USPTO Examiner ALAM SHAHID AL - Art Unit 2162

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18932301FALSE NEGATIVE PREDICTION FOR TRAINING A MACHINE-LEARNING MODELOctober 2024June 2025Allow800NoNo
18825600USER ATTRIBUTE RESOLUTION OF UNRESOLVED TERMS OF ACTION QUERIESSeptember 2024June 2025Allow910NoNo
18806152System and Method for Selecting Instrumentation TechniqueAugust 2024March 2025Allow710YesNo
18648941Managing Database Offsets With Time SeriesApril 2024May 2025Allow1320YesNo
18623928METHOD OF FACILITATING CONTACT BETWEEN MUTUALLY INTERESTED PEOPLEApril 2024October 2024Allow700NoNo
18602294DATA MANAGEMENT METHOD, DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2024February 2025Allow1120YesNo
18585707TASK AND PROCESS MINING BY ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATIONS ACROSS A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010YesNo
18439691APPROACHES FOR MANAGING DATA RETENTION LIFECYCLEFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18433318INTERACTIVE INTERFACE FOR DATA ANALYSIS AND REPORT GENERATIONFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110YesNo
18427309DE-DUPLICATING TRANSACTION RECORDS USING TARGETED FUZZY MATCHINGJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1100NoNo
18420746Data Visualization Analytical Canvas with Functionally Independent Visual ContainersJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410YesNo
18411332METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING A SEARCH RESULT IN A SEARCH RESULT CARDJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1520NoNo
18409071APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR THE GENERATION OF EXPLOITATION DATAJanuary 2024July 2024Allow610YesNo
18398372GRAPH DATA QUERYDecember 2023May 2025Allow1610NoNo
18399277EVENT-RELATED MEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMDecember 2023February 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18545672SHARED TAG DATA SYSTEMDecember 2023November 2024Allow1120NoNo
18530819SYSTEM VERSIONED TABLE WITH TRANSACTIONAL SYSTEM TIMEDecember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18504813DATA TYPE-BASED VISUAL PROFILING OF LARGE-SCALE DATABASE TABLESNovember 2023October 2024Allow1110NoNo
18483042ENHANCED PROCESSING OF TIME SERIES DATA VIA PARALLELIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONSOctober 2023November 2024Allow1320YesNo
18374490FACILITATING DATA TRANSFORMATIONSSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18476484TRAINING A MULTI-LABEL CLASSIFIERSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1110YesNo
18473819Schema Change OperationsSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1410NoNo
18283603REQUEST IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2120NoNo
18451032ANTICIPATORY PRE-EXECUTION OF DATA QUERIESAugust 2023November 2024Allow1520NoNo
18226905FEEDBACK CONTROL FOR AUTOMATED MESSAGING ADJUSTMENTSJuly 2023April 2024Allow810YesNo
18360620SYSTEM AND METHOD USING A DATABASE FOR ENHANCED USER INITIATED REQUESTS OF MATERIAL OR INFORMATIONJuly 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18223062INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND PREDICTION METHODJuly 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18261060FILE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310NoNo
18217041AUTOMATIC VALIDATION OF INPUT FILESJune 2023August 2024Allow1320YesNo
18217354METADATA-BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMJune 2023April 2024Allow900NoNo
18197128DATA CENTER MODELING FOR FACILITY OPERATIONSMay 2023August 2024Allow1510NoNo
18196941USER ATTRIBUTE RESOLUTION OF UNRESOLVED TERMS OF ACTION QUERIESMay 2023May 2024Allow1210YesNo
18309788AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CONTENT EXTRACTION METHOD AND APPARATUSApril 2023October 2024Allow1830YesNo
18136249DISTRIBUTED FRAMEWORK FOR DATA PROXIMITY-BASED TASK SPLITTING IN A CONTENT INDEXING SYSTEMApril 2023April 2024Allow1210NoNo
18192280MULTIPLE SOURCE DATA CHANGE JOURNAL SYSTEMMarch 2023March 2025Allow2320YesNo
18184267SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO SUMMARIZE CHANGE IN AN ELECTRONIC WORKSPACEMarch 2023April 2025Allow2620YesNo
18117575MUSIC AND DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODSMarch 2023October 2024Allow1900NoNo
18106005DATA SELECTION FOR MULTI-PHASE FILE-BASED DATA MIGRATIONFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2610YesNo
18163709COMMUNITY DATA AGGREGATION WITH AUTOMATED FOLLOWUPFebruary 2023January 2024Abandon1110NoNo
18159677OPTIMIZING STORAGE FILE SIZE IN DISTRIBUTED DATA LAKESJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1600NoNo
18154222INDICATOR INTERPRETATION AND REMOTE MONITORING NETWORKJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2820YesNo
18093894METHODS FOR ENSURING CORRECTNESS OF FILE SYSTEM ANALYTICS AND DEVICES THEREOFJanuary 2023November 2023Allow1110YesNo
