USPTO Examiner SHAHNAMI AMIR - Art Unit 2483

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19108029VIDEO CODING METHOD, ENCODER AND DECODERFebruary 2025March 2026Allow1300NoNo
19022859Image Compositing with Adjacent Low Parallax CamerasJanuary 2025September 2025Allow800NoNo
18976551ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODDecember 2024January 2026Allow1410NoNo
18945408REDUCING BLOCKINESS FOR CODECSNovember 2024March 2026Allow1600NoNo
18940855ADAPTIVE FRAME DROPPING CONTROL METHOD AND IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMNovember 2024November 2025Allow1200NoNo
18916675Signaling Camera Parameters In Point Cloud CodingOctober 2024January 2026Allow1510NoNo
18856797TRANSMISSION DEVICE OF POINT CLOUD DATA AND METHOD PERFORMED IN SAME TRANSMISSION DEVICE, AND RECEPTION DEVICE OF POINT CLOUD DATA AND METHOD PERFORMED IN SAME RECEPTION DEVICEOctober 2024October 2025Allow1200NoNo
18904983METHOD FOR REFINING A MOTION VECTOR DERIVED UNDER A MERGE MODE USING A DIFFERENCE VECTOROctober 2024January 2026Allow1610NoNo
18899429METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SIGNALING PURPOSE FOR NEURAL-NETWORK POST-FILTER GROUPING CHARACTERISTIC SEI MESSAGE FOR CODED BITSTREAMSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1610NoNo
18889977NEURAL NETWORK WITH TRANSFORMER BASED VIDEO CODING TOOLSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1610NoNo
18884686IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODSeptember 2024February 2026Allow1710NoNo
18826793ADAPTIVE VIDEO FILTERSeptember 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18820369FLYING CAMERA AND A SYSTEMAugust 2024November 2025Allow1510NoNo
18842539POSTURE ESTIMATION APPARATUS, POSTURE ESTIMATION SYSTEM, POSTURE ESTIMATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMAugust 2024February 2026Allow1710NoNo
18841479INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, GENERATION METHOD, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMAugust 2024March 2026Allow1810NoNo
18841306COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY INDICATORAugust 2024December 2025Allow1610NoNo
18805760OBTAINING INFORMATION ABOUT OBJECTS IN CAMERA IMAGESAugust 2024January 2026Allow1710NoNo
18804285IMAGE OR VIDEO CODING FOR RESIDUALS USING COLOR SPACE TRANSFORMATIONAugust 2024November 2025Allow1510NoNo
18791700PICTURE SPLITTING-BASED IMAGE CODING DEVICE AND METHODAugust 2024November 2025Allow1610NoNo
18788190ASSISTANCE CONTROLLING APPARATUS, ASSISTANCE CONTROLLING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2024July 2025Allow1200NoNo
18784937INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEJuly 2024October 2025Allow1510YesNo
18774621CONDITIONAL APPLICATION OF REFINEMENT TECHNIQUEJuly 2024December 2025Allow1710NoNo
18755380ANALYSIS AND SORTING IN AQUACULTUREJune 2024June 2025Allow1210NoNo
18750387ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND CODE STREAM, DEVICE AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2024December 2025Abandon1810NoNo
18722888GDR ADAPTED FILTERINGJune 2024January 2026Allow1910NoNo
18747013SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SCALABLE HYBRID VIDEO ENCODINGJune 2024October 2025Allow1610NoNo
18731827COMMERCIAL VEHICLE CAMERA MONITOR SYSTEM WITH TRAILER WHEEL BASE ESTIMATIONJune 2024September 2025Allow1600NoNo
18713112MULTIMEDIA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND MEDIUMMay 2024October 2025Allow1710NoNo
18671795ADJUSTMENTS TO ENCODING AND DECODING WHEN SWITCHING COLOR SPACESMay 2024October 2025Allow1710NoNo
18711062VIDEO CODING APPARATUS AND VIDEO DECODING APPARATUSMay 2024September 2025Allow1600NoNo
18659547DRIVER BEHAVIOR MONITORINGMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18657343HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGER METHOD AND APPARATUSMay 2024January 2025Allow900NoNo
18657110INTERACTION BETWEEN BI-PREDICTION LOCAL ILLUMINATION COMPENSATION AND DECODER SIDE MOTION VECTOR REFINEMENT IN VIDEO CODINGMay 2024September 2025Allow1710NoNo
18656205VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MULTI-CORE TRANSFORM, AND VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MULTI-CORE TRANSFORMMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18656029VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MULTI-CORE TRANSFORM, AND VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MULTI-CORE TRANSFORMMay 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18656118VIDEO DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MULTI-CORE TRANSFORM, AND VIDEO ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS USING MULTI-CORE TRANSFORMMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18654364IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SIGNALING FILTER INFORMATION ON BASIS OF CHROMA FORMAT, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING BITSTREAMMay 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18644993HIGH LEVEL SYNTAX CONTROL OF LOOP FILTERApril 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18641615SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING ELECTRONIC IMAGES OF PATHOLOGY DATA AND REVIEWING THE PATHOLOGY DATAApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18638249SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO CODINGApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18630072SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO PROCESS ELECTRONIC IMAGES TO PROVIDE IMPROVED VISUALIZATION AND RENDERING OF HISTOPATHOLOGY SLIDESApril 2024December 2024Allow800NoNo
