USPTO Examiner MAHROUKA WASSIM - Art Unit 2665

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19070856IDENTITY VERIFICATION WITH REUSABLE PROFILESMarch 2025July 2025Allow410YesNo
19039405INTELLIGENT VEHICLE LIFT NETWORK WITH DISTRIBUTED SENSORSJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
18991159MACHINE-LEARNING-ENABLED IMPUTATION OF SPATIAL OMICS DATA BASED ON HISTOPATHOLOGY IMAGE DATADecember 2024July 2025Allow610YesNo
18720749AN OPTICAL FINGERPRINT SENSOR AND A METHOD FOR DETECTING A FINGERPRINTJune 2024September 2024Allow300NoNo
18739656IMAGE CONVERSION BY USING COLOR DISTRIBUTIONJune 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18646283Image Processing Apparatus, Image Processing Method and Storage MediumApril 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18639708IDENTITY VERIFICATION WITH REUSABLE PROFILESApril 2024January 2025Allow910YesNo
18636504ACCELERATED NON-MAXIMUM SUPPRESSION IN MACHINE LEARNING APPLICATIONSApril 2024June 2025Allow1410YesNo
18636101Self-Supervised Training of a Depth Estimation SystemApril 2024November 2025Allow1920YesNo
18616101SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO ESTABLISH ANONYMOUS AND PRIVATE COMMUNICATION CONNECTING WITH NFC CODES, QR CODES, AND/OR ALPHANUMERIC COMPUTER-GENERATED CODES INCLUDING ITEM LISTINGS FOR SALE AND/OR SERVICESMarch 2024October 2024Allow710YesNo
18616005SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RECOGNIZING TEXT OF INTERESTMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410YesNo
18681766METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ABNORMAL TRAFFIC BEHAVIORFebruary 2024December 2025Allow2200NoNo
18427971Attention Driven And Latent Fingerprint Recognition NetworkJanuary 2024April 2025Allow1400NoNo
18415568CORESET BASED MASK INSPECTION FOR SEMICONDUCTOR SPECIMEN FABRICATIONJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2400NoNo
18398193JOINT DENOISING AND DEMOSAICKING METHOD FOR COLOR RAW IMAGES GUIDED BY MONOCHROME IMAGESDecember 2023December 2025Allow2400NoNo
18543015DETECTOR FOR DETERMINING A POSITION OF AT LEAST ONE OBJECTDecember 2023July 2025Allow1930NoNo
18538523ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION METHOD USING SAMEDecember 2023November 2025Allow2300NoNo
18531900PROCESS AND DEVICES FOR ACTIVATING A DRUG MEASURING DEVICE, ESPECIALLY AN ALCOHOL MEASURING DEVICEDecember 2023December 2024Allow1211NoNo
18524538BIOMETRIC SENSOR WITH PRESENCE SENSORSNovember 2023November 2024Allow1110NoNo
18522657HIGH RESOLUTION INTERACTIVE VIDEO SEGMENTATION USING LATENT DIVERSITY DENSE FEATURE DECOMPOSITION WITH BOUNDARY LOSSNovember 2023March 2025Abandon1510YesNo
18499412SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING A VERIFIED SEARCHERNovember 2023January 2026Allow2610YesNo
18477634RECOGNITION APPARATUS, RECOGNITION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18455509ULTRASONIC FINGERPRINT APPARATUS AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEAugust 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18446833ELECTRONIC DEVICE, OPERATING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND RECORDING MEDIUMAugust 2023August 2025Allow2400NoNo
18231852CIRCULAR STITCHING OF IMAGESAugust 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18264585SYSTEM FOR THE VERIFICATION OF THE IDENTITY OF A PERSON BY FACIAL RECOGNITIONAugust 2023October 2025Allow2600NoNo
18355725METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH OBJECT TRACKINGJuly 2023July 2025Allow2400NoNo
18355020USER AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND TRAINING METHOD FOR USER AUTHENTICATIONJuly 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18272276CONTROL APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJuly 2023January 2026Abandon3010NoNo
17769379OBJECT DETECTION METHOD AND DEVICE USING MULTIPLE AREA DETECTIONJuly 2023October 2025Allow4310NoNo
18270832VISUAL TRACKING SYSTEM FOR ACTIVE OBJECTJuly 2023January 2026Allow3010NoNo
18217925METHOD FOR MEASURING NON-CONTACT BIOMETRIC INFORMATIONJuly 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18212797METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETECTING FRAUD DURING BIOMETRIC IDENTITY VERIFICATIONJune 2023October 2025Allow2800NoNo
18210628IDENTITY RECOGNITION METHOD, COMPUTER APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18209443ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-BASED SMART REARVIEW MIRROR CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICE AND SYSTEM THEREFORJune 2023June 2025Allow2400NoNo
18202508UTILIZING SENSOR DATA FOR AUTOMATED USER IDENTIFICATIONMay 2023October 2024Allow1720NoNo
18323853METRICS FOR MODELING LANE CLOSURE ZONESMay 2023March 2026Allow3410YesNo
18201329LEARNING METHOD, RE-IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS, AND RE-IDENTIFICATION METHODMay 2023March 2026Abandon3420YesNo
18036121COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR PROVIDING TRAINING DATA FOR A MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM FOR CLASSIFYING PLANTS INFESTED WITH A PATHOGENMay 2023March 2026Allow3420YesNo
