Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.
| Application Number | Title | Filing Date | Disposal Date | Disposition | Time (months) | Office Actions | Restrictions | Interview | Appeal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19003932 | DETECTION OF CANDIDATE WATER INTAKE LOCATIONS IN WASTEWATER SYSTEM | December 2024 | July 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18963954 | COMPREHENSIVE CHARACTERIZATION METHOD OF CUTTABILITY OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURING HARD ROCK | November 2024 | December 2025 | Abandon | 13 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18889288 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING SOFTWARE PERFORMANCE | September 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18796867 | INTELLIGENT OPERATIONAL OPTIMIZATION METHOD IN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE INCINERATION PROCESS | August 2024 | February 2025 | Allow | 6 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18738994 | CONTAINERS FOR STORING AND TRANSMITTING REPRESENTATIONS OF CUSTOMIZABLE PRODUCTS | June 2024 | September 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18674633 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING VIRTUAL VEHICLE OPERATION BASED ON REAL-WORLD VEHICLE OPERATION DATA | May 2024 | October 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18662259 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DATA-DRIVEN FRACTURE-CAVITY RESERVOIR DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | May 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 15 | 0 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18592215 | WATERFLOOD FRONT IMAGING USING SEGMENTALLY INSULATED WELL LINERS AS ON-DEMAND ELECTRODES | February 2024 | May 2025 | Allow | 14 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 18586152 | System and Method for Performing Quality Control of Manufactured Models | February 2024 | March 2025 | Allow | 13 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18441887 | PATTERN CHANGE DISCOVERY BETWEEN HIGH DIMENSIONAL DATA SETS | February 2024 | August 2025 | Allow | 18 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18432047 | HYDRODYNAMIC FREE-SURFACE LATTICE BOLTZMANN SIMULATION METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | February 2024 | April 2025 | Abandon | 14 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18427858 | CONSTRUCTION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR HYDRODYNAMIC JOINT COMPUTATION MODEL, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM | January 2024 | October 2024 | Allow | 9 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18397716 | APPARATUS AND METHOD OF PERFORMING MATRIX MULTIPLICATION OPERATION OF NEURAL NETWORK | December 2023 | September 2025 | Allow | 21 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 18371530 | LOWER EXTREMITIES LEG LENGTH CALCULATION METHOD | September 2023 | March 2025 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18347534 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING MODELS FOR PREDICTIVE FAILURE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY ASSETS | July 2023 | December 2024 | Allow | 17 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 18176617 | SMART RENDER DESIGN TOOL AND METHOD | March 2023 | August 2024 | Allow | 18 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18159658 | EVENT MODEL TRAINING USING IN SITU DATA | January 2023 | August 2025 | Allow | 31 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 18156700 | CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND STORAGE SITE SELECTION AND USAGE | January 2023 | April 2025 | Allow | 27 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 18146348 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR INTERPROXIMAL REDUCTION PLANNING | December 2022 | May 2025 | Allow | 29 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17918037 | METHOD FOR GENERATING MICROSTRUCTURE ON A FILM BY A ROLLER | October 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 36 | 2 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17822456 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING A RESERVOIR SIMULATION MODEL BASED ON A WELL PRODUCTIVITY INDEX | August 2022 | February 2026 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17804482 | MULTI-AGENT SIMULATION SYSTEM | May 2022 | March 2026 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17729721 | METHOD FOR VALIDATING NON-MATRIX VUG FEATURES IN SUBTERRANEAN ROCKS | April 2022 | July 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17727330 | HYBRID PHYSICS-AI METHOD FOR ACCURATE AND FAST MUD-WEIGHT WINDOW CALCULATIONS | April 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17716404 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR QUANTIFICATION AND PRESENTATION OF MEDICAL RISK ARISING FROM UNKNOWN FACTORS | April 2022 | August 2025 | Allow | 40 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17710977 | METHODS TO DYNAMICALLY CONTROL FLUID FLOW IN A MULTI-WELL SYSTEM, METHODS TO DYNAMICALLY PROVIDE REAL-TIME STATUS OF FLUID FLOW IN A MULTI-WELL SYSTEM, AND MULTI-WELL FLUID FLOW CONTROL SYSTEMS | March 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17700929 | Method To Assess Risk Of Fluid Flow And Associated Long Term Damage Of Annular Cement | March 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17762720 | PEOPLE FLOW MEASURING DEVICE, PEOPLE FLOW MEASURING METHOD, PEOPLE FLOW SIMULATION SYSTEM, PEOPLE FLOW SIMULATION METHOD, AND PEOPLE FLOW SIMULATION PROGRAM | March 2022 | March 2026 | Abandon | 48 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17753746 | AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF WELL TARGETS IN RESERVOIR SIMULATION MODELS | March 2022 | December 2025 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17636684 | Automated Fluid System | February 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17651339 | PERMEABILITY MODELING IN A RESERVOIR SIMULATION MODEL USING DYNAMIC PRESSURE TRANSIENT ANALYSIS | February 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 47 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17651167 | RISK ASSESSMENT-BASED DESIGN METHOD FOR DEEP COMPLEX FORMATION WELLBORE STRUCTURE | February 2022 | November 2025 | Abandon | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17587057 | CONTROLLING DRILLING FLUID COMPOSITION USING AN INVERTED MULTI-VARIABLE DRILLING FLUID ADDITIVE MODEL | January 2022 | September 