USPTO Examiner AZIMA SHAGHAYEGH - Art Unit 2671

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19319833MULTIMODAL CONTEXTUAL DIAGNOSTICS AND LIVE MASKINGSeptember 2025October 2025Allow200YesNo
18752176VISION-BASED HAND GRIP RECOGNITION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL ERGONOMICS RISK IDENTIFICATIONJune 2024March 2025Allow910YesNo
18650660VEHICLE LOCALIZATION BASED ON LANE TEMPLATESApril 2024October 2025Allow1830YesNo
18631897Barmaster Automated Order System Using Scale and BiometricsApril 2024February 2025Allow1010YesNo
18630234SPOOFING ATTACK DETECTIONApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18611671IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAMMarch 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18609006PREDICTIVE CODING OF POINT CLOUDS USING MULTIPLE FRAMES OF REFERENCESMarch 2024February 2025Allow1110NoNo
18564052FELINE COMFORT LEVEL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2023March 2026Allow2710NoNo
18481732AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OBJECT DETECTIONOctober 2023September 2024Allow1110YesNo
18476881GENERATION OF DOMAIN-SPECIFIC IMAGES FOR TRAINING OPTICAL CHARACTER RECOGNITION (OCR) MACHINE LEARNING MODELSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18371838INDIVIDUAL PLANT RECOGNITION AND LOCALIZATIONSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18549256DEEP LEARNING IMAGE CLASSIFICATION ORIENTED TO HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING DEVICESeptember 2023December 2023Allow300YesNo
18457855VISION-BASED HAND GRIP RECOGNITION METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR INDUSTRIAL ERGONOMICS RISK IDENTIFICATIONAugust 2023April 2024Allow820YesNo
18235546SIX-DIMENSIONAL OPTICAL POSITION SENSORAugust 2023March 2024Allow720YesNo
18276214ESTIMATION DEVICE, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023March 2026Allow3110NoNo
18230775COARSE-TO-FINE ATTENTION NETWORKS FOR LIGHT SIGNAL DETECTION AND RECOGNITIONAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110YesNo
18359018ROBOTIC NAVIGATION OF ROBOTIC SURGICAL SYSTEMSJuly 2023August 2024Allow1310YesNo
18262862Dog Nose Print Recognition Method and SystemJuly 2023February 2024Allow700YesNo
18350354Low- And High-Fidelity Classifiers Applied To Road-Scene ImagesJuly 2023April 2025Allow2110YesNo
18257127PULSE DETECTION DEVICE AND PULSE DETECTION METHODJune 2023March 2026Allow3310YesNo
18321014VEHICLE VISION SYSTEM WITH OBJECT DETECTION FAILSAFEMay 2023March 2024Allow1000YesNo
18144769METHOD OF DETERMINING DEGREE OF CONGESTION OF COMPARTMENT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2023September 2025Allow2900YesNo
18144701APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING DIGITAL IMAGESMay 2023November 2024Allow1810YesNo
18311612ROBUST INTERSECTION RIGHT-OF-WAY DETECTION USING ADDITIONAL FRAMES OF REFERENCEMay 2023December 2025Allow3110YesNo
18034013IMAGE RECOGNITION METHOD AND APPARATUS BASED ON SYSTOLIC ARRAY, AND MEDIUMApril 2023July 2023Allow300NoNo
18128553AUTOMATED ESTIMATION OF NEEDED RESOURCES RELATED TO LABELING A LABELING SERVICE WITHIN A SERVICE PROVIDER NETWORKMarch 2023May 2025Allow2600YesNo
18247289INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODMarch 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18122419CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023November 2025Allow3210YesNo
18181502NEURAL NETWORK TRACING ARRANGEMENTSMarch 2023April 2025Allow2500YesNo
18116602METHOD OF TRAINING IMAGE REPRESENTATION MODELMarch 2023July 2025Allow2900NoNo
18023199Action Recognition SystemFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3110NoNo
18021575COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR ANALYSING THE INTERIOR OF A VEHICLEFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2920NoNo
18168830INSTRUCTION POSITION DETECTION DEVICE, INSTRUCTION POSITION DETECTION METHOD, INSTRUCTION POSITION DETECTION PROGRAM, AND PROJECTION SYSTEMFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2900YesNo
18107196AUTHENTICATION USING PRISMFebruary 2023October 2023Allow810NoNo
18162544DETERMINING AUDIO AND VIDEO REPRESENTATIONS USING SELF-SUPERVISED LEARNINGJanuary 2023January 2026Allow3520YesNo
18158072Shared Dense Network with Robot Task-Specific HeadsJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1010NoNo
18005834VIEWER AUTHORIZATION FOR DISPLAY PANELSJanuary 2023February 2026Allow3720YesNo
18095954METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING MOVING VEHICLES AND IN-VEHICLE DEVICEJanuary 2023March 2026Allow3820NoNo
18151798REMOVING FIXED OBJECTS FROM REAR VIEW CAMERAJanuary 2023July 2025Allow3010NoNo
18013795PEDESTRIAN RE-IDENTIFICATION METHOD AND DEVICEDecember 2022June 2025Allow3010NoNo
18088800PERSON RE-IDENTIFICATION METHOD, COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND TERMINAL DEVICEDecember 2022August 2025Allow3210NoNo
18089306INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEDecember 2022September 2025Allow3310NoNo