18699229COMBINING DEBLOCK FILTERING AND ANOTHER FILTERING FOR VIDEO ENCODING AND/OR DECODINGApril 2024May 2025Allow1400NoNo
18628452SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIDEO CODINGApril 2024February 2025Allow1010NoNo
18620937SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF FRAME INTERPOLATION WITH LOOP FILTERINGMarch 2024October 2025Allow1910NoNo
18691385METHOD AND DEVICE FOR OPERATING SL DRX ACTIVE TIME OF MODE 1 TERMINAL IN NR V2XMarch 2024March 2026Allow2400NoNo
18601340IMAGE CODING METHOD BASED ON CONVERSION, AND DEVICE FOR SAMEMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18596513IMAGE DECODING DEVICE, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, AND PROGRAMMarch 2024November 2024Allow910NoNo
18594972CONTROL METHOD, CONTROL SYSTEM, AND CONTROL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE VIDEO AND AUDIO PLAYMarch 2024May 2025Allow1400NoNo
18591014FLYING CAMERA AND A SYSTEMFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18587484AUDIO-VISUAL PILOT ACTIVITY RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHODFebruary 2024September 2025Allow1810NoNo
18432849SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ADJUSTING A FIELD OF VIEW OF A VISION SYSTEM ON A MARINE VESSELFebruary 2024July 2025Allow1700NoNo
18407849Configuration of a 3D sensor for safe object trackingJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2110YesNo
18403782LINE-OF-SIGHT DETECTION DEVICE, LINE-OF-SIGHT DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1600NoNo
18404816NETWORK BASED IMAGE FILTERING FOR VIDEO CODINGJanuary 2024October 2025Allow2100NoNo
18390930LUMA MAPPING WITH CHROMA SCALING ADAPTATION PARAMETER SET IN VIDEO CODINGDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18540951DEPTH SENSING FOR EXTENDED REALITY (XR) APPARATUSDecember 2023August 2025Allow2010NoNo
18569515IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODDecember 2023March 2025Allow1500NoNo
18567333SIGNALING OF PRIORITY PROCESSING ORDER FOR METADATA MESSAGING IN VIDEO CODINGDecember 2023October 2025Allow2210NoNo
18526488Processing of Filler Data Units in Video StreamsDecember 2023August 2025Allow2110NoNo
18521394METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING AN IMAGE BASED ON IN-LOOP FILTERNovember 2023September 2024Allow910NoNo
18517139Signalling Of General Constraints FlagNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18511315CODING OF DISPLACEMENTS USING SKEW FLAG FOR VERTEX MESH (V-MESH)November 2023March 2025Allow1600NoNo
18511134ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18495521PUPIL DETECTION DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD OF PUPIL DETECTION DEVICE, AND COMPUTING DEVICE INCLUDING PUPIL DETECTION DEVICEOctober 2023April 2025Allow1800NoNo
18288015METHOD, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSINGOctober 2023February 2026Allow2810NoNo
18485522GUIDED FILTER USAGEOctober 2023August 2025Allow2210NoNo
18484899Guided Filter In Video CodingOctober 2023June 2025Allow2010NoNo
18377902REDUCING REDUNDANCY BETWEEN TREE TYPESOctober 2023May 2024Allow800NoNo
18285610HIGH PRECISION 4X4 DST7 AND DCT8 TRANSFORM MATRICESOctober 2023March 2025Allow1700NoNo
18475491METHOD FOR ALIGNMENT ACROSS LAYERSSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1000NoNo
18468399POSITION DATA EXTRACTION FROM ARBITRARY CAMERA CONFIGURATIONSSeptember 2023December 2025Abandon2810NoNo
18242768VIDEO MONITORING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18242683VIDEO MONITORING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18242695VIDEO MONITORING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18242667VIDEO MONITORING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18450229METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE FILTERING WITH ADAPTIVE MULTIPLIER COEFFICIENTSAugust 2023June 2025Allow2220NoNo
18364488IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODAugust 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18263749PHOTONIC RESONATOR INTERFEROMETRIC SCATTERING MICROSCOPYAugust 2023February 2025Allow1900NoNo
18259559PARTIAL OUTPUT OF A DECODED PICTURE BUFFER IN VIDEO CODINGJune 2023May 2025Allow2310NoNo
18259561PRIORITIZED DECODING AND OUTPUT OF PARTS OF A PICTURE IN VIDEO CODINGJune 2023May 2025Allow2310NoNo
18213161RE-SAMPLING FILTERS FOR SCALABLE VIDEO CODINGJune 2023November 2024Allow1720NoNo
