USPTO Examiner ALAVI AMIR - Art Unit 2668

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19316946SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SEMI-AUTOMATED DATASET ANNOTATION USING SIMILARITY BASED CLUSTERING AND IN-CONTEXT LEARNING FOR SEGMENTATIONSeptember 2025November 2025Allow200NoNo
18860026REAL-TIME OBJECT DETECTION FROM DECOMPRESSED IMAGESOctober 2024February 2025Allow400NoNo
18788052RAIL AREA EXTRACTION METHOD BASED ON LASER POINT CLOUD DATAJuly 2024March 2025Allow700NoNo
18771646USING TEMPORAL FILTERS FOR AUTOMATED REAL-TIME CLASSIFICATIONJuly 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18770082IMAGE CODING APPARATUS FOR CODING TILE BOUNDARIESJuly 2024August 2025Allow1320NoNo
18769249METHOD FOR TRAINING A SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION OF THE STROBOSCOPIC EFFECTJuly 2024January 2025Allow610NoNo
18760596HEAT AND MOISTURE EXCHANGER FOR A PATIENT INTERFACEJuly 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18761065Systems and Methods for Progressive Learning for Machine-Learned Models to Optimize Training SpeedJuly 2024September 2025Allow1400NoNo
18679122IMAGE ENCODER, IMAGE DECODER, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHODMay 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18676307SAMPLE SEGMENTATIONMay 2024April 2025Allow1010NoNo
18673368Method, Apparatus, System, and Electronic Device for Transmitting Composite Photo DataMay 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18664111METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING VIDEO, AND APPARATUS USING SAMEMay 2024June 2025Allow1310NoNo
18663241CUSTOM PATIENT INTERFACE AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAMEMay 2024May 2025Allow1210NoNo
18645950IMAGE CODING METHOD BASED ON SECONDARY TRANSFORM, AND DEVICE THEREFORApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18635241APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR DETECTING FRAUDULENT SIGNATURE INPUTSApril 2024June 2024Allow200NoNo
18627390IMAGE ENHANCEMENT TO ENABLE IMPROVED NUCLEI DETECTION AND SEGMENTATIONApril 2024April 2025Allow1310NoNo
18623054IMAGE CLASSIFICATION METHOD FOR MAXIMIZING MUTUAL INFORMATION, DEVICE, MEDIUM AND SYSTEMApril 2024August 2024Allow400NoNo
18603946MEMORY-GUIDED VIDEO OBJECT DETECTIONMarch 2024February 2025Allow1100NoNo
18600972SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERSECTION MANAGEMENT BY AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLEMarch 2024January 2025Allow1010NoNo
18589157INTRA PREDICTION IN IMAGE PROCESSINGFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1100NoNo
18586137LINE DEFECT DETECTIONFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18585898IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUSFebruary 2024September 2024Allow700NoNo
18545898DETERMINING FUNCTIONAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ELEMENTS OF APPLICATION IMAGES FOR INTELLIGENT SCREEN AUTOMATIONDecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18545207Recurrent Deep Neural Network System for Detecting Overlays in ImagesDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18570078METHOD FOR DETECTING CIGARETTE APPEARANCE DEFECT BASED ON VARIATIONAL BAYESIAN INFERENCEDecember 2023March 2026Allow2710NoNo
18532554IMAGE ENCODER AND DECODER USING UNIDIRECTIONAL PREDICTIONDecember 2023May 2025Allow1810NoNo
18565501STREET GREENING QUALITY DETECTION METHOD BASED ON PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVATION RECOGNITIONNovember 2023June 2024Allow600NoNo
18518159OUT-OF-DISTRIBUTION DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON FEATURE MAP OF CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKNovember 2023December 2025Allow2500NoNo
18562592IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND METHODNovember 2023March 2026Allow2710NoNo
18504075MULTI-DIMENSION UNIFIED SWIN TRANSFORMER FOR LESION SEGMENTATIONNovember 2023October 2025Allow2400NoNo
18497025Object Detection and Property Determination for Autonomous VehiclesOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18556636HARDWARE ADAPTIVE MULTI-MODEL SCHEDULINGOctober 2023December 2025Allow2610NoNo
18482065IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGING SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING ERROR IN RECONSTRUCTED IMAGESOctober 2023March 2026Allow2910NoNo
18479611INDEPENDENT POSITIONING OF AUXILIARY INFORMATION IN NEURAL NETWORK BASED PICTURE PROCESSINGOctober 2023March 2026Allow3010NoNo
18030900PROCESSING METHOD AND PROCESSING DEVICE USING SAMESeptember 2023November 2025Allow3100NoNo
18371062PREDICTIVE USE OF QUANTITATIVE IMAGINGSeptember 2023May 2024Allow810NoNo
18370410IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD OF GENERATING LEARNING MODEL, AND INFERENCE METHODSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2400NoNo
18469418VISION TRANSFORMERS LEVERAGING TEMPORAL REDUNDANCYSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2500NoNo
18550020METHOD FOR TRAINING A DECISION SYSTEM FOR SEGMENTING MEDICAL IMAGESSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2500NoNo
