USPTO Examiner SAFAIPOUR BOBBAK - Art Unit 2665

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19266337COMPUTER ASSISTED MOLECULAR IMAGING METHODS AND SYSTEMSJuly 2025March 2026Allow810NoNo
19247838AUTHENTICATION AND IDENTIFICATION OF PHYSICAL OBJECTS USING FIXED-SIZE REPRESENTATIONJune 2025October 2025Allow400NoNo
19089441METHOD FOR EVALUATING THE POSSIBILITY OF A CIGARETTE BURNING CONE TO FALL OFFMarch 2025May 2025Allow200NoNo
19032581GENERATING INTERACTIVE VEHICLE INSPECTION INTERFACES USING MULTI-MODEL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ANCHOR-BASED SPATIAL TRACKINGJanuary 2025April 2025Allow200NoNo
18961463ADAPTIVE REAL TIME DISCRETE COSINE TRANSFORM IMAGE AND VIDEO PROCESSING WITH CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURENovember 2024June 2025Allow710NoNo
18950806SPINNING BOX DETECTION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2024June 2025Allow700NoNo
18949614METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STATISTICS OF THICKNESS OF CORROSION PRODUCT FILM BASED ON IMAGE PROCESSINGNovember 2024April 2025Allow510NoNo
18894540METHOD TO CALIBRATE, PREDICT, AND CONTROL STOCHASTIC DEFECTS IN EUV LITHOGRAPHYSeptember 2024August 2025Allow1110NoNo
18816025SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE CREATION AND PROCESSINGAugust 2024November 2024Allow300NoNo
18775064DETECTING SYNTHETIC VISUAL MEDIAJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18776004TRAINING METHOD FOR IMAGE RECOGNITION MODEL, SPINNERET PLATE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUSJuly 2024November 2024Allow400NoNo
18751222COMPUTER ASSISTED MOLECULAR IMAGING METHODS AND SYSTEMSJune 2024March 2025Allow910NoNo
18747198IMAGING DIMENSIONAL CRYSTAL STRUCTURES INDICATIVE OF PHYSIOLOGICAL STATESJune 2024October 2025Abandon1621NoNo
18736759CUTTING PATH PLANNING ALGORITHM FOR SEMICONDUCTOR WORKPIECE BASED ON IMAGE PROCESSINGJune 2024June 2025Allow1200NoNo
18674863Contactless Mobile Fingerprinting Capture Device and Method of UseMay 2024February 2026Allow2020NoNo
18659016VISION-BASED WAFER PRE-ALIGNMENT PLATFORM AND ALIGNMENT METHODMay 2024November 2024Allow610NoNo
18702274ADAPTIVE LEARNING FOR SEMANTIC SEGMENTATIONApril 2024August 2024Allow400NoNo
18634483HEARING STATE PREDICTION APPARATUS AND METHOD BASED ON DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGEApril 2024October 2024Allow600NoNo
18630529INTERACTIVE DENTAL TREATMENT PLANNINGApril 2024October 2024Allow610NoNo
18621256IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODMarch 2024October 2024Allow710NoNo
18603568WHEEL ALIGNER WITH ADVANCED DIAGNOSTICS AND NO-STOP POSITIONINGMarch 2024July 2025Allow1620NoNo
18598620ENHANCED EYE TRACKING TECHNIQUES BASED ON NEURAL NETWORK ANALYSIS OF IMAGESMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18596677REAL TIME DISCRETE COSINE TRANSFORM IMAGE AND VIDEO PROCESSING WITH CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK ARCHITECTUREMarch 2024August 2024Allow610NoNo
18596208VIRTUAL 3D METHODS, SYSTEMS AND SOFTWAREMarch 2024November 2025Allow2011NoNo
18440810SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING TEXT OF INTERESTFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18438382WAFER SIGNATURE LOCAL MAXIMA VIA CLUSTERING FOR METROLOGY GUIDED INSPECTIONFebruary 2024March 2025Allow1400NoNo
18433091PORTABLE ANTENNA SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING RADIO COVERAGEFebruary 2024September 2024Allow800NoNo
18421141TRAINING OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELJanuary 2024January 2025Allow1210NoNo
18411019MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON DIGITAL CONVERTER STATIONJanuary 2024June 2024Allow500NoNo
18401655MEDIA MONITORING USING MULTIPLE TYPES OF SIGNATURESJanuary 2024August 2024Allow700NoNo
18392484ACTIVITY RECOGNITION METHOD OF LRF LARGE-KERNEL ATTENTION CONVOLUTION NETWORK BASED ON LARGE RECEPTIVE FIELDDecember 2023February 2024Allow200NoNo
18572804METHOD FOR INSPECTING A VEHICLE, AND INSPECTION SYSTEMDecember 2023July 2024Allow700NoNo
18541978STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRIC METHOD BASED ON BINOCULAR VISIONDecember 2023February 2024Allow200NoNo
18565826System and Method for Simultaneously Registering Multiple Lung CT Scans for Quantitative Lung AnalysisNovember 2023November 2025Allow2400NoNo
18520975DATA COMPRESSION USING INTEGER NEURAL NETWORKSNovember 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18516837NEURAL NETWORK FOR TABULAR DATANovember 2023October 2025Allow2300NoNo
18511909AUTOMATED MACHINE VISION-BASED DEFECT DETECTIONNovember 2023June 2025Allow1910NoNo
18505639WEAKLY SUPERVISED PATHOLOGICAL IMAGE TISSUE SEGMENTATION METHOD BASED ON ONLINE NOISE SUPPRESSION STRATEGYNovember 2023January 2024Allow200NoNo
18500811SYSTEM USING FILM THICKNESS ESTIMATION FROM MACHINE LEARNING BASED PROCESSING OF SUBSTRATE IMAGESNovember 2023August 2024Allow910NoNo
18382769SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DIGITALIZING A SLIDEOctober 2023February 2024Allow400NoNo
18488958ADVANCED IMAGE ENHANCEMENTS FOR ACCURATE PROCESSING, EXPLOITATION, AND DISSEMINATIONOctober 2023February 2024Allow400NoNo