18210839DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DECODING VIDEO DATAJune 2023May 2025Allow2320YesNo
18267755METHOD AND DEVICE FOR GENERATING/RECEIVING MEDIA FILE INCLUDING NAL UNIT ARRAY INFORMATION, AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING MEDIA FILEJune 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18322466CROSS-COMPONENT ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERING IN VIDEO CODINGMay 2023September 2024Allow1620NoNo
18320222METHOD FOR CHROMA SUBSAMPLED FORMATS HANDLING IN MACHINE-LEARNING-BASED PICTURE CODINGMay 2023January 2025Allow2010NoNo
18036652TRACKING CAMERA, TRACKING CAMERA SYSTEMS, AND OPERATION THEREOFMay 2023March 2025Allow2210YesNo
18252184THREE-DIMENSIONAL SCANNER HAVING SENSORS WITH OVERLAPPING FIELDS OF VIEWMay 2023June 2025Allow2510NoNo
18311125Signaling of Preselection Information in Media Files Based on a Movie-level Track Group Information BoxMay 2023December 2025Allow3110NoNo
18141874ADJUSTMENTS TO ENCODING AND DECODING WHEN SWITCHING COLOR SPACESMay 2023February 2024Allow1010NoNo
18136166IMAGE CAPTURING WHILE CIRCUMNAVIGATING OBJECTS USING MOBILE DEVICESApril 2023January 2025Allow2110YesNo
18135455METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ENHANCED IMAGE SENSOR TIMINGApril 2023June 2025Allow2610NoNo
18032138SPECIFYING SYSTEM, SPECIFYING APPARATUS, AND SPECIFYING METHODApril 2023May 2025Allow2510NoNo
18132513SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF LEGIBLY CAPTURING VEHICLE MARKINGSApril 2023July 2024Allow1510NoNo
18028908METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSESSMENT OF CUSTOMER ORDERING IN A DRIVE-THROUGHMarch 2023December 2024Allow2110NoNo
18028486INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODMarch 2023December 2024Allow2110NoNo
18123650INTER PREDICTION ENCODING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE, AND READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023January 2025Allow2100NoNo
18116010SUBSTANCE DISPENSE EVALUATION SYSTEMMarch 2023July 2025Allow2810NoNo
18104747PROPERTIES MEASUREMENT DEVICEFebruary 2023November 2024Allow2100NoNo
18160785DEBLOCKING FILTER CONTROL DEVICE AND PROGRAMJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1210NoNo
18018064PACKING OF VIEWS FOR IMAGE OR VIDEO CODINGJanuary 2023July 2024Allow1700NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
9
Examiner Affirmed
5
(55.6%)
Examiner Reversed
4
(44.4%)
Reversal Percentile
67.2%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 44.4% reversal rate, the PTAB reverses the examiner's rejections in a meaningful percentage of cases. This reversal rate is above the USPTO average, indicating that appeals have better success here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
19
Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(21.1%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
15
(78.9%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
27.6%
Lower 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, 21.1% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable 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 shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner SHAHNAMI, AMIR - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SHAHNAMI, AMIR works in Art Unit 2483 and has examined 236 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 86.9%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 21 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SHAHNAMI, AMIR's allowance rate of 86.9% places them in the 65% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SHAHNAMI, AMIR receive 1.86 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 44% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by SHAHNAMI, AMIR is 21 months. This places the examiner in the 91% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +11.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SHAHNAMI, AMIR. 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, 26.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 45% 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 43.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 67% 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, 15.4% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 26% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 55.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 27% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 27.3% 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, 46.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 41% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions show below-average success regarding this examiner's actions. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 16% 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 22% 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:

    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

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