Listed by the USPTO as LU, ZHIYU
Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2618 2649 2665 2669
This examiner grants 49% of resolved cases
Zhiyu Lu is an examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2618. With 782 resolved cases, the examiner has an allowance rate of 48.8 percent. The median time to allowance is 1411 days, and the interview lift is 14.4 percent. This 14.4 percent lift indicates that interviews can provide a path forward during the examination process.
Top companies such as Canon Inc. and Bytedance Inc. are frequently represented in these 782 cases. Firms like Astute IP Law Group and CKC & Partners Co., LLC must navigate the 48.8 percent allowance rate. The 14.4 percent interview lift suggests that direct engagement can be a tactic given the 1411-day median pendency. This 1411-day timeline requires a persistent approach to prosecution. The 48.8 percent allowance rate highlights the importance of thorough preparation for each response.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18505363 | USING FACIAL MICROMOVEMENTS TO VERIFY COMMUNICATIONS AUTHENTICITY | Non-Final OA | Apple Inc. |
| 18635392 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR GENERATING PROCESSED IMAGES DIFFERENT IN RESOLUTION | Final Rejection | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 17933665 | INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INSPECTION SYSTEM | Final Rejection | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18667561 | SIDE BRANCH DETECTION FOR INTRAVASCULAR IMAGE CO-REGISTRATION WITH EXTRAVASCULAR IMAGES | Final Rejection | Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. |
| 18611698 | TRACKING SYSTEM FOR MOVING BODY | Final Rejection | TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18380253 | IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODER, AND IMAGE ENCODER | Non-Final OA | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America |
| 18664895 | METHOD OF ESTIMATING AT LEAST ONE DIMENSION OF AN OBJECT REPRESENTED BY A POINT CLOUD | Final Rejection | Orange |
| 18735393 | Apparatus for Controlling a Vehicle and Method Thereof | Non-Final OA | Kia Corporation |
| 17760797 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DETERMINATION SYSTEM | Non-Final OA | SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD. |
| 18579388 | MONITORING DEFINED OPTICAL PATTERNS BY MEANS OF OBJECT DETECTION AND MACHINE LEARNING | Non-Final OA | FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. |
| 18648900 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LEARNING IMAGE RECOGNITION | Final Rejection | HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD. |
| 18705286 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING SEGMENTATION MASKS | Final Rejection | Siemens Aktiengesellschaft |
| 18749471 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR POINT CLOUD CODING | Final Rejection | Bytedance Inc. |
| 18674677 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR POINT CLOUD CODING | Final Rejection | Bytedance Inc. |
| 17770229 | INFORMATION GENERATION DEVICE, INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM | Final Rejection | SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD. |
| 18841599 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, ROBOT CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM | Final Rejection | KYOCERA Corporation |
| 18605789 | Frame Interpolation Using Both Optical Motion And In-Game Motion | Non-Final OA | MediaTek Inc. |
| 18555884 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE | Final Rejection | FANUC CORPORATION |
| 19100769 | Dimension Measurement System, Estimation System, and Dimension Measurement Method | Non-Final OA | Hitachi High-Tech Corporation |
| 18954303 | DEVICES AND METHODS RELATED TO UNPOWERED SWITCHING MODULE | Non-Final OA | SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC. |
| 17540698 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING BODY SIZE | Final Rejection | Shopify Inc. |
| 18240461 | TRAINING OF INSTANT SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS WITH PARTIALLY ANNOTATED IMAGES | Non-Final OA | Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH |
| 19044408 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL IMAGE OF AT LEAST A PARTIAL SECTION OF A ROW OF TEETH, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND MIRROR ELEMENT | Non-Final OA | Carl Zeiss Meditec AG |
| 18893626 | METROLOGY METHOD AND METHOD FOR TRAINING A DATA STRUCTURE FOR USE IN METROLOGY | Final Rejection | ASML Netherlands B.V. |
| 18015313 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELECTING INFORMATIVE PATTERNS FOR TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS | Final Rejection | ASML NETHERLANDS B.V. |
| 17590396 | VISUAL EFFECTS PROCESSING FRAMEWORK | Non-Final OA | NETFLIX, INC. |
IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.
Build Your Strategy48.8% of resolved applications examined by Zhiyu Lu were allowed (782 resolved cases), compared with 57.3% across Art Unit 2618 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +14.4 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Zhiyu Lu took 1,411 days on average from filing to allowance.
Zhiyu Lu examines applications in Art Unit 2618 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).
