Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17369638 | USER INTERFACES FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES | July 2021 | November 2022 | Allow | 60 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16973537 | CAMERA ACCESSORY AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING INFORMATION | April 2021 | June 2023 | Allow | 30 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17139938 | IMAGING DEVICE BLEMISH DETECTION STRUCTURES AND TECHNIQUES | December 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17138934 | ANTI-VIBRATION MECHANISM FOR IMAGING ELEMENT,CAMERA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | December 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17138939 | ANTI-VIBRATION MECHANISM FOR CAMERA DEVICE, OPTICAL SYSTEM, CAMERA AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | December 2020 | October 2022 | Abandon | 22 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17139590 | SYSTEM FOR USER ACCESSIBILITY OF TAGGED CURATED AUGMENTED REALITY CONTENT | December 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17250308 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | December 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17257501 | SHAKE CORRECTION DEVICE INCLUDING DIELECTRIC ELASTOMER ACTUATOR, DRIVING DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | December 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17136722 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE AND IMAGE GENERATION METHOD | December 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17137027 | CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING LIQUID LENS | December 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17135149 | CAMERA MODULE | December 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17135948 | IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, DEVICE, GIMBAL AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2020 | June 2022 | Abandon | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17135695 | LENS DRIVING APPARATUS, AND CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SAME | December 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17135025 | Dual Model for Fisheye Lens Distortion and an Algorithm for Calibrating Model Parameters | December 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17134644 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF | December 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 21 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17135755 | USER-SPECIFIC CUSTOMIZATION OF VIDEO CONFERENCES USING MULTIMODAL BIOMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION | December 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17135055 | POSE TRACKING FOR ROLLING SHUTTER CAMERA | December 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17134243 | PORTABLE HARDWARE-SOFTWARE COMPLEX FOR PATTERN AND FINGERPRINT RECOGNITION | December 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17133532 | IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION METHOD, AND IMAGE BLUR CORRECTION PROGRAM | December 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17255816 | CAMERA MODULE AND OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING SAME | December 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17255972 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH A PLURALITY OF SUPER-PIXELS | December 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17130992 | IMAGE STABILIZATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17130371 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH IMAGE RECEIVER AND AUTOMATIC IMAGE SWITCHING | December 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16088142 | IMAGING APPARATUS, DRIVING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | December 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 32 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17128896 | CONTROLLING SETTINGS OF AN IMAGE SENSOR DEVICE IN AN EYE TRACKING SYSTEM | December 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17128567 | IMAGE SENSOR DRIVING MECHANISM | December 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17129131 | IMAGE ENCODER, AN IMAGE SENSING DEVICE, AND AN OPERATING METHOD OF THE IMAGE ENCODER | December 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17129738 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF | December 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17127428 | CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | December 2020 | August 2022 | Abandon | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17127153 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS CORRECTING A TILT OF A CAPTURED IMAGE, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS CORRECTING A TILT OF A CAPTURED IMAGE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | December 2020 | June 2023 | Abandon | 30 | 4 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17127524 | COMPARATOR FIRST STAGE CLAMP | December 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17125959 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE THAT REDUCES GAPS BETWEEN CAPTURES | December 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17125176 | WEARABLE SATELLITE RECEIVER WITH REDUCED POWER CONSUMPTION | December 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17125298 | SHARED CONTROL OF CAMERA DEVICE BY MULTIPLE DEVICES | December 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17253552 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ASSISTING CAPTURING OF AN IMAGE | December 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17122525 | Camera Module, Camera Assembly, and Electronic Device | December 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17121828 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND IMAGING METHOD | December 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17122342 | CAR SECURITY CAMERA TRIGGERING MECHANISM | December 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17122569 | IMAGING DEVICE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS | December 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17121423 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE HIGH SPEED CMOS IMAGE SENSOR DESIGN | December 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17252070 | CAMERA DEVICE WITH OIS FUNCTION BY MOVING AN IMAGE SENSOR AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENT | December 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17251969 | IMAGING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING NOTIFICATION OF OUTGOING IMAGE-DATA TRANSMISSION | December 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17120782 | INTERLEAVED SIMULTANEOUS BINNING MODE | December 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17120066 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING DIGITAL IMAGES | December 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17119191 | ELECTRONIC ALBUM GENERATING APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC ALBUM GENERATING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 30 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17251215 | IMAGE GENERATION DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE | December 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17118747 | LIGHT SOURCE PACKAGE AND MOBILE DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | December 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17118230 | FLICKER-MITIGATING PIXEL-ARRAY SUBSTRATE | December 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17250180 | MOBILE BODY AND CONTROL METHOD | December 2020 | January 2023 | Abandon | 26 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17116868 | IMAGE STABILIZATION APPARATUS, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17116873 | IMAGE SHAKE CORRECTION DEVICE AND IMAGING DEVICE | December 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17116553 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS | December 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 28 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17115905 