USPTO Examiner AHMED SABA - Art Unit 2154

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
17139149METHOD FOR PLAYING AUDIO, DEVICE, TERMINAL, SERVER AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2020December 2023Abandon3520NoNo
17136819CORRUPTED STORAGE PORTION RECOVERY IN A MEMORY DEVICEDecember 2020April 2024Allow3930YesNo
17122940SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF SECURE NETWORKED DATA EXCHANGEDecember 2020June 2021Allow610YesNo
17062641Presenting Search And Comparison ResultsOctober 2020August 2023Abandon3420YesNo
17060737STORAGE DEVICE AND OPERATING METHOD OF MEMORY CONTROLLEROctober 2020January 2024Allow4030YesYes
17034753System and Method for Creating a Consistent Personalized Web Experience Across Multiple Platforms and ChannelsSeptember 2020February 2023Allow2810NoNo
17029591DATA DEDUPLICATION PARAMETER COMPUTATIONSeptember 2020February 2023Allow2820YesYes
17028805METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSESSING CANDIDATES FOR VISUAL ROLESSeptember 2020March 2024Allow4230YesNo
17025097AI TO AI COMMUNICATIONSeptember 2020August 2024Allow4740YesNo
17023590STORING LEGAL HOLD DATA IN CLOUD DATA STORAGE UNITSSeptember 2020September 2024Allow4840YesNo
17015453GEOLOCATION USING REVERSE DOMAIN NAME SERVER INFORMATIONSeptember 2020February 2023Allow2920YesNo
16944015TRANSACTION COMMIT PROTOCOL WITH RECOVERABLE COMMIT IDENTIFIERJuly 2020September 2023Allow3720YesYes
16941447SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTEXTUALIZING COMPUTER VISION GENERATED TAGS USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSINGJuly 2020May 2023Allow3320YesNo
16933532STREAM SELECTION FOR MULTI-STREAM STORAGE DEVICESJuly 2020August 2023Abandon3720NoNo
16927626RANK QUERY RESULTS FOR RELEVANCE UTILIZING EXTERNAL CONTEXTJuly 2020June 2023Allow3530YesNo
16921309MERGE TREE MODIFICATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE OPERATIONSJuly 2020May 2023Abandon3420NoNo
16921371MERGE TREE GARBAGE METRICSJuly 2020May 2023Abandon3420NoNo
16885287INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER PROGRAMMay 2020February 2024Abandon4520NoNo
16877452SEARCH INFRASTRUCTUREMay 2020October 2022Allow2910YesNo
16869298BLOCKCHAIN-BASED DATA MIGRATION METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2020December 2021Abandon1930YesNo
16856920KVS TREEApril 2020March 2023Abandon3520YesNo
16853642INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMApril 2020January 2024Abandon4520NoNo
16791450SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION PROCESSING AND GEOCODING OPTIMIZATIONFebruary 2020July 2023Allow4130YesNo
16638234SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR JOINING DATASETSFebruary 2020October 2022Allow3210NoNo
16711815Method for Processing and Displaying Real-Time Social Data on MapDecember 2019February 2024Abandon5030YesNo
16615830SAMPLE WEIGHT SETTING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICENovember 2019September 2022Abandon3410NoNo
16588009GLOBAL DATA DEDUPLICATION ACROSS MULTIPLE DISTRIBUTED FILE SYSTEMSSeptember 2019July 2023Allow4630NoNo
16578780PIPELINE FOR DOCUMENT SCORINGSeptember 2019July 2022Allow3410NoNo
16558104System and Method for Rule-Based Conversational User InterfaceAugust 2019March 2024Abandon5420NoYes
16557723Rotating Offline Storage Units In A Dispersed Storage NetworkAugust 2019March 2023Allow4220YesYes
16547782METHOD FOR GENERATING A COHERENT REPRESENTATION FOR AT LEAST TWO LOG FILESAugust 2019May 2022Abandon3310NoNo
16544763Audio and Visual Asset Matching PlatformAugust 2019January 2021Allow1720NoNo
16544785SNAPSHOT CONSCIOUS INTERNAL FILE DATA MODIFICATION FOR NETWORK-ATTACHED STORAGEAugust 2019August 2022Allow3520NoNo
16528595METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REDUNDANT DISTRIBUTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF STORAGE METADATAJuly 2019January 2023Allow4120NoNo
16528060INTENT BASED SECOND PASS RANKER FOR RANKING AGGREGATESJuly 2019April 2022Allow3220YesNo
16521244SYSTEM FOR HANDLING WORKPLACE QUERIES USING ONLINE LEARNING TO RANKJuly 2019June 2023Allow4630YesNo
16452971MULTI-THREADED PAUSE-LESS REPLICATING GARBAGE COLLECTIONJune 2019January 2023Allow4220YesNo
16452444MULTI-TIER SEARCH AND DELIVERY OF TRAVEL EXPERIENCESJune 2019October 2024Allow6040YesNo
16441566Object Storage System with Control Entity Quota Usage MappingJune 2019October 2022Allow4020YesNo
16408599Cross-Datasource Querying Using Composite ShapesMay 2019September 2022Allow4030YesNo
16370397METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING DYNAMIC CONTENT TYPESMarch 2019March 2022Allow3620YesNo
16365433PARTIAL DISCOVERY OF CLOUD-BASED RESOURCESMarch 2019October 2020Allow1830YesNo