18244672SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REAL-TIME TONE-MAPPINGSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2510NoNo
18243508SYSTEMATIC TESTING OF AI IMAGE RECOGNITIONSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2500NoNo
18460319POLYNOMIAL SELF-ATTENTIONSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18238068HIGH-FIDELITY GENERATIVE IMAGE COMPRESSIONAugust 2023October 2024Allow1410NoNo
18237693METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMAGE PREPROCESSING BASED ON OBJECT OF INTERESTAugust 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18237276METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR OBJECT DETECTION COVERAGE ESTIMATIONAugust 2023April 2025Allow2010NoNo
18237264METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR OBJECT DETECTION COVERAGE ESTIMATIONAugust 2023March 2025Allow1810NoNo
18237286METHOD, SYSTEM AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR OBJECT DETECTION COVERAGE ESTIMATIONAugust 2023March 2025Allow1910NoNo
18452883ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR GENERATING IMAGE INCLUDING 3D AVATAR REFLECTING FACE MOTION THROUGH 3D AVATAR CORRESPONDING TO FACE AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAMEAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18452345Three-Dimensional Mesh Compression Using a Video EncoderAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18450254METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR OBJECT DETECTION, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023October 2025Allow2600NoNo
18233815Bilateral Filter with Data ModelAugust 2023November 2024Allow1510NoNo
18449425SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF RADIOMICS BASED CANCER STRATIFICATIONAugust 2023September 2025Allow2500NoNo
18223348SEGMENTATION USING AN UNSUPERVISED NEURAL NETWORK TRAINING TECHNIQUEJuly 2023June 2025Allow2310YesNo
18272298MULTIPLE HYPOTHESIS TRANSFORMATION MATCHING FOR ROBUST VERIFICATION OF OBJECT IDENTIFICATIONJuly 2023October 2024Allow1500NoNo
18350871SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VISUAL VERIFICATIONJuly 2023October 2023Allow300NoNo
18339775Systems and Methods for Encoding Image Files Containing Depth Maps Stored as MetadataJune 2023May 2024Allow1010NoNo
18210221SYSTEM FOR LEARNING NEW VISUAL INSPECTION TASKS USING A FEW-SHOT META-LEARNING METHODJune 2023December 2025Allow3010NoNo
18210266UNIFIED AI MODEL TRAINING PLATFORMJune 2023August 2025Allow2600NoNo
18266849CORRECTION OF IMAGES FROM A CAMERA IN CASE OF RAIN, INCIDENT LIGHT AND CONTAMINATIONJune 2023February 2026Allow3210NoNo
18266879PROCESS FOR AUTOMATICALLY EXTRACTING TEXT INFORMATION FROM IMAGE FILESJune 2023September 2025Allow2710NoNo
18333281USING TEMPORAL FILTERS FOR AUTOMATED REAL-TIME CLASSIFICATIONJune 2023May 2024Allow1110YesNo
18206629PREDICTIVE CONTRASTIVE REPRESENTATION METHOD FOR MULTIVARIATE TIME-SERIES DATA PROCESSINGJune 2023September 2023Allow400NoNo
18205927CAMERA AUTO-CALIBRATION SYSTEMJune 2023December 2024Allow1810NoNo
18329122METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH IMAGE RESTORATIONJune 2023February 2026Allow3310NoNo
18202857MACHINE-LEARNING BASED GESTURE RECOGNITION USING MULTIPLE SENSORSMay 2023June 2024Allow1310NoNo
18202035IMAGE CODING APPARATUS FOR CODING TILE BOUNDARIESMay 2023January 2024Allow800NoNo
18198382IMAGE CODING METHOD BASED ON SECONDARY TRANSFORM, AND DEVICE THEREFORMay 2023January 2024Allow800NoNo
18144274HIERARCHICAL AUDIO-VISUAL FEATURE FUSING METHOD FOR AUDIO-VISUAL QUESTION ANSWERING AND PRODUCTMay 2023August 2025Allow2800NoNo
17917268THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT DETECTION FRAMEWORK BASED ON MULTI-SOURCE DATA KNOWLEDGE TRANSFERMay 2023January 2026Allow4010NoNo
18035328IMAGE COMPRESSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND INTELLIGENT TERMINAL AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2023October 2025Allow2910NoNo
18311330IMAGE ENCODER AND DECODER USING UNIDIRECTIONAL PREDICTIONMay 2023August 2024Allow1510NoNo
18142386INTRA PREDICTION IN IMAGE PROCESSINGMay 2023November 2023Allow700NoNo
18310075METHOD AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH FEATURE VECTOR AND FEATURE MAP OUTPUTMay 2023October 2025Allow2910YesNo
18141630ACTIVE LEARNING DEVICE AND ACTIVE LEARNING METHODMay 2023October 2025Allow2910NoNo
18033305SEQUENCE PROCESSING FOR A DATASET WITH FRAME DROPPINGApril 2023September 2025Allow2901NoNo
18249928DATA CREATION SYSTEM, LEARNING SYSTEM, ESTIMATION SYSTEM, PROCESSING DEVICE, EVALUATION SYSTEM, DATA CREATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMApril 2023August 2025Allow2810NoNo
18302815Training Method for Multi-Task Recognition Network Based on End-To-End, Prediction Method for Road Targets and Target Behaviors, Computer-Readable Storage Media, and Computer DeviceApril 2023August 2025Allow2800NoNo
18130105METHOD FOR ENCODING AND DECODING VIDEO, AND APPARATUS USING SAMEApril 2023February 2024Allow1000NoNo
18246102SELF IMPROVING OBJECT RECOGNITION METHOD AND SYSTEM THROUGH IMAGE CAPTUREMarch 2023August 2025Allow2901NoNo
18123269Generating Sparse Sample Histograms in Image ProcessingMarch 2023January 2024Allow1010NoNo