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | December 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16973411 | CAMERA MODULE AND MOBILE TERMINAL | December 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17114025 | OPTICAL MECHANISM | December 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17113786 | OPTICAL MECHANISM | December 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 20 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17247321 | METHOD FOR FORMING LED FLICKERING REDUCTION (LFR) FILM FOR HDR IMAGE SENSOR AND IMAGE SENSOR HAVING SAME | December 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17113112 | EMBEDDING REINFORCED CIRCUIT BOARD, CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | December 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17114372 | ACQUISITION METHOD, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND IMAGE APPARATUS | December 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17112411 | Camera with Image Sensor Shifting | December 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16972102 | POSITIONING APPARATUS, CAMERA MODULE, AND MOBILE TERMINAL | December 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17112152 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD FOR IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | December 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17112019 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE, CONTROLLER DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD | December 2020 | December 2022 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 15734660 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGING DEVICE, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SOLID-STATE IMAGE SENSOR | December 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17109450 | ROBOTICALLY MOVABLE DISPLAY SYNCHRONOUSLY MOVABLE WITH ROBOTICALLY MOVABLE CAMERA FOR DISPLAYING CAPTURED IMAGES IN IDENTICAL ORIENTATION | December 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17108537 | VEHICLE DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING SURROUNDING EVENT INFORMATION | December 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17106556 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF RECOVERING IMAGE | November 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17106474 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR THE SAME, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17059840 | LED DRIVER AND METHOD OF OPERATING A CAMERA | November 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17247081 | VEHICULAR CAMERA WITH ENHANCED HEAT DISSIPATION | November 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17059956 | IMAGING DEVICE AND GAIN SETTING METHOD | November 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17106779 | DUAL CAMERA MODULE AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME | November 2020 | February 2021 | Allow | 2 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17106278 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CAMERA MOTION | November 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17107740 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS | November 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17107017 | Imaging Module, Camera Assembly and Electronic Device | November 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17105653 | DAY-MODE-NIGHT-MODE SWITCHING METHOD AND RELATED MONITORING CAMERA APPARATUS | November 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17105593 | COMBINED CAMERA AND WEARABLE RING FOR HOLDING A CAMERA | November 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17105608 | METHOD FOR DETECTING AND REDUCING VIDEO FLICKER AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE | November 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17105116 | Multiplexed Multi-View Scanning Aerial Cameras | November 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17105054 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING PHOTOS WITH GEOGRAPHICAL SEGMENTATION | November 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17104132 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORKING INDEPENDENT SYNCHRONIZED GENERATION OF A SERIES OF IMAGES | November 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17102582 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, AND EQUIPMENT | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17103564 | PRIVACY CONTROLS FOR IMPLANTED ELECTRONICS | November 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17058535 | IMAGE SENSOR HAVING COLUMN-LEVEL CORRELATED-DOUBLE-SAMPLING CHARGE TRANSFER AMPLIFIER | November 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17101752 | METHOD FOR BRIGHTNESS ENHANCEMENT OF PREVIEW IMAGE, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM | November 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 26 | 4 | 0 | No | No |
| 17101424 | DEVICE OF PANORAMIC MAP BASED ON AN EQUIRECTANGULAR PROJECTION AND METHOD THEREOF | November 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17057551 | LIQUID LENS, CAMERA MODULE, AND OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | November 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16953554 | High Density Parallel Proximal Image Processing | November 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16952349 | EQUIPMENT SYSTEM FOR CINEMATOGRAPHIC PRODUCTIONS | November 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16953111 | CMOS-ASSISTED INSIDE-OUT DYNAMIC VISION SENSOR TRACKING FOR LOW POWER MOBILE PLATFORMS | November 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16953252 | Electronic Devices and Corresponding Methods for Modifying Voice Coil Motor Drive Signals in Response to Influencing Magnectic Fields from Device Operating Conditions | November 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16952715 | SENSOR SYSTEM | November 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 11 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16951970 | IMAGING APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING IMAGING APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 27 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16950461 | MOVABLE BODY, IMAGE GENERATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUM | November 2020 | November 2021 | Abandon | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17056337 | CAMERA MODULE WITH CONTROLLER TO MOVE IMAGE SENSOR OR LENS ASSEMBLY | November 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17098505 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING METHOD | November 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17099622 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND MOVING BODY | November 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17098680 | HEAT EXTRACTION APPARATUS | November 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17098820 | DEFINE A PRIORITY OF MEMORY TRAFFIC BASED ON IMAGE SENSOR METADATA | November 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17097006 | CAMERA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | November 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 17 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2696.
With a 27.8% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.
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, 23.7% 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.
⚠ 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.
Art Unit 2696 is part of Group 2690 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 6,302 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 72.7%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.
Art Unit 2696's allowance rate of 72.7% places it in the 38% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a below-average allowance rate compared to other art units.
Applications in Art Unit 2696 receive an average of 1.96 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 55% percentile). The median prosecution time is 25 months (in the 76% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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