USPTO Examiner AHMED SHAMIM - Art Unit 1713

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18890938POLISHING COMPOSITION, POLISHING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATESeptember 2024March 2026Allow1810YesNo
18706425SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHODMay 2024August 2024Allow400NoNo
18641911METHOD OF REDUCING LEAKAGE OF HEAT TRANSFER GAS AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUSApril 2024June 2024Allow100YesNo
18634376SHUNT DOOR FOR MAGNETS IN PLASMA PROCESS CHAMBERApril 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18619628METHOD FOR ION-ASSISTED SELF-LIMITED CONFORMAL ETCHMarch 2024February 2026Allow2200YesNo
18692792SUBSTRATE TREATING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUSMarch 2024January 2026Allow2200NoNo
18602858METHODS FOR WET ATOMIC LAYER ETCHING OF SILICON DIOXIDEMarch 2024January 2026Allow2200YesNo
18591060METHODS OF MAKING METAL PATTERNS ON FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATEFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1311YesNo
18587747NANO-FEATURED POROUS SILICON MATERIALSFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2010NoNo
18582263MICROLITHOGRAPHIC FABRICATION OF STRUCTURESFebruary 2024December 2025Allow2220NoNo
18413414BRACING STRUCTURE, SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE WITH THE SAME, AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAMEJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2500NoNo
18402529ELECTRICAL DEVICES WITH ELECTRODES ON SOFTENING POLYMERS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOFJanuary 2024November 2024Allow1100NoNo
18400891METHOD OF FABRICATING DIFFRACTION GRATINGSDecember 2023April 2025Allow1510NoNo
18531666OPTICAL ELEMENTDecember 2023August 2025Abandon2010NoNo
18526615POLISHING COMPOSITION, POLISHING METHOD AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATEDecember 2023March 2026Allow2710YesNo
18519537A CHARACTERISTIC STUDY OF ACRYLIC POLYMER DISPERSANT COATED ON SURFACE OF POLISHING PARTICLENovember 2023March 2026Allow2710YesNo
18510137FABRICATION OF WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURESNovember 2023May 2025Allow1810YesNo
18289982AQUEOUS DISPERSION COMPRISING INORGANIC PARTICLESNovember 2023February 2026Allow2710YesNo
18387877APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATENovember 2023January 2026Allow2611NoNo
18559783HIGH SELECTIVITY DOPED HARDMASK FILMSNovember 2023November 2025Allow2410YesNo
18559459MICROPROCESSING TREATMENT AGENT AND MICROPROCESSING TREATMENT METHODNovember 2023February 2026Allow2710NoNo
18503922LOW-TEMPERATURE FABRICATION METHOD OF BULK METAMATERIAL STRUCTURES FOR HEAT-SENSITIVE MATERIALSNovember 2023March 2026Allow2810YesNo
18502531APPARATUS FOR TREATING SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR TREATING A SUBSTRATENovember 2023February 2026Allow2710NoNo
18386364ETCHING COMPOSITIONSNovember 2023October 2025Abandon2320NoNo
18496823Inattentive HF Concentration Vapors Phase Release of Micro-electro-mechanical Systems and Optical SystemsOctober 2023March 2026Allow2810YesNo
18380482LENS-BASED CONNECTOR ASSEMBLIES HAVING PRECISION ALIGNMENT FEATURES AND METHODS FOR FABRICATING THE SAMEOctober 2023January 2026Allow2710NoNo
18380066ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUSOctober 2023October 2025Allow2501NoNo
18480495SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REVERSE PULSINGOctober 2023June 2025Allow2011NoNo
18374878SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUSSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2911NoNo
18373455METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESeptember 2023July 2025Allow2100NoNo
18472551HYDROGEN PEROXIDE PLASMA ETCH OF ASHABLE HARD MASKSeptember 2023March 2024Allow600NoNo
18471239SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUSSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3011YesNo
18469263VERTICAL PROBE ARRAYS AND IMPROVED METHODS FOR MAKING USING TEMPORARY OR PERMANENT ALIGNMENT STRUCTURES FOR SETTING OR MAINTAINING PROBE-TO-PROBE RELATIONSHIPSSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2100YesNo
18550617SUBSTRATE TREATING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE TREATING APPARATUSSeptember 2023March 2026Allow3011YesNo
18281558POLISHING SLURRY COMPOSITIONSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2610NoNo
18464041Plasma Processing Method and Plasma Processing ApparatusSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2610NoNo
18241606SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHODSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2610NoNo
18241705LITHOGRAPHY METHOD TO FORM STRUCTURES WITH SLANTED ANGLESeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18279692PLASMA PROCESSING METHODAugust 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18459362SYSTEM OF DETERMINING LEAKAGE OF SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING TOOL AND USAGE METHOD THEREOFAugust 2023January 2026Allow2911NoNo
18240008SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEAugust 2023January 2026Allow2811YesNo
18279443PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING DEVICEAugust 2023June 2025Allow2200YesNo
18456650SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING HIGH-ASPECT-RATIO GRATINGSAugust 2023February 2026Allow2911YesNo
18456652SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEAugust 2023September 2025Allow2401YesNo
18236975Fabrication Technique For Wire Grid PolarizerAugust 2023September 2025Allow2510YesNo
18237067ETCHING METHOD AND PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUSAugust 2023November 2025Allow2711NoNo
18451826ETCHING METHOD AND ETCHING APPARATUSAugust 2023April 2025Allow2010YesNo
18226855MICROFLUIDIC DEVICES AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING MICROFLUIDIC DEVICESJuly 2023May 2025Allow2200NoNo
18359364Semiconductor Device Cleaning Solution, Method of Use, and Method of ManufactureJuly 2023August 2025Allow2420NoNo
18225825HIGH TRANSPARENCY, HIGH HAZE NANOSTRUCTURED STRUCTURESJuly 2023March 2026Allow3220YesNo
18358056SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE ETCHING SOLUTION AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE USING THE SAME ETCHING SOLUTIONJuly 2023January 2025Allow1810NoNo
18225454GAS DISTRIBUTION ASSEMBLIES FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESJuly 2023January 2026Allow3011YesNo