18306913SYNCHRONIZING VIDEO TO AUDIO USING VISUAL BEATSApril 2023October 2025Allow2910NoNo
18305644FACE RECOGNITION METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023May 2025Allow2500NoNo
18250225METHOD FOR PREVENTING HAND GESTURE MISRECOGNITION AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEApril 2023March 2026Allow3510NoNo
18303078ACTUATING A SYSTEM VIA LIVE PERSON IMAGE RECOGNITIONApril 2023January 2026Allow3310YesNo
18302257HUMAN-CENTRIC VISUAL DIVERSITY AUDITINGApril 2023November 2025Allow3110NoNo
18299706METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ULTRASOUND IMAGE PROCESSINGApril 2023May 2025Allow2500NoNo
18131507PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM, PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION DEVICE, AND PERSONAL AUTHENTICATION METHODApril 2023November 2025Allow3110NoNo
18030197LIVENESS DETECTION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUMApril 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18193009STORABLE REPRESENTATION OF BIOMETRIC DATAMarch 2023July 2025Allow2810YesNo
18191997COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD OF PERFORMING A COMPARISON BETWEEN AN ACTUAL RESPONSE TO IMAGE STIMULI AND A RESPONSE TEMPLATEMarch 2023July 2025Allow2801NoNo
18247184ACCESS CONTROL WITH FACE RECOGNITION AND HETEROGENEOUS INFORMATIONMarch 2023October 2025Allow3010NoNo
18127143COMPUTER VISION-BASED ENERGY USAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMMarch 2023February 2026Allow3420YesNo
18246477USER IDENTIFICATION VIA EXTENDED REALITY IMAGE CAPTUREMarch 2023November 2025Allow3220NoNo
18121934Methods and Devices for Precluding Processing of Biometric Sensor Samples to Prevent False Sensor AuthenticationMarch 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18178798FACE AUTHENTICATION METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND FACE AUTHENTICATION DEVICEMarch 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18174260FACE DETECTION TO ADDRESS PRIVACY IN PUBLISHING IMAGE DATASETSFebruary 2023May 2025Abandon2760YesNo
18108412PREDICTING INTENSIVE CARE TRANSFERS AND OTHER UNFORESEEN EVENTS USING MACHINE LEARNINGFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1220YesNo
18165540SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RADIATION THERAPY USING SPATIAL-FUNCTIONAL MAPPING AND DOSE SENSITIVITY OF BRANCHING STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONAL SUB-VOLUMESFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2510YesNo
18103328MANAGING MISSING VALUES IN DATASETS FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODELSJanuary 2023September 2023Allow710NoNo
18100875METHOD OF MEDICAL NAVIGATIONJanuary 2023March 2026Allow3820YesNo
18015454INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2510YesNo
18095038METHOD FOR GENERATING AN ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTJanuary 2023February 2025Allow2500NoNo
18094933EYE GAZE TRACKING USING NEURAL NETWORKSJanuary 2023November 2024Allow2220YesNo
18145470SYSTEMS AND PROCESSES FOR MULTIFACTOR AUTHENTICATION AND IDENTIFICATIONDecember 2022August 2025Allow3201NoNo
18069993MULTITASK OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OBJECTS OCCLUDED IN AN IMAGEDecember 2022October 2025Allow3310YesNo
18010098FACE AUTHENTICATION METHODDecember 2022February 2026Allow3820YesNo
18063781METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTI-SOURCE ALGAE IMAGE TARGET DETECTIONDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18000737METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MARKING OBJECT OUTLINE IN TARGET IMAGE, AND STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUSDecember 2022May 2025Allow2900NoNo
17992307METHOD FOR THE AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF AORTIC DISEASE AND AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF AN AORTIC VOLUMENovember 2022September 2025Abandon4410NoNo
17991213METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING LIVENESSNovember 2022July 2023Allow810YesNo
17991670ASSESSING FACE IMAGE QUALITY FOR APPLICATION OF FACIAL RECOGNITIONNovember 2022July 2025Allow4201NoNo
18051203SYSTEM FOR MULTI-MODALITY MISMATCH DETERMINATIONOctober 2022July 2025Allow3310YesNo
17957416IMAGE-BASED DETECTION OF SURFACES THAT PROVIDE SPECULAR REFLECTIONS AND REFLECTION MODIFICATIONSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1200NoNo
17955083DISEASE DIFFERENTIATION SUPPORT METHOD, DISEASE DIFFERENTIATION SUPPORT APPARATUS, AND DISEASE DIFFERENTIATION SUPPORT COMPUTER PROGRAMSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3310NoNo
17948450USER AUTHENTICATION APPARATUS, USER AUTHENTICATION METHOD AND TRAINING METHOD FOR USER AUTHENTICATIONSeptember 2022April 2023Allow710NoNo
17902349FINDING SIMILAR PERSONS IN IMAGESSeptember 2022October 2023Allow1430YesNo
17898078TARGET OBJECT DETECTION DEVICEAugust 2022January 2026Allow4140YesNo
17898079OBJECT LOCATION DETERMINATIONAugust 2022June 2025Allow3310YesNo
