USPTO Examiner ALSHAHARI SADIK AHMED - Art Unit 2121

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18898516COPILOT IMPLEMENTATION: TESTING CONFORMANCE WITH KNOWLEDGE DOMAINSeptember 2024October 2025Abandon1220YesNo
17978498Systems and Methods for Improved Adversarial Training of Machine-Learned ModelsNovember 2022January 2026Abandon3920YesNo
17639713Methods for Compressing a Neural NetworkMarch 2022March 2026Allow4820YesNo
17449287Processing Data Batches in a Multi-Layer NetworkSeptember 2021June 2025Allow4510YesNo
17394575TRAINING IN NEURAL NETWORKSAugust 2021July 2025Abandon4810NoNo
17425684ESTIMATION APPARATUS, LEARNING APPARATUS, METHODS AND PROGRAMS FOR THE SAMEJuly 2021October 2025Abandon5020NoNo
17374033METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CAUSAL INFERENCE IN PRESENCE OF HIGH-DIMENSIONAL COVARIATES AND HIGH-CARDINALITY TREATMENTSJuly 2021December 2025Abandon5320NoNo
17373600CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK (CNN)-BASED ANOMALY DETECTIONJuly 2021March 2026Abandon5620NoNo
17421128GRAPH SUMMARIZATION APPARATUS, GRAPH SUMMARIZATION METHOD AND PROGRAMJuly 2021October 2025Abandon5120NoNo
17368864METHOD FOR PERFORMING CLUSTERING ON POWER SYSTEM OPERATION MODES BASED ON SPARSE AUTOENCODERJuly 2021December 2025Abandon5320NoNo
17358725SENSOR COMPENSATION USING BACKPROPAGATIONJune 2021December 2025Allow5320YesNo
17350082SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC PRODUCT USAGE MODEL TRAINING AND PREDICTIONJune 2021October 2025Abandon5220YesNo
17349157UTILIZING USAGE SIGNAL TO PROVIDE AN INTELLIGENT USER EXPERIENCEJune 2021December 2025Abandon5420YesNo
17413373TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DIALOGUE PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND MEDIUMJune 2021March 2026Allow5730YesNo
17299102DELTA-SIGMA MODULATION NEURONS FOR HIGH-PRECISION TRAINING OF MEMRISTIVE SYNAPSES IN DEEP NEURAL NETWORKSJune 2021January 2026Allow5520YesNo
17281991MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MASTER PRODUCTION PLAN OF CASTING PARALLEL WORKSHOPSApril 2021June 2025Abandon5020NoNo
17282057ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR REARRANGING KERNELS OF NEURAL NETWORK AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFApril 2021March 2025Allow4720NoNo
17214294AUTOMATED GENERATION AND INTEGRATION OF AN OPTIMIZED REGULAR EXPRESSIONMarch 2021May 2025Allow4920YesNo
17212747Generalized Activations Function for Machine LearningMarch 2021July 2025Abandon5120YesNo
17186392Visual Analytics System to Assess, Understand, and Improve Deep Neural NetworksFebruary 2021August 2025Allow5430YesNo
17168369DATA PROCESSING BASED ON NEURAL NETWORKFebruary 2021February 2025Abandon4810NoNo
17157319Activation Compression Method for Deep Learning AccelerationJanuary 2021June 2025Allow5230YesNo
17156821ADAPTIVE FILTER BASED LEARNING MODEL FOR TIME SERIES SENSOR SIGNAL CLASSIFICATION ON EDGE DEVICESJanuary 2021September 2025Allow5630YesNo
17155078System and Method with Federated Learning Model for Medical Research ApplicationsJanuary 2021September 2024Abandon4410NoNo
17129464METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING ASYNCHRONOUS LEARNING RULES AND/ARCHITECTURESDecember 2020November 2025Abandon5940NoNo
17254002OPERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK LAYER IN DEEP NEURAL NETWORKDecember 2020December 2024Allow4820NoNo
17253005INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMDecember 2020July 2025Abandon5530NoNo
17115839DETECTING ANOMALIES IN COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON FORECASTED TIMESERIESDecember 2020July 2025Abandon5520NoNo
17061112SYSTEM AND METHOD TO PREDICT SUCCESS BASED ON ANALYSIS OF FAILUREOctober 2020December 2024Abandon5020NoNo
16992724STOCHASTIC DATA AUGMENTATION FOR MACHINE LEARNINGAugust 2020June 2024Abandon4610NoNo
16944512Causal Reasoning and Counterfactual Probabilistic Programming Framework Using Approximate InferenceJuly 2020September 2024Abandon5020NoNo
16891980MACHINE LEARNING MODEL SURETYJune 2020July 2025Abandon6040YesNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner ALSHAHARI, SADIK AHMED - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ALSHAHARI, SADIK AHMED works in Art Unit 2121 and has examined 29 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 34.5%, this examiner allows applications at a lower rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 52 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ALSHAHARI, SADIK AHMED's allowance rate of 34.5% places them in the 5% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is less likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ALSHAHARI, SADIK AHMED receive 2.14 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 58% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ALSHAHARI, SADIK AHMED is 52 months. This places the examiner in the 3% 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 +54.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ALSHAHARI, SADIK AHMED. This interview benefit is in the 95% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner and should be strongly considered as a prosecution strategy. Per MPEP § 713.10, interviews are available at any time before the Notice of Allowance is mailed or jurisdiction transfers to the PTAB.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 37.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 85% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. If you receive a final rejection, filing an RCE with substantive amendments or arguments has a strong likelihood of success.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 0.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 0% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 1% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

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 10% 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:

  • Prepare for rigorous examination: With a below-average allowance rate, ensure your application has strong written description and enablement support. Consider filing a continuation if you need to add new matter.
  • Prioritize examiner interviews: Interviews are highly effective with this examiner. Request an interview after the first office action to clarify issues and potentially expedite allowance.
  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.
  • 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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