18225623METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICESJuly 2023December 2024Allow1610NoNo
18357370ION BEAM ETCHING CHAMBER WITH ETCHING BY-PRODUCT REDISTRIBUTORJuly 2023May 2025Allow2200YesNo
18354055ETCHANT COMPOSITION FOR ETCHING SILICON AND SILICON GERMANIUM, AND PREPARATION METHOD OF PATTERN USING THE SAMEJuly 2023January 2026Allow3011YesNo
18353624STENTS HAVING A HYBRID PATTERN AND METHODS OF MANUFACTUREJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010YesNo
18334604METHOD FOR PRODUCING STRUCTURED GLASS ARTICLES BY ALKALINE ETCHINGJune 2023January 2026Allow3111YesNo
18333154COMPOSITION FOR SURFACE TREATMENT AND SURFACE TREATMENT METHOD USING THE SAMEJune 2023August 2025Allow2711YesNo
18205593GLASS ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAMEJune 2023March 2025Allow2111NoNo
18255695Structured Film and Method of Using Same to Form a Pattern on a SubstrateJune 2023January 2026Allow3211YesNo
18036932PLASMA ETCHING METHODMay 2023January 2025Allow2010YesNo
18036710METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ULTRA-THIN GLASS SUBSTRATES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANELMay 2023May 2025Allow2410NoNo
18139559TREATMENT LIQUID FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WITH RUTHENIUM AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAMEApril 2023December 2024Allow2010NoNo
18032025METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ULTRA-THIN GLASS SUBSTRATES AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DISPLAY PANELApril 2023May 2025Allow2600YesNo
18131464SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD, AND METHOD OF FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEApril 2023September 2025Allow2910YesNo
18030378POLISHING LIQUID COMPOSITION FOR SILICON OXIDE FILMSApril 2023January 2026Abandon3411NoNo
18189793ETCHING A DESIGN ON A METAL SURFACE COVERED WITH A PIGMENTED LAYERMarch 2023April 2025Allow2501YesNo
18187805ATTRACTING METHODMarch 2023April 2025Allow2500YesNo
18123068OPERATION METHOD OF ETCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE USING THE SAMEMarch 2023July 2025Allow2800YesNo
18122337ETCHANT COMPOSITION AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF DISPLAY DEVICE USING THE SAMEMarch 2023February 2026Allow3511NoNo
18179919ETCHANTMarch 2023August 2025Allow2911YesNo
18113078ETCHING METHODFebruary 2023July 2024Allow1600YesNo
18172563METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER WITH WAFER CHUCK HAVING FLUID GUIDING STRUCTUREFebruary 2023November 2024Allow2010NoNo
18003246ETCH SELECTIVITY CONTROL IN ATOMIC LAYER ETCHINGDecember 2022December 2024Allow2400NoNo
18003257ETCHING OF INDIUM GALLIUM ZINC OXIDEDecember 2022January 2026Allow3611YesNo
18068888ETCHANT COMPOSITION FOR SILICON LAYER AND ETCHING METHOD USING THE SAMEDecember 2022August 2025Allow3111NoNo
18010531PLASMA REACTION DEVICE AND COOLING METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
17783262CHEMICAL-MECHANICAL POLISHING LIQUIDDecember 2022May 2025Allow3510NoNo
18077171METHOD FOR REACTIVE ION ETCHINGDecember 2022August 2025Allow3211NoNo
18076511ETCHANTS FOR MAKING TEXTURED GLASS ARTICLESDecember 2022July 2025Abandon3101NoNo
18057233OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING OPTICAL ELEMENTNovember 2022July 2025Allow3211NoNo
17986147METHOD OF PROCESSING SUBSTRATENovember 2022April 2025Allow2910YesNo
17998517Low Dishing Oxide CMP Polishing Compositions For Shallow Trench Isolation Applications And Methods Of Making ThereofNovember 2022November 2024Allow2400YesNo
18052813METHODS OF FORMING PATTERNS USING HARD MASKNovember 2022April 2025Allow3010YesNo
17923123PLASMA ETCHING METHOD USING PENTAFLUOROPROPANOLNovember 2022January 2025Allow2610NoNo
17997505METHOD FOR ETCHING CURVED SUBSTRATEOctober 2022June 2023Allow800NoNo
17970804FABRICATION OF WAVEGUIDE STRUCTURESOctober 2022August 2023Allow1000YesNo
17917155PLASMA ETCHING METHOD USING PERFLUOROISOPROPYL VINYL ETHEROctober 2022September 2024Allow2300YesNo
17937123Method for Manufacturing an Integrated MEMS Transducer Device and Integrated MEMS Transducer DeviceSeptember 2022November 2023Allow1310NoNo
17914821POLISHING COMPOSITIONSeptember 2022January 2026Abandon4021YesNo
17950774SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE PROCESSING APPARATUSSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3311YesNo
17946609METHODS TO PREVENT SURFACE CHARGE INDUCED CD-DEPENDENT ETCHING OF MATERIAL FORMED WITHIN FEATURES ON A PATTERNED SUBSTRATESeptember 2022September 2024Allow2410NoNo
17933075STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF SURFACE ACOUSTIC WAVE FILTER WITH BACK ELECTRODE OF PIEZOELECTRIC LAYERSeptember 2022May 2024Allow2000YesNo
17932341FILM-FORMING METHOD AND FILM-FORMING SYSTEMSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3211YesNo
17944540METHODS OF HIGHLY SELECTIVE SILICON OXIDE REMOVALSeptember 2022January 2025Allow2910YesNo
17942369METHODS FOR PLANARIZING A SUBSTRATE USING A COMBINED WET ETCH AND CHEMICAL MECHANICAL POLISHING (CMP) PROCESSSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2310NoNo
17942387WET ETCH PROCESS AND METHOD TO CONTROL FIN HEIGHT AND CHANNEL AREA IN A FIN FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR (FINFET)September 2022September 2024Allow2410NoNo
17942359WET ETCH PROCESS AND METHOD TO PROVIDE UNIFORM ETCHING OF MATERIAL FORMED WITHIN FEATURES HAVING DIFFERENT CRITICAL DIMENSION (CD)September 2022August 2024Allow2310NoNo
17903417CONTROL METHOD OF MULTI-STAGE ETCHING PROCESS AND PROCESSING DEVICE USING THE SAMESeptember 2022October 2025Allow3721YesNo
17902507POLISHING METHOD, AND POLISHING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAMESeptember 2022June 2024Abandon2120NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner AHMED, SHAMIM.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
13
Examiner Affirmed
11
(84.6%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(15.4%)
Reversal Percentile
27.0%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 15.4% 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.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
47
Allowed After Appeal Filing
14
(29.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
33
(70.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
44.9%
Lower than average

