USPTO Examiner ELNOUBI SAID M - Art Unit 2644

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19371496SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESOctober 2025March 2026Allow500YesNo
19337208SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESSeptember 2025February 2026Allow400YesNo
19321913SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESSeptember 2025January 2026Allow400YesNo
19264244SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJuly 2025October 2025Allow410NoNo
19251013SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJune 2025September 2025Allow300YesNo
19247632SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJune 2025August 2025Allow200YesNo
19245982SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJune 2025September 2025Allow200YesNo
19194847SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESApril 2025July 2025Allow200YesNo
19174425SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESApril 2025June 2025Allow210NoNo
19047135SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESFebruary 2025June 2025Allow400NoNo
19024400SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJanuary 2025May 2025Allow400YesNo
19019804MEASUREMENT RELAXATIONJanuary 2025April 2025Allow310NoNo
19016322SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJanuary 2025April 2025Allow400YesNo
19008140SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300YesNo
18947939SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESNovember 2024December 2024Allow100YesNo
18825734SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESSeptember 2024January 2025Allow400NoNo
18813549SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESAugust 2024January 2025Allow510YesNo
18813985SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESAugust 2024April 2025Allow710YesNo
18810927SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESAugust 2024November 2024Allow300YesNo
18764829SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJuly 2024September 2024Allow200YesNo
18671906AI-Assisted Base Station Selection for Optimal Signal Quality in 5G and 6GMay 2024November 2025Allow1700YesNo
18616849PAGING FOR UNLICENSED NEW RADIOMarch 2024November 2025Allow2000YesNo
18433205WEAPON MANAGERFebruary 2024January 2025Allow1110YesNo
18415209SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING OPTIMIZED NETWORK RESOURCESJanuary 2024July 2024Allow510YesNo
18534310BANDWIDTH PART OPERATION AND DOWNLINK OR UPLINK POSITIONING REFERENCE SIGNAL SCHEMEDecember 2023September 2025Allow2100YesNo
18504217STEERING OF ROAMING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKSNovember 2023May 2025Allow1820YesNo
18489247METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING SERVICE RELIABILITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2023September 2025Allow2320YesNo
18380539METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING WIRELESS SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2023May 2025Allow1900YesNo
18241252MOBILE SECRETARY CLOUD APPLICATIONSeptember 2023November 2024Allow1510NoNo
18457498SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING AND USING SEMANTIC IMAGES IN DEEP LEARNING FOR CLASSIFICATION AND DATA EXTRACTIONAugust 2023November 2024Allow1510YesNo
18547765INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023March 2026Allow3110NoNo
18227131METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXTREMELY HIGH THROUGHPUT NULL DATA PACKET SUPPORT USING RANGING NULL DATA PACKET ANNOUNCEMENTJuly 2023October 2025Allow2700NoNo
18352913METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR 5G QUALITY MEASUREMENTJuly 2023February 2026Allow3110NoNo
18216460PROACTIVE CACHING OF TRANSIENT ASSISTANT ACTION SUGGESTIONS AT A FEATURE PHONEJune 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18213187OPEN RADIO ACCESS NETWORK MAINTENANCE APPLICATIONSJune 2023January 2026Allow3110YesNo
18211148SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FAST CONTROL MESSAGING FOR MULTIPLE NUMEROLOGY ACCESS ZONESJune 2023August 2024Allow1400YesNo
18198094QoS Policy of Mission Critical Video ServiceMay 2023May 2024Allow1200YesNo
18037169METHOD FOR USING CELLULAR COMMUNICATION FUNCTION, AND RELATED APPARATUS AND SYSTEMMay 2023February 2026Allow3320NoNo
18310653REQUESTING AN UNSCHEDULED RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (RRM) OPERATIONMay 2023November 2025Allow3110NoNo
18032885PC5 BROADCAST MESSAGES WITH SELECTED SYSTEM INFORMATIONApril 2023November 2025Allow3110NoNo
18179512GENERATING A CORE INSTANCE AT A FIRST ACCESS NETWORK CORE CONFIGURATOR TO FACILITATE OPERATION OF A SECOND ACCESS NETWORKMarch 2023August 2024Allow1700YesNo
18178738CHANGE OF TRACKING AREA CODE FOR WIRELESS NETWORKSMarch 2023August 2025Allow3030YesNo
18115114WI-FI POWER REDUCTION SYSTEM, METHOD AND MEDIAFebruary 2023January 2025Abandon2310NoNo
18169981TERMINAL APPARATUS THAT EXECUTES CELL SELECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH FREQUENCY BAND PRIORITY, CONTROL METHOD FOR SAME, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023October 2023Allow820NoNo
18154999CELL SELECTION, NETWORK SELECTION, TRACKING AREA MANAGEMENT, AND PAGING FOR AERIAL OPERATIONJanuary 2023March 2026Allow3860YesNo
18150481CONFIGURATION AND PROCEDURE FOR PDCCH-BASED PAGING EARLY INDICATIONJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1500YesNo
18091006MANAGING AND MONITORING INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS IN NETWORKED ENVIRONMENTSDecember 2022March 2023Allow300YesNo
17994830Automatic Base Station Discovery, Selection, and Registration in 5G/6GNovember 2022February 2024Allow1400YesNo
17989343Methods for managing parallel measurement gap patterns for radio resource management and positioning measurementsNovember 2022August 2023Allow900YesNo
18055158METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING POWER RELATED TO SIDELINK TRANSMISSION IN NR V2XNovember 2022February 2024Allow1530NoNo
18054643Method and Device for Detecting User Data of User Equipment UE, and Storage MediumNovember 2022June 2025Allow3101YesNo
