USPTO Examiner PATEL DHAVAL V - Art Unit 2631

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19264628TECHNIQUE FOR CALCULATING THE BACKFAT THICKNESS OF A SOWJuly 2025September 2025Allow210NoNo
19172643INTELLIGENT STOP-BARKING METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2025September 2025Allow610YesNo
19087146SMART FIXTURE SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED SENSORS FOR EMERGENCY DETECTION AND RESPONSE, AND METHODS FOR OPERATIONMarch 2025June 2025Allow300NoNo
18978726AUTHENTICATION BETWEEN USER EQUIPMENT AND COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR ONBOARDING PROCESSDecember 2024September 2025Allow920YesNo
18967637METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DISTRIBUTING IMAGE DESCRIPTION TEXTDecember 2024June 2025Allow610NoNo
18932549METHOD OF LIGHTWEIGHTING A NEURAL NETWORK FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION, A METHOD OF RECOGNIZING OBJECT USING THE LIGHTWEIGHTED NEURAL NETWORK, AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE SAMEOctober 2024May 2025Allow710NoNo
18766347ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR AUTOMATED USER IDENTIFICATIONJuly 2024February 2025Allow800NoNo
18764571EVENT CAMERA-BASED TIME-TO-COLLISION ESTIMATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2024October 2025Allow1610YesNo
18733112METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING DATA IN COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION METHODJune 2024November 2025Allow1820NoNo
18680867Method, Device, Computer Program, and Computer Program Product for Analyzing Data Sets of Action Objects in Audio and/or Visual Media ContentsMay 2024December 2024Allow610YesNo
18678388Systems and Methods for a Tone Mapper Solution for an Autonomous Driving SystemMay 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18662319LANE VIOLATION DETECTION USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKSMay 2024April 2025Allow1110NoNo
18662847LIVENESS DETECTIONMay 2024January 2026Allow2010NoNo
18654273Automated Facial Recognition Library Construction with Privacy ProtectionMay 2024April 2025Allow1210YesNo
18635260METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ALARM VERIFICATION BASED ON VIDEO ANALYTICSApril 2024September 2024Allow510NoNo
18636041SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DERIVING AN AGENT TRAJECTORY BASED ON MULTIPLE IMAGE SOURCESApril 2024June 2025Allow1410NoNo
18622582AUTOMATIC LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION (ALPR) AND VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION PROFILE METHODS AND SYSTEMSMarch 2024July 2025Allow1510NoNo
18600788WEARABLE DEVICE FOR MEDICATION ADHERENCE MONITORINGMarch 2024October 2024Allow800NoNo
18592508METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RANDOM ACCESS FOR BEAM FAILURE RECOVERYFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18437649METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADDRESS VERIFICATIONFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1500NoNo
18437147METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTATIONAL DECODING OF BIOLOGICAL, CHEMICAL, AND PHYSICAL ENTITIESFebruary 2024April 2025Allow1510YesNo
18413250CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAMJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18569269Methods for Signaling Positioning Measurements Between NodesDecember 2023February 2026Allow2600NoNo
18535550MULTIPLE EXPOSURE EVENT DETERMINATIONDecember 2023March 2025Allow1500NoNo
18568239SYSTEM, COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED POSITIONING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND NON-VOLATILE DATA CARRIERDecember 2023December 2025Allow2400NoNo
18528519EVENT TRIGGER BASED ON REGION-OF-INTEREST NEAR HAND-SHELF INTERACTIONDecember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18513376PACKAGED MODULE WITH ANTENNA AND FRONT END INTEGRATED CIRCUITNovember 2023December 2024Allow1310NoNo
18511987MACHINE LEARNING PARKING DETERMINATIONNovember 2023November 2024Allow1220YesNo
18503024DROWSINESS DETECTION DEVICENovember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18384224Multi-Resolution Attention Network For Video Action RecognitionOctober 2023August 2024Allow1010NoNo
18286733SUPPORTING COMPATIBILITYOctober 2023February 2026Allow2800NoNo
18378318EQUITABLE AVAILABILITY DISTRIBUTION REAL-TIME CALCULATOROctober 2023November 2025Allow2500NoNo
18376929ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND MUSIC VISUALIZATION METHOD THEREOFOctober 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18481078USER EQUIPMENT POSITIONING METHOD, APPARATUS, BASE STATION AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023December 2025Allow2600NoNo
18478026DETERMINING TACTICAL RELEVANCE AND SIMILARITY OF VIDEO SEQUENCESSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1010NoNo
18372309SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE ANALYSIS OF MOVING OBJECTSSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18470674LANE DETECTION AND DISTANCE ESTIMATION USING SINGLE-VIEW GEOMETRYSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18470935SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EXPOSING TELEMETRY INFORMATION IN CELLULAR NETWORKSSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2600NoNo
