Listed by the USPTO as MCCULLEY, RYAN D
Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2611 2614 2677
This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases
Ryan D. McCulley has a 69.6% allowance rate across 514 resolved cases in Art Unit 2611. The median days to allowance is 931. The interview lift of 28.1% is high, making interviews a recommended tactic for practitioners. This 28.1% lift indicates that direct engagement with the examiner is effective for resolving issues and boosting the probability of an allowance compared to the 69.6% baseline.
NVIDIA Corporation, LG Electronics Inc., and Apple Inc. are his top applicants. Sughrue Mion, PLLC, Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch, LLP, and Brake Hughes Bellermann LLP are the leading firms. The 69.6% allowance rate and 931-day median pendency provide a baseline for expectations in Tech Center 2600. For the high-tech and electronics companies listed, the 28.1% lift is a strategic tool. The data suggests that for these entities, oral advocacy is a component of a successful prosecution strategy to navigate technical complexities and ensure an efficient path to securing patent rights across 514 resolved cases.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19044247 | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVICE FOR A HYBRID NEURAL RENDERING MODEL FOR 3D ANIMATION AND METHOD THEREOF | Non-Final OA | LG ELECTRONICS INC. |
| 18609609 | Inferred Shading | Non-Final OA | Apple Inc. |
| 18450634 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR OUTPUTTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA BASED ON DESTINATION APPARATUS CAPABILITIES | Final Rejection | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 19001767 | Method, Apparatus, Device, Vehicle, and Media for Creating a 3D Point Cloud Map | Non-Final OA | Robert Bosch GmbH |
| 18353213 | GENERATIVE MODEL FOR 3D FACE SYNTHESIS WITH HDRI RELIGHTING | Non-Final OA | Google LLC |
| 18856672 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Final Rejection | SONY GROUP CORPORATION |
| 19025473 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR DISPLAYING GUIDANCE INFORMATION DURING AN IMAGE-GUIDED PROCEDURE | Non-Final OA | INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. |
| 18711948 | AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY APPARATUS, SERVER APPARATUS, AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY SYSTEM, AUGMENTED REALITY DISPLAY METHOD, AND PROGRAM | Final Rejection | NEC Corporation |
| 18881537 | RENDERING METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE | Non-Final OA | Honor Device Co., Ltd. |
| 19093603 | VIRTUAL OBJECT ANIMATION GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT | Non-Final OA | Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited |
| 18857020 | WAVELET CODING AND DECODING OF DYNAMIC MESHES BASED ON VIDEO COMPONENTS AND METADATA | Final Rejection | Nokia Technologies Oy |
| 18917672 | AUDIO-DRIVEN FACIAL ANIMATION SUPPORTING VARYING IDENTITIES AND SPEAKING STYLES | Non-Final OA | NVIDIA Corporation |
| 18830218 | TECHNIQUES FOR PHYSICS-BASED ANIMATION FROM PARTIALLY CONDITIONED JOINTS | Final Rejection | NVIDIA CORPORATION |
| 18516625 | TRANSFORMERS AS NEURAL RENDERERS | Non-Final OA | NVIDIA Corporation |
| 18905578 | CONTEXTUAL TIME-BASED DIGITAL REPRESENTATIONS | Non-Final OA | Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC |
| 19000008 | NEURAL LIGHT SAMPLING | Non-Final OA | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. |
| 18558605 | IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS FOR BINARIZATION OF A MULTI-VALUE CELL IMAGE | Non-Final OA | SHIMADZU CORPORATION |
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Build Your Strategy69.6% of resolved applications examined by Ryan D Mcculley were allowed (514 resolved cases), compared with 70.5% across Art Unit 2611 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +28.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Ryan D Mcculley took 931 days on average from filing to allowance.
Ryan D Mcculley examines applications in Art Unit 2611 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).