18053009WIRELESS USER EQUIPMENT (UE) CAPABILITY DATA TRANSFER BETWEEN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKSNovember 2022July 2023Allow900NoNo
17921471Network Nodes and Methods Performed Thereby for Handling Subscriptions in a Communications NetworkOctober 2022June 2025Allow3210YesNo
18047048Wireless Proximity Detection ReportingOctober 2022October 2023Allow1210NoNo
17966524RADIO RESOURCE CONTROL RRC REESTABLISHMENT METHOD AND APPARATUSOctober 2022May 2025Allow3110NoNo
17938702DISTRIBUTED ACCESS POINTS FOR WIRELESS NETWORKSOctober 2022March 2024Allow1710NoNo
17961316METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING/RECEIVING WIRELESS SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMOctober 2022March 2023Allow610YesNo
17959482PAGING WITH MULTIPLE MONITORING OCCASIONSOctober 2022February 2024Allow1670YesNo
17943947VERTICALLY STACKED, INTEGRATABLE, MULTIPURPOSE PLATFORM CONFIGURABLE AS WIRELESS BASE STATIONSSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3710YesNo
17823077USING EDGE NODES AS PROXIES TO SELECT UPF POSITIONINGAugust 2022June 2025Allow3300NoNo
17822322IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022April 2025Allow3210YesNo
17887886SWITCHED DIPLEXER FOR FREQUENCY SEPARATIONAugust 2022March 2026Allow4310NoNo
17882356STEERING OF ROAMING IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKSAugust 2022August 2023Allow1200YesNo
17875733Network Database for Rapid, Low-Complexity 5G/6G Network AccessJuly 2022October 2022Allow300YesNo
17814627ASYMMETRIC DOHERTY POWER AMPLIFIERSJuly 2022August 2024Allow2500YesNo
17862802BASEBAND PROCESSING COMBINED BPC CAPABILITY CONFIGURATION METHOD AND DEVICE, BASE STATION AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2022March 2023Allow800YesNo
17758607IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICEJuly 2022May 2025Allow3410NoNo
17811392METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING SERVICE RELIABILITY IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJuly 2022June 2023Allow1210NoNo
17853671PER-CLIP VIDEO OBJECT SEGMENTATION USING MACHINE LEARNINGJune 2022May 2025Allow3510YesNo
17809438SIMULATED CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENTS FOR FACIAL EXPRESSION RECOGNITION TRAININGJune 2022February 2025Allow3110NoNo
17852114Localization based on Detected Spatial FeaturesJune 2022March 2025Allow3310NoNo
17807950AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR DETECTING PHONE DISTRACTION EVENTS AND METHOD THEREOFJune 2022February 2025Allow3210NoNo
17844384USER GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION ATTESTATION BY A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2022January 2025Allow3100NoNo
17843295CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHODJune 2022September 2024Allow2700NoNo
17843317CONTROL DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHODJune 2022January 2025Allow3110NoNo
17840868DATA ATTESTATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMJune 2022November 2024Allow2910YesNo
17805930ENHANCEMENT TO SYSTEM INFORMATION BLOCK (SIB) VALIDITY CHECK FOR NON-PUBLIC NETWORKS (NPNs)June 2022April 2024Allow2350YesNo
17804976SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATION MODEL ENHANCEMENTJune 2022April 2025Allow3420YesNo
17824694TRAINING ENERGY-BASED MODELS FROM A SINGLE IMAGE FOR INTERNAL LEARNING AND INFERENCE USING TRAINED MODELSMay 2022December 2024Allow3110NoNo
17747185BROADCAST RELAY METHOD IN NEW RADIOMay 2022January 2024Allow2021YesNo
17777572FORGERY DETECTION OF FACE IMAGEMay 2022November 2024Allow3010YesNo
17742120LOST ARTICLE MANAGEMENT METHOD, DEVICE, AND SYSTEM IN VEHICLEMay 2022November 2024Allow3010NoNo
17735105MOBILE SECRETARY CLOUD APPLICATIONMay 2022March 2023Allow1100YesNo
17733066ELECTRONIC DEVICE INCLUDING HINGE COVERApril 2022June 2024Allow2600YesNo
17733735MANAGING AND MONITORING INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS IN NETWORKED ENVIRONMENTSApril 2022October 2022Allow610NoNo
17729229ERROR VALUE MAGNITUDE DETECTOR FOR WIRELESS TRANSMITTERApril 2022October 2024Allow3010NoNo
17725136ELECTRONIC DEVICE CAPABLE OF CORRECTING DEPTH INFORMATION AND PERFORMING BOKEH PROCESSING ON IMAGE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2022January 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17723594WIRELESS BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, NODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION, AND METHOD OF TRANSMITTING DATAApril 2022April 2023Allow1210NoNo
17723956METHOD FOR DISCOVERING BLUETOOTH DEVICE AND BLUETOOTH DEVICEApril 2022March 2023Allow1110NoNo
17769579CAMERA PARAMETER ESTIMATION APPARATUS, CAMERA PARAMETER ESTIMATION METHOD, AND CAMERA PARAMETER ESTIMATION PROGRAMApril 2022September 2024Allow2910YesNo
17713851MISSION CRITICAL VIDEO IDENTIFIER FOR MISSION CRITICAL VIDEO POLICIESApril 2022February 2023Allow1000YesNo
17695354INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, VEHICLE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2022September 2024Allow3010YesNo
17693205APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR N1-N2 BITMAP GENERATION FOR CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMMarch 2022April 2024Allow2600NoNo
17691723ACTION-CONDITIONAL IMPLICIT DYNAMICS OF DEFORMABLE OBJECTSMarch 2022September 2024Allow3010NoNo
17688848TARGETS FOR TRACKING, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING THE TARGETSMarch 2022May 2024Allow2700NoNo
17652704CELL TOWER MONITORING SYSTEMS AND METHODSFebruary 2022February 2023Allow1100YesNo
17636035STED MICROSCOPY METHOD WITH IMPROVED SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO IN LOW PHOTON COUNT IMAGING CONDITIONSFebruary 2022December 2024Allow3420YesNo
17649962CONFIGURATION AND PROCEDURE FOR PDCCH-BASED PAGING EARLY INDICATIONFebruary 2022September 2022Allow820YesNo
17649792MULTI-VIEW INTERACTIVE DIGITAL MEDIA REPRESENTATION VIEWERFebruary 2022November 2024Allow3320NoNo
17584764Searchable Database of 5G/6G Network Access InformationJanuary 2022July 2022Allow610NoNo

