USPTO Examiner HABIB IRFAN - Art Unit 2485

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18770405SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSING VIDEOJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18732427METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSINGJune 2024June 2025Allow1200YesNo
18672244JOINT MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCE CODINGMay 2024June 2025Allow1310YesNo
18663996METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING A MERGE CANDIDATE LISTMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18663914METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING A MERGE CANDIDATE LISTMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18649043IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE USING DPB PARAMETER FOR OLSApril 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18641482EFFICIENT CONTEXT MODEL COMPUTATION DESIGN IN TRANSFORM COEFFICIENT CODINGApril 2024March 2025Allow1110NoNo
18604929METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNALMarch 2024December 2024Allow900NoNo
18432838FIDUCIAL GUIDED CROSS-SECTIONING AND LAMELLA PREPARATION WITH TOMOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTIONFebruary 2024November 2024Allow900NoNo
18417282PRECISION REFLECTIVITY AND AMBIENT LIGHT REMOVAL FOR A GEIGER MODE/SINGLE PHOTON ACTIVE SENSOR SYSTEMJanuary 2024June 2024Allow510NoNo
18417205LOCAL POSITIONING SYSTEM USING TWO-WAY RANGINGJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1310NoNo
18502954REDUCING MOTION VECTOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION IN BI-DIRECTIONAL TEMPORAL PREDICTIONJanuary 2024February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18409111METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE CODING USING MOTION VECTORJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18540215Interactions Among Multiple Intra Coding MethodsDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18529380ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODDecember 2023January 2025Allow1310NoNo
18524180VEHICLE HEADLAMP LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE FOR ADAS AND AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESNovember 2023May 2025Allow1810YesNo
18525428Constraints On Decoding Picture BufferNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18514351VIDEO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND DEVICENovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18513134Using Combined Inter Intra Prediction In Video ProcessingNovember 2023June 2025Allow1820NoNo
18504661Subpicture Sub-Bitstream Extraction ImprovementsNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18501497INTRA CODED VIDEO USING QUANTIZED RESIDUAL DIFFERENTIAL PULSE CODE MODULATION CODINGNovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18500927IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BITSTREAMNovember 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18386130IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DERIVING WEIGHT INDEX INFORMATION FOR GENERATION OF PREDICTION SAMPLENovember 2023December 2024Allow1410NoNo
18499652METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGESNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410NoNo
18498716INTRA PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023March 2025Allow1610YesNo
18385000METHODS, SYSTEMS AND ENCODED BITSTREAM FOR COMBINED LOSSLESS AND LOSSY CODINGOctober 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18495983INTRA-BLOCK COPY DECODING USING DYNAMIC RE-MAPPING OF ON-CHIP MEMORYOctober 2023October 2024Allow1100NoNo
18380523METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AFFINE MOTION REFINEMENTOctober 2023April 2025Allow1800NoNo
18378764MOVING PICTURE CODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE CODING APPARATUS, MOVING PICTURE DECODING METHOD, MOVING PICTURE DECODING APPARATUS, AND MOVING PICTURE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUSOctober 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18377956IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS RELYING ON INTRA PREDICTION IN IMAGE CODING SYSTEMOctober 2023August 2024Allow1000NoNo
18374260ENCODER AND BITSTREAM FOR VIDEO WITH FRAMES WITH GLOBAL MOTIONSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1310NoNo
18371733SBTMVP-BASED INTER PREDICTION METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18371593SEPARATE MERGE LIST FOR SUBBLOCK MERGE CANDIDATES AND INTRA-INTER TECHNIQUES HARMONIZATION FOR VIDEO CODINGSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18472486PROCESSING A VIDEO FRAME HAVING SLICES AND TILESSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1410NoNo
18371231ENCODER, A DECODER AND CORRESPONDING METHODS RELATED TO INTRA PREDICTION MODESeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18369458AUTONOMOUS ACTIVITY MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHODSeptember 2023May 2024Allow810NoNo
18367057TRAILER HITCHING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM INCLUDING TRAILER TYPE IDENTIFICATION AND ADAPTIVE INTERFACESeptember 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18241393METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING BIT STREAMSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1510NoNo