18083398DYNAMIC MULTIPLE DATABASE MANAGEMENT FOR LEARNING AND PLAYING BACK ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALSDecember 2022October 2023Allow1010YesNo
18079803SERVICE ARCHITECTURE FOR ONTOLOGY LINKING OF UNSTRUCTURED TEXTDecember 2022October 2024Allow2340YesNo
18057552TREE-LIKE METADATA STRUCTURE FOR COMPOSITE DATASETSNovember 2022July 2023Allow710NoNo
18056827EQUILIBRIUM SOLUTION SEARCHING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSNovember 2022July 2024Abandon2010NoNo
18056041APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING DATA INTEGRITY FOR DATABASE MANAGEMENTNovember 2022March 2024Allow1630YesNo
18052990TAG-BASED DATA GOVERNANCE AUDITING SYSTEMNovember 2022September 2023Allow1020NoNo
17921284DATA LOADING AND PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD THEREFOROctober 2022August 2023Allow1010YesNo
17971009UNIQUE METHOD TO DIRECTLY ATTACH NFS/CIFS SHARE FOLDER TO HOST, WITHOUT CONVERTING TO ISO/IMG FILEOctober 2022June 2025Allow3220YesNo
17892086METHOD OF FACILITATING CONTACT BETWEEN MUTUALLY INTERESTED PEOPLEAugust 2022November 2023Allow1521YesNo
17884099NESTED ARRAY BATCH PROCESSINGAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010NoNo
17866091INTERACTIVE INTERFACE FOR DATA ANALYSIS AND REPORT GENERATIONJuly 2022September 2023Allow1410YesNo
17863887Method for Updating and Displaying Information and an Alive Patent Map ThereofJuly 2022November 2024Allow2810NoNo
17811720ANTICIPATORY PRE-EXECUTION OF DATA QUERIESJuly 2022May 2023Allow1000YesNo
17851854SERVICING QUERIES OF A HYBRID EVENT INDEXJune 2022November 2023Allow1610YesNo
17808283LANGUAGE-SETTING BASED SEARCHJune 2022July 2023Allow1310NoNo
17838349FEEDBACK CONTROL FOR AUTOMATED MESSAGING ADJUSTMENTSJune 2022April 2023Allow1010YesNo
17733510DATA REPLICATION USING SYNTHETIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN FILESApril 2022March 2024Allow2210YesNo
17709740CREATING A SECONDARY INDEX USING A CLONEMarch 2022October 2024Abandon3010NoNo
17707231SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING COLLABORATIVE MULTIUSER DOCUMENT EDITING VIA A DISTRIBUTED LEDGERMarch 2022February 2023Allow1010NoNo
17702065Merging Point-of-Interest Datasets for Mapping SystemsMarch 2022April 2023Allow1310YesNo
17700008Data Pipeline for Scalable Analytics and ManagementMarch 2022March 2024Allow2400NoNo
17700274RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SERVICEMarch 2022July 2024Allow2850YesNo
17694477SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING DATA USING AND APPLYING A VIRTUAL LANDSCAPEMarch 2022November 2024Allow3210NoNo
17639060INFORMATION SEARCH SYSTEMFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2930NoNo
17670297SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AN INTERACTIVE CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2930YesNo
17589690Data Visualization Analytical Canvas with Functionally Independent Visual ContainersJanuary 2022September 2023Allow1910NoNo
17587333IDENTIFYING A CURRENT JOURNAL STATE BY INVALIDATING RECORDS BASED ON OUT OF ORDER WRITESJanuary 2022May 2024Allow2710YesNo
17582467SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO A DATA FILE STORED AT A DATA STORAGE SYSTEMJanuary 2022June 2024Allow2840YesNo
17617514Systems and Methods for Using an Ontology to Generate Database Entries and Access and Search a DatabaseDecember 2021October 2023Allow2210NoNo
17541494DATA TYPE BASED VISUAL PROFILING OF LARGE-SCALE DATABASE TABLESDecember 2021July 2023Allow2010NoNo
17538340File Transfer Prioritization During ReplicationNovember 2021May 2024Allow2910NoNo
17536705MANAGING DATABASE OFFSETS WITH TIME SERIESNovember 2021January 2024Allow2630YesNo
17537333METHOD OF FACILITATING CONTACT BETWEEN MUTUALLY INTERESTED PEOPLENovember 2021April 2022Allow410YesNo
17453768METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ORDERING OPERATIONS ON A FILE SYSTEM HAVING A HIERARCHICAL NAMESPACENovember 2021June 2023Allow2010YesNo
17608352DATA UPDATE DEVICE, DATA UPDATE METHOD, DATA UPDATE PROGRAM, AND DATA STRUCTURENovember 2021May 2024Allow3030YesNo
17514603GARBAGE COLLECTION FROM ARCHIVAL OF STORAGE SNAPSHOTSOctober 2021August 2023Allow2100NoNo
17508526Method And System For Preview Of Search Engine ProcessingOctober 2021May 2024Allow3140YesNo
17501931SYSTEM AND METHOD USING A DATABASE FOR ENHANCED USER INITIATED REQUESTS OF MATERIAL OR INFORMATIONOctober 2021March 2023Allow1710NoNo
17450924ENHANCED PROCESSING OF TIME SERIES DATA VIA PARALLELIZATION OF INSTRUCTIONSOctober 2021August 2023Allow2220YesNo
17467311METHOD OF FACILITATING CONTACT BETWEEN MUTUALLY INTERESTED PEOPLESeptember 2021October 2023Allow2640YesYes
17411738Creation of Message Serializer for Event Streaming PlatformAugust 2021January 2024Allow2910YesNo
17396919FEEDBACK CONTROL FOR AUTOMATED MESSAGING ADJUSTMENTSAugust 2021March 2022Allow710YesNo