Appeals Overview

This analysis examines appeal outcomes and the strategic value of filing appeals for examiner ELNOUBI, SAID M.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
10
Examiner Affirmed
7
(70.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(30.0%)
Reversal Percentile
46.8%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 30.0% 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
27
Allowed After Appeal Filing
10
(37.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
17
(63.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
60.9%
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, 37.0% 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 face challenges. Ensure your case has strong merit before committing to full Board review.

✓ Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner ELNOUBI, SAID M - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ELNOUBI, SAID M works in Art Unit 2644 and has examined 404 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 73.3%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 24 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ELNOUBI, SAID M's allowance rate of 73.3% places them in the 37% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ELNOUBI, SAID M receive 2.04 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 53% 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 ELNOUBI, SAID M is 24 months. This places the examiner in the 83% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +22.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ELNOUBI, SAID M. This interview benefit is in the 68% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 22.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 27% 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 20.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 24% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 66.7% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 54% 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 58.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 32% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 57.1% 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, 36.4% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 24% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are rarely granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Ensure you have a strong procedural basis before filing a petition, as the Technology Center Director typically upholds this examiner's decisions.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.7% of allowed cases (in the 64% 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 26% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions less often than average. Allowances may 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:

  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.

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.

Limitation of Liability: Under no circumstances will IronCrow AI be liable for any outcome, decision, or action resulting from your reliance on the statistics, analysis, or recommendations presented in this report. Past prosecution patterns do not guarantee future results.

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.