18280136METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE DETECTION OF BEHAVIOURS IN A RETAIL ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2023June 2025Allow2210NoNo
18241757IMPLICIT MASKED BLENDING MODESeptember 2023February 2025Allow1800NoNo
18240981MERGE WITH MOTION VECTOR DIFFERENCEAugust 2023May 2025Allow2110YesNo
18240219AFFINE MOTION PREDICTION-BASED IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE USING AFFINE MERGE CANDIDATE LIST IN IMAGE CODING SYSTEMAugust 2023September 2024Allow1210NoNo
18458015CROSS COMPONENT FILTERING USING A TEMPORAL SOURCE FRAMEAugust 2023March 2025Allow1810NoNo
18238052SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY RECORDING AND PROVIDING VIDEO AT A SKI RESORTAugust 2023February 2024Allow510NoNo
18237686VIDEO ENCODING AND VIDEO DECODINGAugust 2023June 2025Allow2120NoNo
18224852METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER PREDICTION IN VIDEO CODING SYSTEMJuly 2023July 2024Allow1200NoNo
18224967METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PROCESSING VIDEO SIGNAL BY USING AFFINE MOTION PREDICTIONJuly 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18350040METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING VIDEO SIGNALJuly 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18345569SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUSES FOR VIDEO PROCESSINGJune 2023September 2024Allow1510NoNo
18216192METHOD FOR ADAPTATION PARAMETER SET REFERENCE AND CONSTRAINTS IN CODED VIDEO STREAMJune 2023November 2024Allow1710YesNo
18336672METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MOTION INFORMATION, AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING AND DECODING MOTION INFORMATIONJune 2023July 2024Allow1310NoNo
18327483METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING OR DECODING VIDEOJune 2023December 2024Allow1810NoNo
18327160METHOD FOR ENCODING/DECODING BLOCK INFORMATION USING QUAD TREE, AND DEVICE FOR USING SAMEJune 2023September 2024Allow1510NoNo
18204091SURGICAL NAVIGATION WITH STEREOVISION AND ASSOCIATED METHODSMay 2023June 2024Allow1310NoNo
18326295Detect and Alert of Forgotten Items Left in a VehicleMay 2023September 2024Allow1610NoNo
18321426QUANTIZATION PROPERTIES OF ADAPTIVE IN-LOOP COLOR-SPACE TRANSFORM FOR VIDEO CODINGMay 2023October 2024Allow1720NoNo
18198159IMAGE DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE USING DPB PARAMETER FOR OLSMay 2023January 2024Allow800NoNo
18143156VIRTUAL BOUNDARY PROCESSING FOR ADAPTIVE LOOP FILTERINGMay 2023May 2024Allow1310NoNo
18134808METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE ON BASIS OF INTER-PREDICTION MODE AND DEVICE THEREFORApril 2023May 2024Allow1310NoNo
18194817METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ENCODING OR DECODING IMAGEApril 2023May 2024Allow1310NoNo
18193738METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGESMarch 2023August 2024Allow1610NoNo
18192665SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DATA TRANSMISSIONMarch 2023January 2025Allow2210NoNo
18186025METHOD AND DEVICE FOR EFFECTIVE VIDEO ENCODING/DECODING VIA LOCAL LIGHTING COMPENSATIONMarch 2023July 2024Allow1610NoNo
18184224MAXIMUM TRANSFORM SIZE CONTROLMarch 2023May 2024Allow1410NoNo
18171818GEOMETRIC PARTITIONING MODE IN VIDEO CODINGFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1410NoNo
18110258METHOD FOR THE PHYSICAL, IN PARTICULAR OPTICAL, DETECTION OF AT LEAST ONE USAGE OBJECTFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1420NoNo
18164097METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING INTRA-PREDICTION USING ADAPTIVE FILTERFebruary 2023April 2024Allow1510NoNo
18104477METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTER PREDICTION IN VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEMFebruary 2023March 2024Allow1410NoNo
18103115PREDICTION FOR LIGHT-FIELD CODING AND DECODINGJanuary 2023May 2024Allow1510NoNo
18099330USE OF CHROMA QUANTIZATION PARAMETER OFFSETS IN DEBLOCKINGJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1210NoNo
18156652LOCAL POSITIONING SYSTEM USING TWO-WAY RANGINGJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1220NoNo
18084949ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-ENABLED GOLF COURSEDecember 2022February 2024Allow1310NoNo
18077303System and method for measuring location of moving object based on artificial intelligenceDecember 2022March 2025Abandon2710NoNo
18077313CAMERA APPARATUS AND WINDER SYSTEMDecember 2022April 2025Allow2810NoNo
18076897CONSTRAINTS ON DECODING PICTURE BUFFERDecember 2022August 2023Allow810YesNo
18060633Method and Apparatus for Multiple Hypothesis Prediction in Video Coding SystemDecember 2022June 2025Allow3110NoNo
18073019VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAMEDecember 2022May 2025Allow2920NoNo
17992246Subpicture Sub-Bitstream Extraction ImprovementsNovember 2022July 2023Allow1810YesNo
17983301REDUCING MOTION VECTOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION IN BI-DIRECTIONAL TEMPORAL PREDICTIONNovember 2022September 2023Allow1010NoNo
18052011METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING A MERGE CANDIDATE LISTNovember 2022February 2024Allow1510NoNo
17978847SUBBLOCK MERGE MODE FOR INTRA BLOCK COPYNovember 2022October 2024Allow2410NoNo
