USPTO Examiner OKASHA RAMI RAFAT - Art Unit 2118

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19206558SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUND-ROBIN EDITING OF A GENERATED USER INTERFACEMay 2025November 2025Allow610NoNo
18766528METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING NEW AUDIENCES FOR CONTENT OF A CONTENT PROVIDERJuly 2024January 2026Allow1920YesNo
18761232In-Application User Interface MessagingJuly 2024February 2025Allow700YesNo
18663378PROVIDING CONTEXTUAL ACTIONS IN COMMAND LINE INTERFACESMay 2024March 2025Allow1000YesNo
18621991SMART DEVICE CONFIGURATION GUIDANCE VIA AUTOMATED ASSISTANT INTERFACE OF SEPARATE CLIENT DEVICEMarch 2024January 2026Allow2120YesNo
18390849INITIALIZING A CONVERSATION WITH AN AUTOMATED AGENT VIA SELECTABLE GRAPHICAL ELEMENTDecember 2023June 2025Allow1820YesNo
18540884SYSTEM FOR ESTABLISHING WIRELESS PAIRING BETWEEN PLURALITY OF HOT WATER SUPPLY DEVICE OF HOT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMDecember 2023March 2026Allow2700NoNo
18542146CREATING DYNAMIC DATA-BOUND CONTAINER HOSTED VIEWS AND EDITABLE FORMSDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18534300ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFORDecember 2023June 2025Allow1820YesNo
18508312SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES IN A SHIPYARD DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHIPNovember 2023February 2026Allow2700NoNo
18377667Intellectual-Property Landscaping Platform with Interactive Graphical ElementOctober 2023November 2024Allow1410NoNo
18230803METHOD OF ADJUSTING VIRTUAL KEYBOARDS AND INTERFACES BASED ON USER HEIGHTAugust 2023July 2024Allow1220YesNo
18341969Pet Cleaning and Treatment Apparatus and MethodJune 2023September 2025Allow2600NoNo
18099054PROCESS LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMSJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3610NoNo
18098173TOOL MACHINING LOAD MONITORING METHODJanuary 2023March 2026Abandon3710NoNo
18096486DYNAMIC DATA MASKING FOR GRAPHICAL AND TEXTUAL CONTENT IN ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATIONJanuary 2023February 2026Allow3710YesNo
18015181CONTROL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PERSONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COMFORTJanuary 2023December 2025Abandon3510NoNo
18003755Vision System for Identifying Support Structures of 3D Printed ComponentsDecember 2022October 2025Allow3410NoNo
18082750CREATING NEW WORKLOADS FOR LAUNCH WIZARDSDecember 2022January 2025Allow2510YesNo
18059062CONTROL DEVICE FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR INJECTION MOLDING MACHINENovember 2022December 2025Allow3720NoNo
17927885SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRINTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT USING A MODIFIED MESH FILENovember 2022November 2025Allow3610NoNo
18054975SERVER AND POWER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR PRIORITIZING DEMAND RESPONSE VEHICLES USED FOR INCREASING POWER DEMANDNovember 2022September 2025Allow3410NoNo
17980020SECURE, COLLABORATIVE, DIGITAL CLIPBOARDNovember 2022February 2025Abandon2730NoYes
17976896INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, MACHINE TOOL, AND PROGRAM FOR REMOVING MACHINED SUBSTANCESOctober 2022July 2025Allow3310NoNo
18051249SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRIORITIZING POWER RESTORATION TO SITES AFTER A POWER OUTAGEOctober 2022September 2025Allow3410YesNo
17997184Building Objects Having Flat Bottom SurfacesOctober 2022November 2025Allow3610NoNo
17967389METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN ENCLOSED IONIC THERMAL MODULEOctober 2022October 2025Allow3610NoNo
17996059A METHOD FOR AUTOMATED TREATING OF 3D SURFACESOctober 2022July 2025Allow3310NoNo
17961603AUTOMATED WELLHEAD MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEMOctober 2022July 2025Allow3310NoNo
17936980TAP PHASE DETECTION METHOD, FEMALE THREAD PROCESSING METHOD IN MACHINE TOOL, AND MACHINE TOOLSeptember 2022September 2025Allow3610NoNo
17943197MULTIMEDIA REDIRECTION IN COLLABORATIVE SESSIONS ON VIRTUAL DESKTOPSSeptember 2022September 2024Allow2420NoNo
17905971System, Method And Computer Program Product Which Uses Biometrics As A Feedback For Home Control Monitoring To Enhance WellbeingSeptember 2022September 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17903752HVAC SYSTEM HAVING ELECTRICAL SWITCH FOR SUPLYING POWER TO A FAN AND A COMPRESSORSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3720YesNo
17820745SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING DEVICES USING MOTION GESTURESAugust 2022February 2025Allow3030YesNo
17885384TRANSFERABLE REAL-TIME CLOCK FOR ROBOTICS CONTROLAugust 2022February 2025Allow3110YesNo
17881594MANAGEMENT DEVICE FOR MATERIAL TESTING MACHINE BY ACQUIRING CAPTURED IMAGE OF A CONTROL DEVICE, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND MANAGEMENT METHOD THEREOFAugust 2022October 2025Allow3820NoNo
17816072Method For Automatically Generating An Electronic Card Book From A Physical Card Book Having Scannable CodeJuly 2022October 2024Allow2610NoNo
17877568Dynamically Morphing Virtual Assistant Avatars for Assistant SystemsJuly 2022December 2024Allow2850YesNo