18483396FABRIC DEFECT DETECTION METHODOctober 2023February 2026Allow2810NoNo
18476613SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE INSTANCE LEARNING FOR CLASSIFICATION AND LOCALIZATION IN BIOMEDICAL IMAGINGSeptember 2023February 2025Allow1720NoNo
18284646METHOD FOR LOCALIZING A MOBILE CONSTRUCTION ROBOT ON A CONSTRUCTION SITE USING SEMANTIC SEGMENTATION, CONSTRUCTION ROBOT SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTSeptember 2023February 2026Allow3020NoNo
18241631METHOD FOR TRAINING OBJECT DETECTOR CAPABLE OF PREDICTING CENTER OF MASS OF OBJECT PROJECTED ONTO GROUND, METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING IDENTICAL OBJECT IN SPECIFIC SPACE CAPTURED FROM A PLURALITY OF CAMERAS HAVING DIFFERENT VIEWING FRUSTUMS USING TRAINED OBJECT DETECTOR, AND LEARNING DEVICE AND OBJECT RECOGNIZING DEVICE USING THE SAMESeptember 2023October 2023Allow200NoNo
18239668COMPUTER-BASED TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR VEHICLE DETECTIONAugust 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18454184METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING DEFECT ON SURFACE OF CELLAugust 2023July 2025Allow2210NoNo
18232755DURATION AND POTENTIAL REGION OF INTEREST FOR SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIESAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18232257DURATION AND POTENTIAL REGION OF INTEREST FOR SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIESAugust 2023June 2024Allow1110NoNo
18232258DURATION AND POTENTIAL REGION OF INTEREST FOR SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIESAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18232260DURATION AND POTENTIAL REGION OF INTEREST FOR SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITIESAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18447244TRAINING OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODELAugust 2023November 2023Allow300NoNo
18230783Contactless Mobile Fingerprinting Capture Device and Method of UseAugust 2023February 2024Allow610NoNo
18365253IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND CONTROL METHOD FOR SAMEAugust 2023December 2025Allow2810NoNo
18361802METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR CHARACTERIZING TISSUE OF A SUBJECTJuly 2023September 2025Allow2510NoNo
18226368INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND ANNOTATION DATA GENERATION METHODJuly 2023November 2025Allow2810NoNo
18356232DEFECT DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023March 2024Allow840NoNo
18349726FEATURE CONDITIONED OUTPUT TRANSFORMER FOR GENERALIZABLE SEMANTIC SEGMENTATIONJuly 2023March 2026Allow3210YesNo
18344124BATTERY CELL ELECTRODE PLATE DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEJune 2023July 2025Allow2500YesNo
18344519DETECTING EVENTS BY ACTORS USING DYNAMICALLY CROPPED IMAGESJune 2023October 2025Allow2810YesNo
18343591OBJECT SEGMENTATION AND FEATURE TRACKINGJune 2023March 2025Allow2030YesNo
18333795AUTOMATIC CLINICAL WORKFLOW THAT RECOGNIZES AND ANALYZES 2D AND DOPPLER MODALITY ECHOCARDIOGRAM IMAGES FOR AUTOMATED CARDIAC MEASUREMENTS AND DIAGNOSIS OF CARDIAC AMYLOIDOSIS AND HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHYJune 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18265647PLANT DETECTION AND DISPLAY SYSTEMJune 2023March 2026Allow3310NoNo
18197837Computer Vision Systems and Methods for Determining Roof Shapes from Imagery Using Segmentation NetworksMay 2023August 2025Allow2730NoNo
18036737System and Method for Domain Generalization Across Variations in Medical ImagesMay 2023July 2024Allow1410YesNo
18252599ANALYSIS APPARATUS, INSPECTION SYSTEM, AND LEARNING APPARATUSMay 2023February 2026Allow3410NoNo
18316010AUTOMATIC CLINICAL WORKFLOW THAT RECOGNIZES AND ANALYZES 2D AND DOPPLER MODALITY ECHOCARDIOGRAM IMAGES FOR AUTOMATED CARDIAC MEASUREMENTS AND GRADING OF AORTIC STENOSIS SEVERITYMay 2023April 2025Allow2300NoNo
18311476TRACKING THREE-DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRIC SHAPESMay 2023December 2025Allow3210YesNo
18306657TAB BENDING DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023May 2024Allow1310NoNo
18306053METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM AUDIO SENSOR SELECTION IN AN AUDIENCE MEASUREMENT DEVICEApril 2023March 2026Allow3511NoNo
18304805ENHANCED EYE TRACKING TECHNIQUES BASED ON NEURAL NETWORK ANALYSIS OF IMAGESApril 2023January 2024Allow910NoNo
18032490SYNTHETIC DIGITAL IMAGE GENERATIONApril 2023January 2026Allow3310NoNo
18297062ARTIFACT SEGMENTATION AND/OR UNIFORMITY ASSESSMENT OF A GAMMA CAMERAApril 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18030024METHOD AND SYSTEM OF IMAGE HASHING OBJECT DETECTION FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGApril 2023May 2025Allow2500NoNo
18126906METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSPECTING BATTERY TAB AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023July 2023Allow400NoNo
18246806SCREEN DEFECT DETECTION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICEMarch 2023June 2025Allow2700NoNo