17397694Generating Compact Data Structures for Monitoring Data Processing Performance Across High Scale Network InfrastructuresAugust 2021April 2023Allow2110YesNo
17396503TRAINED MULTI-LABEL SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE RUNNING A ONE-VS-THE-REST CLASSIFIERAugust 2021June 2023Allow2320YesNo
17383645METHODS FOR ENSURING CORRECTNESS OF FILE SYSTEM ANALYTICS AND DEVICES THEREOFJuly 2021September 2022Allow1400YesNo
17378930TRANSIENT CACHING TO SUPPORT SHORT-TERM RECALL OF TIERED FILESJuly 2021September 2023Allow2610NoNo
17322157HIGH-DENSITY COMPRESSION METHOD AND COMPUTING SYSTEMMay 2021February 2023Allow2110NoNo
17307448METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRESENTING A SEARCH RESULT IN A SEARCH RESULT CARDMay 2021October 2023Allow2920YesNo
17290278MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INFORMATION GENERATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM FOR MANAGING RECORD OF PROCESSApril 2021November 2024Abandon4210NoNo
17246289DISTRIBUTED FRAMEWORK FOR DATA PROXIMITY-BASED TASK SPLITTING IN A CONTENT INDEXING SYSTEMApril 2021January 2023Allow2110NoNo
17235858APPROACHES FOR MANAGING DATA RETENTION LIFECYCLEApril 2021October 2023Allow3010YesNo
17229085TASK AND PROCESS MINING BY ROBOTIC PROCESS AUTOMATIONS ACROSS A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTApril 2021January 2024Allow3310YesNo
17226746AUTOMATIC ELECTRONIC MESSAGE CONTENT EXTRACTION METHOD AND APPARATUSApril 2021January 2023Allow2110NoNo
17225214METHOD OF FACILITATING CONTACT BETWEEN MUTUALLY INTERESTED PEOPLEApril 2021July 2021Allow310YesNo
17193785USER ATTRIBUTE RESOLUTION OF UNRESOLVED TERMS OF ACTION QUERIESMarch 2021February 2023Allow2310YesNo
17190503EVENT-RELATED MEDIA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMarch 2021December 2023Allow3420YesNo
17183642DYNAMIC TRIGGERING OF BLOCK-LEVEL BACKUPS BASED ON BLOCK CHANGE THRESHOLDS AND CORRESPONDING FILE IDENTITIESFebruary 2021March 2023Allow2410NoNo
17162501Cloud Storage Class-based Variable Cache AvailabilityJanuary 2021March 2023Allow2620YesNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ALAM, SHAHID AL.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
64
Examiner Affirmed
25
(39.1%)
Examiner Reversed
39
(60.9%)
Reversal Percentile
84.1%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 60.9% 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
140
Allowed After Appeal Filing
61
(43.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
79
(56.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
69.8%
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, 43.6% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is above the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal can be an effective strategy for prompting reconsideration.

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 ALAM, SHAHID AL - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ALAM, SHAHID AL works in Art Unit 2162 and has examined 1,083 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 33 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ALAM, SHAHID AL's allowance rate of 88.0% places them in the 64% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ALAM, SHAHID AL receive 1.82 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 56% 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 ALAM, SHAHID AL is 33 months. This places the examiner in the 27% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.8% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ALAM, SHAHID AL. This interview benefit is in the 45% 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, 33.4% 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 38.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 51% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 68.9% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 56% 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 63.4% of appeals filed. This is in the 37% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 34.2% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner shows below-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. Be prepared to fully prosecute appeals if filed.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 52.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 65% 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 9.8% of allowed cases (in the 96% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 11% 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:

  • 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.

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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Use at Your Own Risk: While we strive to provide accurate and useful prosecution statistics, you should independently verify any information that is material to your prosecution strategy and use your professional judgment in all patent prosecution matters.