18145966APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR DETERMINING DRIVER'S BEHAVIORDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18088343OCCLUSION DETECTION AND OBJECT COORDINATE CORRECTION FOR ESTIMATING THE POSITION OF AN OBJECTDecember 2022May 2025Allow2900YesNo
18002020ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR SEMI-AUTOMATED DYNAMIC COMPRESSION OF IMAGESDecember 2022June 2025Allow3001YesNo
18060096SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAFFIC LIGHT DETECTIONNovember 2022August 2025Allow3210YesNo
18059082VARIABLE CONFIDENCE MACHINE LEARNINGNovember 2022July 2025Allow3110YesNo
17994274INTELLIGENT RECOMMENDATION METHOD, VEHICLE-MOUNTED DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2022August 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17991553SYSTEM FOR FEATURELESS IMAGE CATEGORIZATION AND RECOGNITION USING UNSUPERVISED LEARNINGNovember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
18055028TRAINING A MACHINE TO RECOGNIZE A MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVER USING A MOBILE DEVICENovember 2022July 2023Allow810YesNo
17982144VEHICLE LOCALIZATION BASED ON LANE TEMPLATESNovember 2022February 2024Allow1640YesNo
18051231IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUMOctober 2022July 2025Allow3210YesNo
18046067AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODOctober 2022June 2024Allow2020YesNo
17899185Stable Visualization of Tubular Objects by the Fly-In Method with Applications to Computed Tomography ColonographyAugust 2022February 2025Allow2910NoNo
17871501OPTIMIZING BRA SIZING ACCORDING TO THE 3D SHAPE OF BREASTSJuly 2022February 2025Allow3100YesNo
17837165OBJECT DETECTION METHOD, OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE, TERMINAL DEVICE, AND MEDIUMJune 2022April 2025Allow3410YesNo
17830667IMAGE ANALYSIS APPARATUS AND MONITORING SYSTEMJune 2022March 2025Allow3410NoNo
17824675APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CLASSIFYING DIGITAL IMAGESMay 2022September 2024Allow2740YesNo
17745610SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING SEMANTICALLY AND VISUALLY RELATED CONTENTMay 2022August 2024Abandon2720NoNo
17739827ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THEREOFMay 2022March 2025Allow3410NoNo
17739877INFERRING USER POSE USING OPTICAL DATAMay 2022August 2025Allow4020YesNo
17729878NOVEL CATEGORY DISCOVERY USING MACHINE LEARNINGApril 2022March 2025Allow3510YesNo
17723790METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGE PROCESSINGApril 2022February 2025Allow3410YesNo
17720513BALANCING MULTI-TASK LEARNING THROUGH CONDITIONAL OR PARALLEL BATCH MININGApril 2022March 2025Allow3510NoNo
17705754POSE DETERMININGMarch 2022April 2025Allow3710NoNo
17694710METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING VISUAL EXPLANATIONS FOR IMAGE ANALYTICS DECISIONSMarch 2022June 2024Allow2700NoNo
17694396LEARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODSMarch 2022February 2025Allow3610YesNo
17668431MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING DEVICE, ATTACHMENT POSITION OUTPUT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2022October 2024Allow3210NoNo
17633707PHYSIQUE DETERMINATION APPARATUS AND PHYSIQUE DETERMINATION METHODFebruary 2022February 2024Allow2410NoNo
17562284IMAGE COMPARISON METHOD AND COMPUTING DEVICE UTILIZING METHODDecember 2021November 2024Allow3410NoNo
17621904MULTI WEED DETECTIONDecember 2021July 2025Allow4321YesNo
17536649INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUMNovember 2021January 2024Allow2510NoNo
17594917SKELETON INFORMATION DETERMINATION APPARATUS, SKELETON INFORMATION DETERMINATION METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAMNovember 2021October 2023Allow2410YesNo
17518437LINEAR TRANSFORM OF UNDISTORTED IMAGE FOR FUSIONNovember 2021October 2024Allow3510NoNo
17518535MACHINE LEARNING MODEL WITH DEPTH PROCESSING UNITSNovember 2021May 2024Allow3000NoNo
17518570APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ANALYZING DEVELOPED IMPACT MARKS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING THE METHODNovember 2021February 2024Allow2810NoNo
17512870AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODOctober 2021April 2024Allow2920YesYes
17509735DETECTION OF DUPLICATED DATA FOR NON-FUNGIBLE TOKENSOctober 2021August 2024Allow3410YesNo
17602464BIOMETRICS IMAGING DEVICE AND BIOMETRICS IMAGING METHOD FOR CAPTURING IMAGE DATA OF A BODY PART OF A PERSON WHICH ENABLE IMPROVED IMAGE DATA QUALITYOctober 2021October 2023Allow2410YesNo
17486441METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR CORRECTING PEDESTRIAN TRAJECTORYSeptember 2021April 2024Allow3000YesNo
17480356METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN BACKGROUND AND FOREGROUND OF SCENERY AND ALSO METHOD FOR REPLACING A BACKGROUND IN IMAGES OF A SCENERYSeptember 2021November 2023Allow2610YesNo