Understanding Appeal Filing Strategy

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, 29.8% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

Strategic Recommendations

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.

Examiner AHMED, SHAMIM - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner AHMED, SHAMIM works in Art Unit 1713 and has examined 1,140 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 82.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner AHMED, SHAMIM's allowance rate of 82.0% places them in the 54% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by AHMED, SHAMIM receive 1.50 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 26% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by AHMED, SHAMIM is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 75% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +21.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by AHMED, SHAMIM. This interview benefit is in the 65% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 31.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 66% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 24.4% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 33% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 121.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 83% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 69.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 55% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 62.1% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 56.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 59% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show above-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Petitionable matters include restriction requirements (MPEP § 1002.02(c)(2)) and various procedural issues.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 3.9% of allowed cases (in the 83% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.6% of allowed cases (in the 57% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.
  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

Relevant MPEP Sections for Prosecution Strategy

  • MPEP § 713.10: Examiner interviews - available before Notice of Allowance or transfer to PTAB
  • MPEP § 714.12: After-final amendments - may be entered "under justifiable circumstances"
  • MPEP § 1002.02(c): Petitionable matters to Technology Center Director
  • MPEP § 1004: Actions requiring primary examiner signature (allowances, final rejections, examiner's answers)
  • MPEP § 1207.01: Appeal conferences - mandatory for all appeals
  • MPEP § 1214.07: Reopening prosecution after appeal

Important Disclaimer

Not Legal Advice: The information provided in this report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal advice. You should consult with a qualified patent attorney or agent for advice specific to your situation.

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