16264867SCALING HIGH-LEVEL STATISTICAL LANGUAGES TO LARGE, DISTRIBUTED DATASETSFebruary 2019September 2023Allow5550YesYes
16238290LOAD PLAN GENERATIONJanuary 2019June 2023Allow5450YesNo
16201856USING INTEROPERABILITY BETWEEN COMPONENTS OF A DATA STORAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND APPLIANCES FOR DATA STORAGE AND DEDUPLICATION TO GENERATE SECONDARY AND TERTIARY COPIESNovember 2018June 2022Abandon4310YesNo
16201838HIGH-FREQUENCY VIRTUAL MACHINE RESTORE POINTSNovember 2018March 2022Abandon4040YesYes
16201402REDUCING SIGNATURE VERIFICATIONS OF DATABASE ENTRIESNovember 2018September 2022Allow4640YesYes
16201774POINT-IN-TIME RESTORE WITH DELAYED INSTANTIATIONNovember 2018August 2024Allow6080YesNo
16192793PROCESSING EVENT MESSAGES FOR DATA OBJECTS TO DETERMINE DATA TO REDACT FROM A DATABASENovember 2018May 2022Allow4230YesNo
16192795PROCESSING EVENT MESSAGES FOR DATA OBJECTS IN A MESSAGE QUEUE TO DETERMINE DATA TO REDACTNovember 2018May 2022Allow4230YesNo
16162783Generating Recommendations Based on Semantic Knowledge CaptureOctober 2018March 2021Allow2920YesNo
16049312METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR QUERY SEGMENTATION IN A SEARCHJuly 2018January 2021Allow2910NoNo
16002811UNSUPERVISED CLASSIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS USING A LABELED DATA SET OF OTHER DOCUMENTSJune 2018December 2022Abandon5440NoNo
16002122SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FILE ARCHIVING USING MACHINE LEARNINGJune 2018October 2022Allow5240YesYes
15914119METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RESILIENT, DURABLE, SCALABLE, AND CONSISTENT DISTRIBUTED TIMELINE DATA STOREMarch 2018March 2020Allow2430YesNo
15794213PARALLEL SCORING OF AN ENSEMBLE MODELOctober 2017September 2020Allow3510NoNo
15541009SEARCH METHOD AND APPARATUSJune 2017June 2021Abandon4720NoNo
15620600CONTENT NAME RESOLUTION FOR INFORMATION CENTRIC NETWORKINGJune 2017February 2020Allow3230YesNo
15581370PERSISTENT CACHE LAYER TO TIER DATA TO CLOUD STORAGEApril 2017March 2021Allow4620NoNo
15466533MODELING OF THE LATENT EMBEDDING OF MUSIC USING DEEP NEURAL NETWORKMarch 2017December 2020Abandon4520NoNo
15466625DISPLAYING FEED CONTENTMarch 2017June 2022Abandon6050YesNo
15430465Presenting Search Results OnlineFebruary 2017November 2020Abandon4540YesNo
15429483System for Natural Language Interaction with Financial DataFebruary 2017April 2020Allow3830NoNo
15430091TRANSACTION COMMIT PROTOCOL WITH RECOVERABLE COMMIT IDENTIFIERFebruary 2017April 2020Allow3830YesYes
15430270SEARCH AND FILTERING OF MESSAGE CONTENTFebruary 2017September 2020Allow4340YesNo
15429426SCALABLE DATA VERIFICATION WITH IMMUTABLE DATA STORAGEFebruary 2017January 2022Abandon5940YesNo
15430246STORING PARSEABLE ENTITY COMBINATIONSFebruary 2017August 2020Abandon4310YesNo
15430136DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION TOOL FOR LARGE ELECTRONIC FILESFebruary 2017August 2022Abandon6070YesNo
15428877KVS TREEFebruary 2017February 2020Allow3620YesNo
15428912MERGE TREE GARBAGE METRICSFebruary 2017February 2020Allow3620YesNo
15428951MERGE TREE MODIFICATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE OPERATIONSFebruary 2017February 2020Allow3620YesNo
15428976STREAM SELECTION FOR MULTI-STREAM STORAGE DEVICESFebruary 2017February 2020Allow3620YesNo
15385796STORAGE MANAGEMENT FOR CONFIGURATION DISCOVERY DATADecember 2016September 2021Allow5750YesNo
15371295FILE CREATION THROUGH VIRTUAL CONTAINERSDecember 2016April 2018Abandon1720YesNo
15367326SCALING HIGH-LEVEL STATISTICAL LANGUAGES TO LARGE, DISTRIBUTED DATASETSDecember 2016September 2018Allow2220YesNo
15281733HISTORICAL COGNITIVE ANALYSIS FOR SEARCH RESULT RANKINGSeptember 2016June 2020Allow4560YesNo
15260105TRAINING A CLASSIFICATION MODEL TO PREDICT CATEGORIESSeptember 2016March 2019Allow3130YesNo
15260130SEARCH RELEVANCESeptember 2016March 2019Allow3030YesNo
15247965PARALLEL SCORING OF AN ENSEMBLE MODELAugust 2016January 2020Allow4020YesNo
15248004RANK QUERY RESULTS FOR RELEVANCE UTILIZING EXTERNAL CONTEXTAugust 2016April 2020Allow4420YesYes
15121913SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SUBSURFACE DATAAugust 2016February 2021Abandon5330NoNo
15121872METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION FOR MUSICAL PIECESAugust 2016December 2022Abandon6080YesNo
15248133DATABASE SYSTEM, DATABASE ACCESS METHOD, AND DATABASE ACCESS PROGRAMAugust 2016February 2021Abandon5340NoNo
15247927POINT SEARCH - A SOCIAL SEARCH METHOD FOR FINDING PEOPLEAugust 2016April 2019Abandon3210NoNo
15247743SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR A COLOR SEARCHAugust 2016April 2019Abandon3210NoNo
15247864TRANSLATING FILE TYPE AWARE VIRTUAL FILESYSTEM AND CONTENT ADDRESSABLE GLOBALLY DISTRIBUTED FILESYSTEMAugust 2016March 2020Abandon4320NoNo