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17627695 | YIELD RATE PREDICTION METHOD IN MANUFACTURE OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WAFER | January 2022 | January 2026 | Allow | 48 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17573453 | CHASSIS SIMULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, SERVER, STORAGE MEDIUM AND PROGRAM PRODUCT | January 2022 | November 2025 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17623873 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY FORMING PIPE | December 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17553076 | MACHINE PERFORMANCE IDENTIFICATION AND ISSUE WORKAROUND | December 2021 | March 2026 | Allow | 51 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17644371 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING QUALITY CONTROL | December 2021 | August 2024 | Allow | 32 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 17617591 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING A TIME DURATION AND AN AMOUNT OF MATERIAL REQUIRED FOR PRINTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT | December 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17545143 | CIRCUIT SERIALIZATION FOR PARAMETERIZED CIRCUIT SIMULATION | December 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17643361 | Well Location Optimizer for High Inclination Complex Well Trajectories | December 2021 | February 2026 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17534640 | TECHNIQUES FOR HEURISTICS-BASED SIMULATION OF ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS IN AN AV SIMULATION SYSTEM | November 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17613761 | MULTI-AGENT, MULTI-OBJECTIVE WELLBORE GAS-LIFT OPTIMIZATION | November 2021 | January 2026 | Allow | 50 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17528291 | FLUID DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM SOLUTION GENERATOR | November 2021 | December 2025 | Abandon | 48 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17611325 | Method for the Lightweighting and/or Designing of an Additively Manufactured Article | November 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 38 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17454723 | Cutter and Drill Bit Design by Virtual Testing with Digitized Rocks | November 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17520961 | REDUCING PROBABILITY OF GLASS BREAKAGE IN DRUG DELIVERY DEVICES | November 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 35 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17453204 | DETERMINING MATURITY OF PALEOZOIC UNCONVENTIONAL SHALE GAS | November 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17452171 | COMPOUND PROPERTY ANALYSIS METHOD, MODEL TRAINING METHOD, APPARATUSES, AND STORAGE MEDIUM | October 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 49 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17483632 | COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION SYSTEM AND COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION METHOD | September 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17440668 | METHOD FOR CALCULATING HEAD LOSS COEFFICIENT AND BRANCH PIPE FLOW DISTRIBUTION OF MULTI-POINT WATER INTAKE | September 2021 | March 2025 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17477455 | EFFICIENT ROUTING OF SYSTEMS THROUGH BUILDING STRUCTURES | September 2021 | October 2025 | Allow | 49 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17474697 | SURGICAL PLANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS WITH POSTOPERATIVE FEEDBACK LOOPS | September 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17472108 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD | September 2021 | July 2025 | Allow | 46 | 1 | 1 | Yes | No |
| 17468358 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EFFICIENT PHOTONIC HERALDED QUANTUM COMPUTING SYSTEMS | September 2021 | June 2025 | Allow | 45 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17410045 | ANATOMICALLY CORRECT RECONSTRUCTION OF AN ATRIUM | August 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17409829 | Mesoscopic simulation method for liquid-vapor phase transition | August 2021 | February 2025 | Abandon | 41 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17433453 | HYDROCARBON FLOW SIMULATION | August 2021 | May 2025 | Allow | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17406377 | Systems and Methods of Distributed Optimization | August 2021 | August 2025 | Allow | 47 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17431791 | ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM | August 2021 | September 2025 | Abandon | 49 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17400013 | QUANTUM SIMULATION | August 2021 | November 2025 | Allow | 51 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17396649 | INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM HAVING RECORDED THEREON PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE | August 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17387074 | CLOUD DESIGN COMPOSITION NEGOTIATION SYSTEM | July 2021 | March 2025 | Abandon | 44 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17424164 | DESIGN SUPPORT METHOD FOR METAL MATERIAL, PREDICTION MODEL GENERATION METHOD, METAL MATERIAL PRODUCTION METHOD, AND DESIGN SUPPORT APPARATUS | July 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17305771 | Environment-aware Prepositioning Of Digital Models In An Environment | July 2021 | April 2025 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17305611 | METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR PREDICTING BENDING IN OPTICAL PRODUCTS | July 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17371566 | STRAIN DECOMPOSITION METHOD | July 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 41 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17414520 | USER-BASED DESIGN FILE MODIFICATIONS | June 2021 | December 2024 | Abandon | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17347399 | ACCURACY OF NUMERICAL INTEGRATION IN MATERIAL POINT METHOD-BASED GEOTECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND SIMULATION BY OPTIMIZING INTEGRATION WEIGHTS | June 2021 | October 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17347251 | FLOW-AFTER-FLOW TESTS IN HYDROCARBON WELLS | June 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17346098 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MACHINE LEARNING BASED PRODUCT