17869041LAUNDRY APPLIANCES WITH CUSTOMIZED FEATURESJuly 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17865600METHOD AND CENTRAL COMPUTER ARRANGEMENT FOR PREDICTING A GRID STATE, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTJuly 2022January 2026Allow4330YesNo
17812624SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A MULTI-ZONE DUAL DECK AIR HANDLING UNITJuly 2022October 2025Allow3920NoNo
17750638PERSONALIZED MODIFICATION OF AUDIO AND VISUAL COMPONENTS OF A VIRTUAL AGENT OF A USER INTERFACEMay 2022November 2025Allow4210NoNo
17742995MONITORING AND DETECTING ERRORS BY LOCATION AND COMMON DEPENDENCY WITHIN A COMPLEX DIGITAL ECOSYSTEMMay 2022August 2024Allow2720YesNo
17774546OPERATION METHOD AND OPERATION SYSTEM FOR OPERATING PRODUCTION FACILITIES OF A SAME KINDMay 2022December 2024Allow3210YesNo
17736549PROCESS CONTROL SYSTEM INCLUDING PROCESS CONDITION DETERMINATION USING ATTRIBUTE-RELATIVE PROCESS CONDITIONMay 2022January 2025Allow3200NoNo
17660965FINGERSPELLING TEXT ENTRYApril 2022March 2024Allow2330NoNo
17730007VERSATILE ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL SYSTEMSApril 2022May 2025Allow3610YesNo
17658386DEVELOPMENT OF A PRODUCT USING A PROCESS CONTROL PLAN DIGITAL TWINApril 2022July 2025Allow3920YesNo
17708480INTER-PLATFORM CONTROL INTERFACEMarch 2022March 2025Allow3510NoNo
17761867Device Capability Scheduling Method and Electronic DeviceMarch 2022June 2025Allow3910NoNo
17650701SHOE MAKING ASSISTANCE APPARATUSFebruary 2022April 2025Abandon3810NoNo
17633215MOTOR CONTROLLER AND MOTOR CONTROL METHOD FOR SHORTENING ADJUSTMENT TIME FOR ADJUSTING A MOTOR CONTROL COMMAND TO CONTROL A MOTORFebruary 2022November 2025Allow4530NoNo
17627863METHOD AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR OPERATING A CONVERTER-BASED GRID UNITJanuary 2022August 2024Allow3110NoNo
17621022AN IN-LINE DEVICE AND A METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCEDecember 2021March 2026Allow5130NoNo
17620374COMPUTER-ASSISTED CONFIGURATION OF A TECHNICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING A SEQUENCE OF SYSTEM COMPONENTS THAT IS ASSIGNABLE TO A SEQUENCE PATTERNDecember 2021November 2024Allow3510NoNo
17612434QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR QUALITY OF MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENTNovember 2021September 2024Allow3410YesNo
17524762VARIABLE-STEP-DISTANCE MICRO-MILLING REPAIR CUTTER PATH GENERATING METHOD FOR DAMAGE POINTS ON SURFACE OF OPTICAL CRYSTALNovember 2021September 2024Allow3410NoNo
17598786METHOD FOR PLANTATION TREATMENT OF A PLANTATION FIELDSeptember 2021May 2025Abandon4320NoNo
17481254ELECTRICAL DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLESeptember 2021December 2024Allow3920YesNo
17378205PHASOR IDENTIFICATION VIA SYNCHRONOUS MESSAGINGJuly 2021August 2024Allow3720YesNo
17265051SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING A ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR OR ASSOCIATED TOOLFebruary 2021February 2025Allow4830YesNo
16952562OFFLINE STRUCTURED DATA NAVIGATION ON A MOBILE DEVICENovember 2020November 2024Allow4840YesNo
17078121METHODS FOR IMPROVED INTERORGANIZATIONAL COLLABORATIONOctober 2020October 2025Allow6060YesNo
17067327Method, System and Apparatus for Contactless Clock-In and Clock-OutOctober 2020November 2024Abandon4920YesNo
16919388AGENT ENVIRONMENT CO-CREATION USING REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGJuly 2020November 2024Allow5330YesNo
16628546FORM AUTHORITY GRANTING METHOD BASED ON TIME PROPERTY FIELDS OF FORMJanuary 2020December 2024Allow5940NoNo
15267224USER INTERFACE FOR SEARCHING A LARGE DATA SETSeptember 2016September 2019Allow3620YesNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner OKASHA, RAMI RAFAT - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner OKASHA, RAMI RAFAT works in Art Unit 2118 and has examined 14 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 85.7%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 48 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner OKASHA, RAMI RAFAT's allowance rate of 85.7% places them in the 63% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by OKASHA, RAMI RAFAT receive 2.57 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 75% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by OKASHA, RAMI RAFAT is 48 months. This places the examiner in the 7% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +8.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by OKASHA, RAMI RAFAT. This interview benefit is in the 40% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide a below-average benefit with this examiner.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 33.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 72% 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 42.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 65% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 9% percentile). This examiner rarely makes examiner's amendments compared to other examiners. You should expect to make all necessary claim amendments yourself through formal amendment practice.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 9% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

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

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