18551241TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEMSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2500NoNo
18468834SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ROOF DETERIORATION ANALYSISSeptember 2023October 2024Allow1310NoNo
18450312MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION USING INTERNET DOMAIN NAME RETRIEVALAugust 2023January 2026Allow2900NoNo
18448534SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FREE SPACE ESTIMATIONAugust 2023March 2024Allow700YesNo
18273577ASSISTANCE IN RANGING A COMMUNICATION DEVICEJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110YesNo
18224242SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WIRELESS POSITIONINGJuly 2023December 2025Allow2910NoNo
18354019MEASUREMENT AND SIGNALING FOR ENABLING POSITION DETERMINATION IN NETWORKS INCLUDING NON-TERRESTRIAL COMPONENTSJuly 2023October 2025Allow2700NoNo
18220040SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IAB MIGRATIONJuly 2023November 2025Allow2810NoNo
18219504Systems and Methods for Determining Sensor Location and OrientationJuly 2023March 2026Abandon3210NoNo
18348150SENSING SIGNAL INDICATIONJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18346888SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PRECISE POSITION INFORMATION ON BASIS OF MACHINE LEARNING, AND PROVISION METHOD THEREFORJuly 2023October 2025Allow2800NoNo
18216001COLLISION PREDICTION BASED ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF IMPACTJune 2023December 2025Allow3010NoNo
18214805WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSJune 2023November 2025Allow2810NoNo
18258987METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL POSITIONING IN SUBWAY CONSTRUCTION SITE, AND MEDIUMJune 2023March 2026Allow3200NoNo
18336374METHOD AND APPARATUS TO SUPPORT FEDERATION OF EDGE COMPUTING SERVICESJune 2023February 2026Allow3210NoNo
18267860USER EQUIPMENT (UE)June 2023December 2025Allow3010NoNo
18257254NTN-ENTITY, USER EQUIPMENT AND BASE STATION INVOLVED IN TRANSMISSION PROCEDUREJune 2023February 2026Allow3210NoNo
18326735EXTRACTING STRUCTURAL INFORMATION USING MACHINE LEARNINGMay 2023September 2023Allow300NoNo
18321543ON-DEVICE PARTIAL RECOGNITION SYSTEMS AND METHODSMay 2023June 2024Allow1310YesNo
18198012WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD, TERMINAL DEVICE AND NETWORK DEVICEMay 2023January 2026Allow3210NoNo
18318248RADIO FREQUENCY MODULE AND COMMUNICATION DEVICEMay 2023January 2026Allow3210YesNo
18252862DETECTING AND PREVENTING PING-PONG EVENTSMay 2023September 2025Allow2800NoNo
18314747LANE VIOLATION DETECTION USING CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKSMay 2023March 2024Allow1010NoNo
18143443Systems, Methods and Devices for Networking Over High Impedance CablingMay 2023September 2024Abandon1710NoNo
18137447WEARABLE DEVICE FOR MEDICATION ADHERENCE MONITORINGApril 2023December 2023Allow800NoNo
18137529METHODS AND DEVICES FOR ENHANCING INTEGRATED ACCESS BACKHAUL NETWORKS FOR NEW RADIOApril 2023November 2025Allow3110YesNo
18304339METHOD AND DEVICE FOR RANDOM ACCESS FOR BEAM FAILURE RECOVERYApril 2023November 2023Allow600NoNo
18131920SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING AND CONTROLLING INDUSTRIAL PROCESSESApril 2023August 2023Allow400NoNo
18029081Relay Discovery and SelectionMarch 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18246489HANDLING OF PUNCTURED POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNALSMarch 2023January 2026Allow3410NoNo
18123579LOCATION CALCULATIONMarch 2023June 2025Allow2700NoNo
18026710EVALUATION AND CONTROL OF PREDICTIVE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS IN MOBILE NETWORKSMarch 2023December 2025Allow3310NoNo
18245244Method and System for Determining a Phase of a GNSS CarrierMarch 2023May 2025Allow2600YesNo
18183101TIMING-BASED POSITIONING VIA A REPEATERMarch 2023May 2025Allow2600NoNo
18024718BEAM MANAGEMENT USING SPARSE ANTENNA ARRAYSMarch 2023May 2025Allow2600NoNo
18116167MULTI-CHANNEL AUDIO RECEIVERS AND TRANSCEIVERS IN MULTI-USER AUDIO SYSTEMS, METHODS OF USING THE SAMEMarch 2023December 2025Allow3310NoNo
18023493Method and System for Providing a Communication Function in a Means of TransportFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3510NoNo
18043038CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHODFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3420YesNo
17911371INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODFebruary 2023December 2025Allow3910NoNo
18169241FOLDABLE SUPPORT MEMBER AND DISPLAY DEVICEFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3210NoNo
18168232LIVENESS DETECTIONFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1110NoNo
18167098NOTIFICATION CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHODFebruary 2023November 2025Allow3310YesNo
18166527SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESTORING AN ESIM PROFILEFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3010NoNo
18166433DYNAMIC BOOTSTRAP eSIM MANAGEMENT FOR A WIRELESS DEVICEFebruary 2023July 2025Allow3000NoNo
18040919ADAPTIVE TRACKING LOOP UPDATES IN USER EQUIPMENTFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2800NoNo
18105151COMPUTER-AIDED IDENTIFICATION OF ERGONOMIC RISKFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2400NoNo