18189467IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSMarch 2023November 2025Allow3210NoNo
18189934METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING OBJECT DIMENSIONINGMarch 2023December 2025Allow3320NoNo
18188615TEACHER DATA GENERATING METHOD AND GENERATING DEVICEMarch 2023April 2025Allow2500NoNo
18245416IMAGE PROCESSING METHODMarch 2023December 2025Allow3320NoNo
18119206METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF REAL-TIME HIERARCHICAL IMAGE MATTINGMarch 2023May 2025Allow2600NoNo
18117155IMAGE SEGMENTATION USING TEXT EMBEDDINGMarch 2023February 2024Allow1120YesNo
18042700TRAINING METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18040704SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IMPROVED CORE SAMPLE ANALYSISFebruary 2023July 2023Allow500NoNo
18006985METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC QUALITY INSPECTION OF AN AERONAUTICAL PARTJanuary 2023April 2025Allow2600NoNo
18145711MEDIA MONITORING USING MULTIPLE TYPES OF SIGNATURESDecember 2022August 2023Allow810NoNo
18011601Inverting Neural Radiance Fields for Pose EstimationDecember 2022March 2025Allow2600NoNo
18064040AUTOMATED MACHINE VISION-BASED DEFECT DETECTIONDecember 2022July 2023Allow710NoNo
18078820PRIMARY ANALYSIS IN NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCINGDecember 2022May 2025Allow2900NoNo
17986146METHOD FOR POSITIONING TEA-BUD PICKING POINTS BASED ON FUSED THERMAL IMAGES AND RGB IMAGESNovember 2022April 2025Allow3000NoNo
17985567IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCTNovember 2022April 2025Allow2910YesNo
18054372Method for Determining Severity of Skin Disease Based on Percentage of Body Surface Area Covered by LesionsNovember 2022October 2023Allow1110YesNo
17985114SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MULTIPLE INSTANCE LEARNING FOR CLASSIFICATION AND LOCALIZATION IN BIOMEDICAL IMAGINGNovember 2022June 2023Allow710NoNo
17978425METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH RECOGNITION MODEL TRAININGNovember 2022February 2025Allow2700NoNo
17967445METHOD OF DETECTING WRINKLES BASED ON ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK AND APPARATUS THEREFOROctober 2022March 2023Allow400NoNo
17960432EDGE-BASED CROP YIELD PREDICTIONOctober 2022April 2023Allow710NoNo
17937658METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VARNISH ANALYSIS OF STATOR IMAGESOctober 2022January 2025Allow2800NoNo
17959162Automated Prediction of Pixel Error NoticeabilityOctober 2022July 2023Allow920NoNo
17958893Delivery Event Detection Systems and MethodsOctober 2022January 2025Allow2811YesNo
17934004METHOD OF FEEDBACK CONTROLLING 3D PRINTING PROCESS IN REAL-TIME AND 3D PRINTING SYSTEM FOR THE SAMESeptember 2022January 2023Allow400NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
4
Examiner Affirmed
2
(50.0%)
Examiner Reversed
2
(50.0%)
Reversal Percentile
74.1%
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
11
Allowed After Appeal Filing
5
(45.5%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(54.5%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
74.1%
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, 45.5% 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 SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK works in Art Unit 2665 and has examined 516 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 93.6%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 23 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK's allowance rate of 93.6% places them in the 81% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner is more likely to allow applications than most examiners at the USPTO.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK receive 1.36 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 20% 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 SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK is 23 months. This places the examiner in the 86% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +4.9% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK. This interview benefit is in the 30% 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, 35.9% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 81% 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 51.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 77% 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.

Pre-Appeal Conference Effectiveness

When applicants request a pre-appeal conference (PAC) with this examiner, 33.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 33% 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 66.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 49% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 37.5% 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, 40.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 30% 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 0.2% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 28% 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:

  • 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

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.