17440732REDUCTION OF VIDEO MATERIAL TO MOTION SECTIONSSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3310YesNo
17465017IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUSSeptember 2021July 2025Allow4640YesNo
17406546DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT OPTIMIZATION BASED ON IMAGE QUALITYAugust 2021June 2024Abandon3410NoNo
17383942ANTI-SPOOFING VISUAL AUTHENTICATIONJuly 2021January 2024Allow2910NoNo
17383362Focused Computer Detection Of Objects In ImagesJuly 2021June 2024Allow3430NoNo
17363704Detection of Synthetically Generated ImagesJune 2021September 2024Allow3920NoNo
17363280MULTI-SCALE-FACTOR IMAGE SUPER RESOLUTION WITH MICRO-STRUCTURED MASKSJune 2021November 2023Allow2800NoNo
17361960METHODS, APPARATUSES, DEVICES AND STORAGE MEDIA FOR PREDICTING CORRELATION BETWEEN OBJECTS INVOLVED IN IMAGEJune 2021December 2023Abandon2910NoNo
17304914BIAS EVALUATION OF A BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION FUNCTIONJune 2021July 2023Allow2410YesNo
17356474INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2021November 2023Allow2810NoNo
17299907Systems and Methods for Quantifying Vessel Features in Ultrasound Doppler ImagesJune 2021February 2025Allow4530YesNo
17299685CRANIAL CT-BASED GRADING METHOD AND SYSTEMJune 2021February 2024Allow3210YesNo
17299523SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING MEASUREMENTS FROM IMAGING DATAJune 2021April 2024Abandon3410NoNo
17336111SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPTICAL MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF WASTE MATERIALS USING MACHINE LEARNINGJune 2021July 2024Allow3740YesNo
17303313AUGMENTED REALITY TRANSLATION OF SIGN LANGUAGE CLASSIFIER CONSTRUCTIONSMay 2021February 2025Allow4540YesNo
17317899BIOMETRIC DEVICE AND METHOD THEREOF AND WEARABLE CARRIERMay 2021November 2024Abandon4241YesNo
17287821WEAR DETECTION IN MECHANICAL EQUIPMENTApril 2021September 2023Allow2911YesNo
17218348APPARATUS, METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR IDENTIFYING STATE OF OBJECT, AND CONTROLLERMarch 2021September 2023Allow3030YesNo
17198883INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING FAKE DETERMINATION PROGRAM, AND FAKE DETERMINATION METHODMarch 2021February 2024Abandon3520NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
0
(0.0%)
Examiner Reversed
1
(100.0%)
Reversal Percentile
94.3%
Higher than average

What This Means

With a 100.0% reversal rate, the PTAB has reversed the examiner's rejections more often than affirming them. This reversal rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that appeals are more successful here than in most other areas.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
3
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(66.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(33.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
91.9%
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, 66.7% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is in the top 25% across the USPTO, indicating that filing appeals is particularly effective here. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

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 AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH works in Art Unit 2671 and has examined 48 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 89.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH's allowance rate of 89.6% places them in the 72% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH receive 1.60 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 31% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 51% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +12.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by AZIMA, SHAGHAYEGH. This interview benefit is in the 49% 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, 31.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 65% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. Consider whether your amendments or new arguments are strong enough to warrant an RCE versus filing a continuation.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 30.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 43% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

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 75.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 65% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner shows above-average willingness to reconsider rejections during appeals. The mandatory appeal conference (MPEP § 1207.01) provides an opportunity for reconsideration.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 0.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 3% 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 22% 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 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:

    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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