18119563DATA IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSMarch 2023August 2025Allow2900NoNo
18116520IMAGE CODING METHOD, IMAGE DECODING METHOD, IMAGE CODING APPARATUS, IMAGE DECODING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE CODING AND DECODING APPARATUSMarch 2023November 2023Allow910NoNo
18111507DOMAIN VECTOR-BASED DOMAIN ADAPTATION FOR OBJECT DETECTION AND INSTANCE SEGMENTATIONFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2810NoNo
18171242IMAGE ENCODER, IMAGE DECODER, IMAGE ENCODING METHOD, AND IMAGE DECODING METHODFebruary 2023March 2024Allow1220NoNo
18041957Method and Apparatus for Enhancing Performance of Machine Learning Classification TaskFebruary 2023August 2025Allow2900NoNo
18021180INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3010NoNo
18109376SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREDICTIVE FUSIONFebruary 2023January 2025Allow2320NoNo
18164808ITERATIVE REFINEMENT OF ANNOTATED DATASETSFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2700NoNo
18163544SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING FRACTURES WITHIN A GEOLOGICAL FORMATIONFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2800NoNo
18099834METHOD AND SYSTEM OR DEVICE FOR RECOGNIZING AN OBJECT IN AN ELECTRONIC IMAGEJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2600NoNo
18005379PEDESTRIAN ATTRIBUTE RECOGNITION METHOD BASED ON A PEDESTRIAN ATTRIBUTE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAINING THE SAMEJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3010NoNo
18094871PREDICTIVE USE OF QUANTITATIVE IMAGINGJanuary 2023August 2023Allow710NoNo
18093966SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFICATION OF OBJECTS BY A BODY TAPER DETECTIONJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2900NoNo
18150578EFFICIENT NEURAL-NETWORK-BASED PROCESSING OF VISUAL CONTENTJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2600NoNo
18090596METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF MODEL PERFORMANCEDecember 2022January 2025Allow2500NoNo
18147476MACHINE LEARNING PIPELINE FOR DOCUMENT IMAGE QUALITY DETECTION AND CORRECTIONDecember 2022August 2023Allow710NoNo
18086556METHOD OF TRAINING IMAGE GENERATION MODEL, AND METHOD OF GENERATING IMAGEDecember 2022May 2025Allow2900NoNo
18085046METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SEGMENTING OBJECTS IN IMAGES USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18085023WITHHOLDING NOTIFICATIONS DUE TO TEMPORARY MISPLACED PRODUCTSDecember 2022April 2024Allow1610NoNo
18081516CORE SET DISCOVERY USING ACTIVE LEARNINGDecember 2022April 2025Allow2801NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
9.6%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 0.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals face significant challenges here.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
7
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(14.3%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
6
(85.7%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
17.2%
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, 14.3% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the bottom 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is less effective here than in most other areas.

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 ALAVI, AMIR - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ALAVI, AMIR works in Art Unit 2668 and has examined 1,071 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 96.2%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 20 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ALAVI, AMIR's allowance rate of 96.2% places them in the 86% 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 ALAVI, AMIR receive 0.84 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 6% 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 ALAVI, AMIR 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 +1.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ALAVI, AMIR. This interview benefit is in the 19% 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, 43.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 94% 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 83.1% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 97% 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, 0.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 12% 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 85.7% of appeals filed. This is in the 79% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 66.7% 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, 64.6% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 70% 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 1.2% of allowed cases (in the 69% 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 6.8% of allowed cases (in the 84% 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:

  • 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.
  • 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.

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.