Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17255112 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TYPE OF LIGHT SOURCE OF IMAGE | May 2021 | April 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17139427 | IMAGE SENSOR | December 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17139288 | IMAGE SENSOR | December 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 24 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17257448 | IMAGING PANEL COMPRISING A PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND A FIRST PIXEL CIRCUIT, AND IMAGING DEVICE | December 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17139160 | TRANSMISSION AND CONFIRMATION OF CAMERA CONFIGURATION DATA AND COMMANDS THROUGH A NETWORK | December 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17139513 | TECHNIQUES FOR CAPTURING VIDEO IN LANDSCAPE MODE BY A HANDHELD DEVICE | December 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17256652 | IMAGING SYSTEM AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR DETERMINING HIGH-LUMINANCE REGION AND REDUCTION LIGHT AMOUNT TO ILLUMINATE REGION | December 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17136311 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE | December 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17136046 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF PERFORMING AUTOMATIC EXPOSURE CONTROL FOR IMAGE SENSOR WITH CONTEXT SWITCHING | December 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17135891 | Outdoor Camera Assembly | December 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17134216 | IMAGE DEHAZING METHOD AND IMAGE DEHAZING APPARATUS USING THE SAME | December 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17133801 | IMAGE DISPLAY SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE DISPLAY METHOD, IMAGE DISPLAY PROGRAM, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAM | December 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17255438 | Polarization Imaging Apparatus, Polarization Imaging Method, Controller and Storage Medium | December 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 22 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17255477 | CAMERA INFORMATION AND POWER OVER ETHERNET CONTROL FROM VIDEO MANAGEMENT SYSTEM | December 2020 | January 2023 | Abandon | 24 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17132667 | Flexure Amplified Piezo Actuator for Focus Adjustment | December 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 12 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17132140 | ENTROPY MAXIMIZATION BASED AUTO-EXPOSURE | December 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17133517 | 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 |
| 17255839 | LIGHT SOURCE DEVICE, IMAGE SENSOR, AND SENSING MODULE | December 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17132910 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD, AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS | December 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 21 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17132751 | CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING LIQUID LENS, OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING LIQUID LENS | December 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17132351 | Image-Sensing System and Detection and Correction Method for Defective Pixel | December 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17254871 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE | December 2020 | June 2021 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17130510 | CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING A LIQUID LENS ENABLING ADJUSTMENT OF A FOCAL LENGTH AND AN OPTICAL DEVICE INCLUDING THE CAMERA MODULE | December 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17130997 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE BINNING METHOD THEREOF | December 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17128940 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS | December 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17129553 | IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD, CAMERA MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CAPABLE OF DETECTING A FAILURE IN A STRUCTURE IN WHICH SUBSTRATES ARE STACKED | December 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 20 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17254384 | COMPUTATIONAL IMAGING OF THE ELECTRIC GRID | December 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17128220 | IMAGING ASSEMBLY AND CAMERA WITH FILTERING DEVICES WITH DIFFERENT LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE | December 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17128927 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS | December 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17129317 | REMOVAL OF LIQUID DROPS FROM OPTICAL ELEMENT | December 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17129381 | GESTURE-BASED TARGETING CONTROL FOR IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICES | December 2020 | July 2022 | Abandon | 19 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17129438 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND ACCESSORY SYSTEM | December 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 24 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17128396 | RECORDING INDICATORS | December 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17127415 | GRADIENT-BASED EXPOSURE AND GAIN CONTROL TECHNIQUES | December 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 19 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17126356 | CAMERA MODULE HAVING ROTATABLE LENS MODULE AND FRAMES AND PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME | December 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17126202 | DUAL APERTURE ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA | December 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17125415 | ELEMENT, SYSTEM HAVING THE ELEMENT, AND JUDGING APPARATUS | December 2020 | May 2023 | Allow | 29 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17125630 | OPTICAL SENSOR WITH SIMULTANEOUS IMAGE/VIDEO AND EVENT DRIVEN SENSING CAPABILITIES | December 2020 | August 2023 | Abandon | 32 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17123272 | CAMERA MODULE THAT DRIVES IMAGE SENSOR | December 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17123742 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, ACCESSORY APPARATUS, AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR | December 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17123020 | CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM | December 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 19 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17121821 | INTERFERER REMOVAL FOR REDUCING IMPACT OF PERIODIC INTERFERENCE SIGNALS ON ANALOG VIDEO TRANSMISSION | December 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 28 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17122314 | IMAGE SENSOR COMPRISING, A PIXEL EQUIPPED WITH A MOS CAPACITIVE ELEMENT, AND CORRESPONDING CONTROL METHOD | December 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17122231 | CTIA IMAGE SENSOR PIXEL | December 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 19 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17122667 | METHODS AND DEVICES TO IDENTIFY FOCAL OBJECTS | December 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 20 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17122948 | DETERMINATION DEVICE, PHOTOGRAPHING SYSTEM, MOVABLE BODY, COMPOSITE SYSTEM, DETERMINATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | December 2020 | November 2021 | Abandon | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17250211 | WEARABLE CAMERA DEVICE | December 2020 | March 2022 | Abandon | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17121239 | IMAGING SYSTEM WITH ROTATABLE REFLECTOR | December 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 16 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17119439 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS | December 2020 | September 2022 | Abandon | 21 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17119819 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | December 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17117198 | IR ILLUMINATOR TO AVOID CAMERA FIELD-OF-VIEW | December 2020 | November 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17116771 | CAMERA CALIBRATION FOR LOCALIZATION | December 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17116848 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2020 | October 2021 | Allow | 10 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17115807 | IMAGING DEVICE FOR DETECTING HORIZONTAL DIRECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHING ANGLE | December 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 11 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17115556 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | December 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17114533 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS WITH A/D CONVERSION AND DATA TRANSMISSION | December 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17114367 | SMART CASE FOR ELECTRONIC WEARABLE DEVICE | December 2020 | February 2022 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16972862 | IMAGING DEVICE FOR CONNECTION WITH A CIRCUIT ELEMENT | December 2020 | September 2021 | Allow | 10 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17113095 | PHOTO-SENSITIVE DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR LIGHT DETECTION IN A PHOTO-SENSITIVE DEVICE | December 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17111790 | GENERATING TIME-LAPSE VIDEOS WITH AUDIO | December 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17111540 | GIMBAL, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS | December 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17112683 | IMAGE CAPTURING | December 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17112316 | COLOR IMAGING APPARATUS USING MONOCHROME SENSORS FOR MOBILE DEVICES | December 2020 | June 2022 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 15734993 | IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND LINE VARIATION NOISE REDUCTION DEVICE | December 2020 | May 2021 | Allow | 6 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17109009 | SYNCHRONIZATION MECHANISM FOR IMAGE CAPTURE AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS | December 2020 | January 2022 | Allow | 13 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17108910 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS | December 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17103989 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD | November 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17104305 | SYNCHRONIZED, INTERACTIVE AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAYS FOR MULTIFUNCTION DEVICES | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17104652 | SENSOR ARRAY WITH ADJUSTABLE CAMERA POSITIONS | November 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 26 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17104980 | METHOD OF CONTROLLING CAMERA DEVICE IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE IN VARIOUS INSTANCES AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF | November 2020 | July 2022 | Allow | 20 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17103774 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION SYSTEM, MOVING BODY, AND METHOD FOR CHECKING PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS | November 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17103596 | MULTISCOPIC IMAGE CAPTURE SYSTEM | November 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17102613 | IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE INCLUDES WHITE LIGHT LAMP AND INFRARED LAMP FOR CAPTURING BETTER QUALITY IMAGES WHEN THE BRIGHTNESS OF THE ENVIRONMENT IS MODERATE | November 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17103816 | PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS WITH MOBILE CARRIAGE AND PHOTOGRAPHING METHOD THEREFOR | November 2020 | February 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17102327 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CORRECTION OF LUMINANCE IN THE SOLID-STATE IMAGING ELEMENT | November 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 16 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17058084 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD | November 2020 | April 2023 | Allow | 29 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17101056 | CAMERA MODULE INCLUDING PLURAL DRIVING UNITS HAVING DIFFERENT MAGNETIC FIELD DIRECTIONS | November 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17101042 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS IMPROVED IN HEAT DISSIPATION EFFICIENCY WHILE AVOIDING INCREASE IN SIZE | November 2020 | April 2021 | Allow | 5 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17057688 | MOTION GHOST RESISTANT HDR IMAGE GENERATION METHOD AND PORTABLE TERMINAL | November 2020 | August 2021 | Allow | 9 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 16953760 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REDUCING ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD NOISE | November 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16952768 | MULTI-COLOR FLASH WITH IMAGE POST-PROCESSING | November 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 15 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 16950984 | IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE CAPTURE APPARATUS | November 2020 | September 2022 | Allow | 22 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16951944 | IMAGE SENSOR DATA MANAGEMENT USING A MULTI-PORT MEMORY DEVICE | November 2020 | June 2023 | Allow | 31 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17300317 | ADJUSTABLE CAMERA UNIT ON LAPTOP COMPUTER | November 2020 | June 2023 | Abandon | 31 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 16950752 | USER FEEDBACK FOR REAL-TIME CHECKING AND IMPROVING QUALITY OF SCANNED IMAGE | November 2020 | October 2022 | Allow | 23 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17056335 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGING DEVICE | November 2020 | December 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17099686 | METHOD CONTROLLING IMAGE SENSOR PARAMETERS | November 2020 | July 2021 | Allow | 8 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17055384 | CAMERA MODULE HAVING GYRO SENSOR AND CAMERA INCLUDING THE SAME | November 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 12 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17096047 | ACCESSORY APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS | November 2020 | January 2023 | Allow | 26 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17096566 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF | November 2020 | March 2023 | Allow | 28 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17095895 | IMAGING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, OPERATION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | November 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17096798 | IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS WHICH DETERMINES CHARGE ACCUMULATION TIME BASED ON HISTOGRAM OF A PIXEL VALUE FOR EACH AREA | November 2020 | March 2022 | Allow | 16 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17095921 | IMAGING DEVICE AND IMAGING SYSTEM | November 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17095019 | IMAGING DEVICE AND CAMERA SYSTEM | November 2020 | May 2023 | Abandon | 30 | 3 | 1 | No | No |
| 17094053 | IMAGING DEVICE, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND MOVING OBJECT | November 2020 | November 2021 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17094213 | Method and System for Customizing Camera Parameters | November 2020 | May 2022 | Allow | 18 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 17094052 | SPATIAL ALIGNMENT TRANSFORM WITHOUT FOV LOSS | November 2020 | April 2022 | Allow | 17 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17092361 | Image processing method based on sensor characteristics | November 2020 | February 2022 | Allow | 15 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17092876 | FIXED PATTERN NOISE REDUCTION AND HIGH SPATIAL FREQUENCY FILTERING USING VARI-FOCUS LENSES IN LOW CONTRAST SCENES | November 2020 | December 2022 | Allow | 25 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17093220 | PHOTO AND VIDEO COLLABORATION PLATFORM | November 2020 | August 2022 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for art-unit 2698.
With a 24.0% 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.
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, 27.3% 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 2698 is part of Group 2690 in Technology Center 2600. This art unit has examined 3,288 patent applications in our dataset, with an overall allowance rate of 86.6%. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 21 months.
Art Unit 2698's allowance rate of 86.6% places it in the 85% percentile among all USPTO art units. This art unit has a significantly higher allowance rate than most art units at the USPTO.
Applications in Art Unit 2698 receive an average of 1.70 office actions before reaching final disposition (in the 34% percentile). The median prosecution time is 21 months (in the 92% percentile).
When prosecuting applications in this art unit, consider the following:
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