Listed by the USPTO as WELLS, HEATH E
Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2638 2664
This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases
WELLS, HEATH E is a USPTO patent examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2638. The profile covers 108 resolved cases, with a 79.6% allowance rate. The median time to allowance is 1161 days. Interviews are associated with a 7.5% lift, suggesting a limited change relative to the favorable baseline allowance result. Applicants may therefore emphasize precise written responses while using interviews to resolve discrete technical or claim-construction questions.
The leading companies are Canon Inc., Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd., and Google LLC. The leading firms are Studebaker Brackett PLLC, Astute IP Law Group, and Cooley LLP. The company mix points to imaging, online technology, and software. The data supports a technically detailed prosecution approach with realistic scheduling for a timeline that extends beyond a year.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 18420705 | DATA CREATION APPARATUS, STORAGE DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM, DATA CREATION METHOD, PROGRAM, AND IMAGING APPARATUS | Final Rejection | FUJIFILM Corporation |
| 18539721 | MACHINE LEARNING-BASED MULTI-FRAME DEBLURRING | Non-Final OA | Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. |
| 18933374 | IMAGE FORMATION APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | Non-Final OA | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18800188 | IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE | Non-Final OA | CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA |
| 18629010 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM | Final Rejection | CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION |
| 18898273 | A METHOD, APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR MEDIA CONTENT GENERATION | Non-Final OA | Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
| 18778570 | METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICES, AND STORAGE MEDIUM OF IMAGE PROCESSING | Final Rejection | Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd. |
| 18439322 | TILE-BASED IMAGE UNDERSTANDING IN VISION AND LANGUAGE MODELS | Non-Final OA | GOOGLE LLC |
| 18360233 | STREAMING WITH RESOLUTION ESCALATION FOR REDUCED LATENCY IN MEDIA CONTENT STREAMING APPLICATIONS | Final Rejection | Google LLC |
| 18420667 | ASSIGN AN AUDIO PRESET BASED ON LOCATION AND A MACHINE-LEARNING MODEL | Final Rejection | Sony Group Corporation |
| 18539976 | CBCT SIMULATION FOR CT-TO-CBCT REGISTRATION AND CBCT SEGMENTATION | Non-Final OA | KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. |
| 18610453 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING TRACKING PROGRAM, TRACKING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | Final Rejection | FUJITSU LIMITED |
| 18778610 | AI-BASED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS | Final Rejection | NVIDIA Corporation |
| 18440503 | MACHINE VISION CHANGE DETECTION FOR PROCESS MONITORING | Non-Final OA | Ford Global Technologies, LLC |
| 18934146 | DECODING IMAGES COMPRESSED USING MIP MAP COMPRESSION | Non-Final OA | Imagination Technologies Limited |
| 18898255 | INTERMEDIATE FORMATS FOR IMAGE PROCESSING PIPELINES | Non-Final OA | Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. |
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Build Your Strategy79.6% of resolved applications examined by Heath E Wells were allowed (108 resolved cases), compared with 92.9% across Art Unit 2638 over the last five years.
This examiner's interview lift is +7.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.
Applications allowed by Heath E Wells took 1,161 days on average from filing to allowance.
Heath E Wells examines applications in Art Unit 2638 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).
