Materials and Forms for Magnetic Marker Localization (MML)November 2022July 2024Allow2020NoNo
179780373D HUMAN BODY JOINT ANGLE PREDICTION METHOD AND SYSTEM USING 2D IMAGEOctober 2022May 2024Allow1800NoNo
17974681METHOD OF DETERMINING BRAIN ACTIVITY AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING THE METHODOctober 2022August 2024Allow2210NoNo
17971759METHOD FOR CREATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MEDICAL IMAGEOctober 2022April 2024Allow1800NoNo
17919404Needle Guide for Ultrasound-Guided Freehand Biopsy and/or Ablation Needle InsertionOctober 2022February 2025Allow2811YesNo
17965917SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCALIZING, TRACKING AND/OR CONTROLLING MEDICAL INSTRUMENTSOctober 2022June 2024Allow2010YesNo
17918031D-GLUCOSE AND ITS ANALOGS AS TRACERS TO ASSESS THE GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER FUNCTION ON BLOOD-CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BARRIER AND THE FUNCTIONING OF THE BRAIN LYMPHATIC SYSTEMOctober 2022July 2024Allow2101NoNo
17935982MONITORING AND ANALYSIS OF INVASIVE AND NON-INVASIVE ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALSSeptember 2022May 2024Allow2000NoNo
17907110SKIN MANAGEMENT DEVICESeptember 2022January 2025Allow2810NoNo
17913293IDENTIFICATION OF ADVISORY REGIONS IN BREAST MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGINGSeptember 2022July 2024Allow2210NoNo
17946990HEADSET SYSTEM FOR BIOMEDICAL IMAGING FOR EARLY TUMOR DETECTIONSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2320YesNo
17911239SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMAGE MAPPING AND FUSION DURING SURGICAL PROCEDURESSeptember 2022November 2024Allow2601NoNo
17931434METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING IMAGE GAINSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2820NoNo
17903999System and Method for Controlling Focused Ultrasound TreatmentSeptember 2022April 2024Allow2011NoNo
17902876ON-BOARD TOOL TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHODS OF COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERYSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1411NoNo
17901935MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND CONTROL PROGRAM OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUSSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2100NoNo
17892808FLUOROSCOPIC ROBOTIC PROSTHETIC IMPLANT SYSTEM AND METHODSAugust 2022April 2024Allow2000NoNo
17820848CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY MEASUREMENT AND ALIGNMENT OF CORNEAL SURGICAL PROCEDURESAugust 2022September 2023Allow1311NoNo
17886153ULTRASONIC SHEARWAVE IMAGING WITH PATIENT-ADAPTIVE SHEARWAVE GENERATIONAugust 2022June 2024Allow2231NoNo
17797613DEVICE FOR EXERTING A PULLING ON THE TUBING OF A CATHETER FOR HAEMOSTASIS OF THE PROSTATIC CAVITY AFTER SURGERY FOR BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIAAugust 2022September 2025Allow3700NoNo
17879264SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PHOTOACOUSTIC IMAGING AND ULTRASOUND IMAGINGAugust 2022March 2025Allow3211NoNo
17796836TOILET SEAT COMPRISING A DEVICE FOR DETECTING VALUESAugust 2022June 2025Abandon3411NoNo
17864197ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SAVING A SEQUENCE OF IMAGES AS A CINELOOPJuly 2022November 2023Allow1610NoNo
17790790METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM FOR A MEDICAL ASSISTANCE OPERATIONJuly 2022February 2025Allow3111NoNo
17842711SPOT POSITIONING BASED ON MINIMUM MONITOR UNIT (MU) CONSTRAINT AND OPTIMIZATION OBJECTIVES FOR A RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEMJune 2022August 2025Allow3800NoNo
17748425APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING BLOOD PRESSURE, AND SENSOR FOR ESTIMATING THE SAMEMay 2022July 2025Allow3800NoNo
17735877Guiding Medical Instruments During Medical ProceduresMay 2022April 2024Allow2400NoNo
17734768NMR SENSOR AND METHODS FOR RAPID, NON-INVASIVE DETERMINATION OF HYDRATION STATE OR VASCULAR VOLUME OF A SUBJECTMay 2022February 2024Abandon2120NoNo
17730380THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING AND ASSESSMENT OF CARDIAC TISSUEApril 2022August 2024Allow2810NoNo
17714060SURFACING INSIGHTS INTO LEFT AND RIGHT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION THROUGH DEEP LEARNINGApril 2022June 2024Allow2710NoNo
17707603Ultrasonic Capsule Endoscopy Device having Image-based Relative Motion EstimationMarch 2022July 2024Abandon2710NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PENG, BO JOSEPH.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
21.5%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
3
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
11.4%
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

Appeals to PTAB face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

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

Examiner PENG, BO JOSEPH - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner PENG, BO JOSEPH works in Art Unit 3798 and has examined 40 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.5%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 43 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner PENG, BO JOSEPH's allowance rate of 82.5% places them in the 55% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by PENG, BO JOSEPH receive 2.25 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 63% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by PENG, BO JOSEPH is 43 months. This places the examiner in the 17% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +21.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PENG, BO JOSEPH. This interview benefit is in the 67% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 30.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 60% 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 15.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 17% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 53% 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 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, 100.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 94% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 49% 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 51% 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:

  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • 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

Important Disclaimer

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