15247677SYSTEM AND METHOD OF GENERATING PLATFORM-AGNOSTIC ABSTRACT SYNTAX TREEAugust 2016May 2020Allow4530YesNo
15247737BOT SEARCH AND DISPATCH ENGINEAugust 2016October 2020Allow5040YesYes
15222024PREDICTIVELY PRESENTING SEARCH CAPABILITIESJuly 2016March 2021Allow5640YesYes
15038339METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR OPENING A WEBPAGE, INVOKING A CLIENT, AND CREATING A LIGHT APPLICATIONMay 2016April 2019Allow3510NoNo
15037783PATH ANALYSIS METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2016August 2019Abandon3920NoNo
15037341NOSQL DATABASE DATA VALIDATIONMay 2016August 2019Abandon3920YesNo
14985929SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATIC ARCHIVING, SORTING, AND/OR INDEXING OF SECONDARY MESSAGE CONTENTDecember 2015November 2020Abandon5840YesNo
14985795QUERY RESULT CACHING FOR DATABASE ENVIRONMENTSDecember 2015February 2021Abandon6040YesNo
14986219SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FILTERING OF COMPUTER VISION GENERATED TAGS USING NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSINGDecember 2015December 2020Abandon6030NoNo
14985766TRANSACTIONAL CACHE INVALIDATION FOR INTER-NODE CACHINGDecember 2015August 2020Allow5640YesNo
14986052ROTOR MOVEMENT CONTROL AND ROTOR WIRING FOR ROTOR-BASED ENCRYPTION MACHINES AND ELECTRONIC EQUIVALENTSDecember 2015February 2022Allow6060YesYes
14980669SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOMMENDING PAGESDecember 2015March 2021Abandon6050YesNo
14980668METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO DETERMINE A GRAPH ASSOCIATED WITH A DATA ITEMDecember 2015June 2019Abandon4120NoNo
14980733LINKING, DEPLOYING, AND EXECUTING DISTRIBUTED ANALYTICS WITH DISTRIBUTED DATASETSDecember 2015June 2021Allow6050YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
14
Examiner Affirmed
2
(14.3%)
Examiner Reversed
12
(85.7%)
Reversal Percentile
90.8%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 85.7% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
43
Allowed After Appeal Filing
28
(65.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
15
(34.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
90.5%
Higher 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, 65.1% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Strategic Recommendations

Appeals to PTAB show good success rates. If you have a strong case on the merits, consider fully prosecuting the appeal to a Board decision.

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner AHMED, SABA - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner AHMED, SABA works in Art Unit 2154 and has examined 226 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 66.8%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 44 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner AHMED, SABA's allowance rate of 66.8% places them in the 30% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by AHMED, SABA receive 3.19 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 87% 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 AHMED, SABA is 44 months. This places the examiner in the 15% 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 +20.6% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by AHMED, SABA. This interview benefit is in the 63% 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, 21.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 28% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 23.9% 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, 95.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 70% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 70.2% of appeals filed. This is in the 57% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 45.5% 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, 53.3% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 51% 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 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 58% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments more often than average to place applications in condition for allowance (MPEP § 1302.04).

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 12% 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

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.

No Guarantees: We do not provide any guarantees as to the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the statistics presented above. Patent prosecution statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data and are subject to data quality limitations, processing errors, and changes in USPTO practices over time.

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