18161587MONOCULAR DEPTH ESTIMATION PARAMETER ASSISTANCE AND AUGMENTATIONJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3320NoNo
18158007ADDITIVELY MANUFACTURED ENGINEERED FINGERPRINT (AMEF) ANTENNA AND RELATED DETECTIONJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3310NoNo
18152132PET SAFETY MANAGEMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM, COMPUTER EQUIPMENT AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2023May 2023Allow410NoNo
18093909METHOD FOR EVALUATING NETWORK SERVICE, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3310NoNo
18093770SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) ROOF DETERIORATION ANALYSISJanuary 2023June 2023Allow510NoNo
18147341METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING DYNAMIC GESTURE, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022September 2025Abandon3210NoNo
18146639HONEYCOMB CAVITY WAVEGUIDEDecember 2022September 2025Allow3210NoNo
18088670EVENT VERIFICATION ENGINEDecember 2022April 2025Allow2800NoNo
18087778Apparatus for Supporting Amplification and Processing of RF Signals Corresponding to a Combined Spectrum that includes Legacy Bandwidth and Additional Extended BandwidthDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18086660VIDEO RETRIEVAL SYSTEM USING OBJECT CONTEXTUALIZATIONDecember 2022February 2025Allow2600NoNo
18084053PERSONALIZED AGGREGATION OF VOLUMETRIC VIDEOSDecember 2022June 2025Allow3010YesNo
18077609ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING ANTENNA AND METHOD THEREOFDecember 2022June 2025Allow3000NoNo
18062900APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVE DATA LABELLING USING A DUAL-PREDICTION MODEL SYSTEMDecember 2022January 2024Allow1410NoNo
18008472REAR COVER ASSEMBLY, TERMINAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING REAR COVER ASSEMBLYDecember 2022November 2025Abandon3510NoNo
18072411Repeating Ground Track OptimizationNovember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
17928500INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMNovember 2022August 2025Abandon3310NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner PATEL, DHAVAL V.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
18
Examiner Affirmed
13
(72.2%)
Examiner Reversed
5
(27.8%)
Reversal Percentile
43.8%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 27.8% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
48
Allowed After Appeal Filing
10
(20.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
38
(79.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
27.3%
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, 20.8% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner PATEL, DHAVAL V - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner PATEL, DHAVAL V works in Art Unit 2631 and has examined 1,100 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.7%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 20 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner PATEL, DHAVAL V's allowance rate of 90.7% places them in the 74% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by PATEL, DHAVAL V receive 1.44 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 23% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues significantly fewer office actions than most examiners.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by PATEL, DHAVAL V is 20 months. This places the examiner in the 93% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +3.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by PATEL, DHAVAL V. This interview benefit is in the 25% percentile among all examiners. Note: Interviews show limited statistical benefit with this examiner compared to others, though they may still be valuable for clarifying issues.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 36.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 82% 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.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 35.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 52% 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, 74.1% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 60% 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 66.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 47% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 45.7% 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, 52.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 53% 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 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 52% 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 5.0% of allowed cases (in the 80% percentile). Per MPEP § 714.14, a Quayle action indicates that all claims are allowable but formal matters remain. This examiner frequently uses Quayle actions compared to other examiners, which is a positive indicator that once substantive issues are resolved, allowance follows quickly.

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

Based on the statistical analysis of this examiner's prosecution patterns, here are tailored strategic recommendations:

  • RCEs are effective: This examiner has a high allowance rate after RCE compared to others. If you receive a final rejection and have substantive amendments or arguments, an RCE is likely to be successful.

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.