DESIGN AUTOMATION AND OPTIMIZATION | June 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17338486 | WORKCELL MODELING USING MOTION PROFILE MATCHING AND SWEPT PROFILE MATCHING | June 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17335751 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCORPORATING COMPOSITIONAL GRADING INTO BLACK OIL MODELS | June 2021 | January 2025 | Allow | 44 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17332454 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INVERSION OF HIGH-RESOLUTION AQUIFER STORAGE COEFFICIENT BASED ON GRAVITY SATELLITE DATA | May 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 40 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17328287 | GESTURE BASED SELECTION OF PORTION OF CATHETER | May 2021 | December 2024 | Allow | 42 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17327723 | AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE FAULT INJECTION TESTING | May 2021 | September 2025 | Allow | 52 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17323941 | GENERATION METHOD, ESTIMATION METHOD, GENERATOR, AND ESTIMATOR | May 2021 | November 2024 | Allow | 42 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17318945 | CONFIGURING CUSTOM HARDWARE TO OPERATE IN CONFIGURABLE OPERATIONAL MODES USING A SCRIPTING LANGUAGE | May 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 45 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17309212 | METHOD FOR AT LEAST PARTIALLY AUTOMATED PLANNING OF AN INSTALLATION OF ELEVATOR COMPONENTS OF AN ELEVATOR SYSTEM | May 2021 | July 2024 | Allow | 38 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17212774 | Accelerated Hardware Using Dual Quaternions | March 2021 | January 2025 | Abandon | 46 | 1 | 1 | No | No |
| 17200546 | LEARNING TO SIMULATE AND DESIGN FOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING | March 2021 | February 2025 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | Yes | Yes |
| 17164418 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYSIS OF MEDICAL IMAGES FOR SCORING OF INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE | February 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 43 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17163423 | TRIAL DESIGN PLATFORM | January 2021 | November 2024 | Abandon | 45 | 3 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 17163427 | TRIAL DESIGN PLATFORM WITH RECOMMENDATION ENGINE | January 2021 | September 2024 | Allow | 43 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 17138914 | COMPILER PLUGIN FOR SPECIAL-PURPOSE COMPUTER PROCESSORS WITH DUAL SUPPORT FOR DESIGN VERIFICATION AND RELEASE PACKAGING | December 2020 | October 2024 | Allow | 46 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17252921 | FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM TOOL FOR CONSTRAINT COMPLIANT PLACEMENT OF FIRE EQUIPMENT | December 2020 | November 2024 | Abandon | 47 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 17014579 | APPLICATION OF MARSH FUNNEL THROUGH USE OF TRAINED ALGORITHM | September 2020 | April 2025 | Allow | 56 | 3 | 0 | No | No |
| 16967478 | REFERENCE DEVICE FOR REAL-TIME TRACKING OF BONE AND/OR SURGICAL OBJECTS IN COMPUTER-ASSISTED SURGERY | August 2020 | November 2024 | Allow | 51 | 2 | 0 | No | No |
| 16984406 | Object Relationship Estimation From A 3D Semantic Mesh | August 2020 | August 2024 | Allow | 48 | 2 | 0 | Yes | No |
| 13253778 | METHOD OF MODELING THERMAL PROBLEMS USING A NON-DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT METHOD | October 2011 | August 2013 | Allow | 23 | 0 | 0 | No | No |
| 13180154 | WAVE MODELLING | July 2011 | August 2013 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
| 13176288 | Methods, Devices and Computer Program Products Providing for Establishing a Model for Emulating a Physical Quantity Which Depends on at Least One Input Parameter, and Use Thereof | July 2011 | July 2013 | Allow | 25 | 1 | 0 | No | No |
This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner KHAN, IFTEKHAR A.
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, 100.0% 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.
✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.
Examiner KHAN, IFTEKHAR A works in Art Unit 2187 and has examined 57 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.0%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 44 months.
Examiner KHAN, IFTEKHAR A's allowance rate of 86.0% places them in the 63% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.
On average, applications examined by KHAN, IFTEKHAR A receive 1.51 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 27% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.
The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by KHAN, IFTEKHAR A is 44 months. This places the examiner in the 14% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.
Conducting an examiner interview provides a +18.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KHAN, IFTEKHAR A. This interview benefit is in the 61% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.
When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 43.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 95% 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.
This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 40.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 61% 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.
When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 200.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 94% 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.
This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 89% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). Strategic Insight: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1207.01, all appeals must go through a mandatory appeal conference. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration even before you file an Appeal Brief.
When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 66.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 72% 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's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 13% 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 15% percentile). This examiner rarely issues Quayle actions compared to other examiners. Allowances typically come directly without a separate action for formal matters.
Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:
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