17802590QUANTIFYING BIOTIC DAMAGE ON PLANTS, BY SEPARATING PLANT-IMAGES AND SUBSEQUENTLY OPERATING A CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKAugust 2022January 2025Allow2910NoNo
17895179METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROTECTION AGAINST COUNTERFEITINGAugust 2022January 2026Abandon4111NoNo
17821596TRAINING VISION MODELS WITH UNIFIED CONTRASTIVE LEARNINGAugust 2022August 2025Allow3611YesNo
17891824FACE RECOGNITION IN NOISY ENVIRONMENTSAugust 2022April 2023Allow710NoNo
17889012METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RESOLVING 3D POSITIONS OF MULTIPLE OBJECTS PRESENT WITHIN A 3D SPACEAugust 2022May 2025Allow3310NoNo
17820212METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC PARKING SYSTEMAugust 2022July 2025Allow3520NoNo
17886060SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT NOTARIZATIONAugust 2022July 2025Abandon3501NoNo
17885046ON-THE-FLY CALIBRATION OF AN IMAGE CLASSIFIERAugust 2022April 2025Allow3211NoNo
17884012HYPERPARAMETER OPTIMIZATION USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKSAugust 2022June 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17797121AUTOMATED SCOUT SCAN EXAMINATIONAugust 2022December 2024Allow2800NoNo
17796703GATE APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF GATE APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022January 2025Allow3010YesNo
17878126LABELING SYSTEM, ACTIVITY RECOGNITION SYSTEM, AND TEACHING MATERIAL GENERATING SYSTEMAugust 2022September 2024Allow2500NoNo
17816190USER IDENTIFICATION METHOD USING ELECTROCARDIOGRAM AND ELECTROMYOGRAMJuly 2022March 2025Allow3210NoNo
17877229INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND SYSTEMJuly 2022April 2025Allow3210NoNo
17870225Extract Data From A True PDF PageJuly 2022February 2025Allow3110NoNo
17863522ELECTRONIC DEVICE PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITY/VIRTUAL REALITY AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFJuly 2022January 2025Allow3001NoNo
17863501METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEBLURRING A BLURRED IMAGEJuly 2022October 2024Allow2800NoNo
17860829Pixel Block Encoder Capable of Jointly Encoding Pixel ChannelsJuly 2022March 2025Allow3210YesNo
17857721SYSTEM FOR REVIEWING AN ABNORMAL OPERATING STATE OF AN EQUIPMENT OR AN APPARATUSJuly 2022March 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17854842ADAPTABLE AND HIERARCHICAL POINT CLOUD COMPRESSIONJune 2022September 2024Allow2700NoNo
17809267SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL IMAGING OF INTERVERTEBRAL DISCSJune 2022January 2025Allow3110NoNo
17788008INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2022March 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17787668OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE AND MODEL PATTERN EVALUATION DEVICEJune 2022March 2025Allow3311NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner MAHROUKA, WASSIM - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MAHROUKA, WASSIM works in Art Unit 2665 and has examined 174 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 90.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 25 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MAHROUKA, WASSIM's allowance rate of 90.2% places them in the 73% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by MAHROUKA, WASSIM receive 1.24 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 16% 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 MAHROUKA, WASSIM is 25 months. This places the examiner in the 79% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +6.4% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MAHROUKA, WASSIM. This interview benefit is in the 34% 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, 37.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 85% 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 57.5% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 83% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner is highly receptive to after-final amendments compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 714.12, after-final amendments may be entered "under justifiable circumstances." Consider filing after-final amendments with a clear showing of allowability rather than immediately filing an RCE, as this examiner frequently enters such amendments.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 16.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 9% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 21% 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 1.3% of allowed cases (in the 63% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

Prosecution Strategy Recommendations

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

  • Consider after-final amendments: This examiner frequently enters after-final amendments. If you can clearly overcome rejections with claim amendments, file an after-final amendment before resorting to an RCE.
  • 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

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