17978514METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMAGE CODING USING MOTION VECTORNovember 2022October 2023Allow1110NoNo
17969976Constraints On Reference Picture ListsOctober 2022July 2023Allow910NoNo
17967542ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOROctober 2022February 2024Allow1610NoNo
17967352ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOROctober 2022February 2024Allow1610NoNo
17967365METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AN ACTIVE PULSED 4D CAMERA FOR IMAGE ACQUISITION AND ANALYSISOctober 2022October 2023Allow1210NoNo
17967612ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOROctober 2022April 2024Allow1810NoNo
17967458ENCODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOR, AND DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS THEREFOROctober 2022February 2024Allow1610NoNo
17965737MOTION VECTOR RESTRICTION FOR OUT-OF-FRAME BOUNDARY CONDITIONSOctober 2022September 2024Allow2310YesNo
17962245ENCODING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR, AND DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOROctober 2022October 2023Allow1210NoNo
17962156ENCODING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR, AND DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOROctober 2022October 2023Allow1210NoNo
17962197ENCODING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR, AND DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOROctober 2022November 2023Allow1410NoNo
17962221ENCODING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOR, AND DECODING METHOD AND DEVICE THEREFOROctober 2022December 2023Allow1410NoNo
17937510MICROSCOPY IMAGING METHOD FOR 3D TOMOGRAPHY WITH PREDICTIVE DRIFT TRACKING FOR MULTIPLE CHARGED PARTICLE BEAMSOctober 2022October 2023Allow1310NoNo
17956093ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODSeptember 2022August 2023Allow1110NoNo
17956711METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SIGNALING OF SYNTAX ELEMENTS IN VIDEO CODINGSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2310NoNo
17956559Interpolation Filters for Adaptive Motion Vector Difference ResolutionSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2310NoNo
17941432ADJACENT SPATIAL MOTION VECTOR PREDICTOR CANDIDATES IMPROVEMENTSeptember 2022April 2024Allow1910YesNo
17941738SEPARATE CONSTRAINED DIRECTIONAL ENHANCEMENT FILTERSeptember 2022August 2024Allow2330YesNo
17901547ON PROPAGATING INTRA PREDICTION MODE INFORMATION OF IBC BLOCK BY USING BLOCK VECTORSeptember 2022June 2024Allow2220YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
2
Examiner Affirmed
1
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
72.5%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 50.0% 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
28
Allowed After Appeal Filing
12
(42.9%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
16
(57.1%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
68.5%
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, 42.9% 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 HABIB, IRFAN - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HABIB, IRFAN works in Art Unit 2485 and has examined 735 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 88.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 19 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HABIB, IRFAN's allowance rate of 88.6% places them in the 66% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by HABIB, IRFAN receive 1.47 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 34% 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 HABIB, IRFAN is 19 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 +7.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HABIB, IRFAN. This interview benefit is in the 38% 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, 32.8% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 63% 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 36.8% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 48% 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, 10.5% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 22% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show limited success with this examiner compared to others. While still worth considering, be prepared to proceed with a full appeal brief if the PAC does not result in favorable action.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 91.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 82% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 38.1% 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 54.2% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 68% 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 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 53% 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 20% 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:

  • Appeal filing as negotiation tool: This examiner frequently reconsiders rejections during the appeal process. Filing a Notice of Appeal may prompt favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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.

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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.