USPTO Examiner ALAM FAYYAZ - Art Unit 2674

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19029326IMAGE-BASED DETECTION OF OBJECT CONDITIONJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610NoNo
19029454IMAGE-BASED DETECTION OF INTERNAL OBJECTJanuary 2025July 2025Allow610NoNo
19029687PRESURGICAL PLANNINGJanuary 2025August 2025Allow710NoNo
18833386PASSIVE HUMAN DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUMJuly 2024January 2025Allow500NoNo
18759907FUNCTIONAL PROTEIN CLASSIFICATION FOR PANDEMIC RESEARCHJune 2024August 2025Abandon1310NoNo
18755829THREE DIMENSIONAL (3D) OBJECT DETECTIONJune 2024May 2025Allow1110NoNo
18714928DIFFERENCE DESCRIPTION STATEMENT GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE AND MEDIUMMay 2024August 2024Allow300NoNo
18608267INTRAORAL SCANNING WITH SURFACE DIFFERENTIATIONMarch 2024March 2025Allow1210NoNo
18608746MULTI-MODAL ENSEMBLE DEEP LEARNING FOR START PAGE CLASSIFICATION OF DOCUMENT IMAGE FILE INCLUDING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT DOCUMENTSMarch 2024September 2024Allow610NoNo
18607267IMAGE ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGIES FOR ASSESSING SAFETY OF VEHICLE OPERATIONMarch 2024September 2025Allow1820YesNo
18594568SECURING COMPOSITE OBJECTS USING DIGITAL FINGERPRINTSMarch 2024May 2025Allow1410NoNo
18442028SYNCHRONIZED MULTIPLE-RADIO ANTENNA SYSTEMS AND METHODSFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210NoNo
18437357MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION METHOD, IMAGE SEGMENTATION METHOD, AND RELATED APPARATUS AND SYSTEMFebruary 2024December 2024Allow1010NoNo
18421484SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING DATA PROCESSING ACTIVITIES BASED ON DATA DISCOVERY RESULTSJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1110NoNo
18420444SIMULATED HANDWRITING IMAGE GENERATORJanuary 2024December 2024Allow1100NoNo
18573141PROXIMITY SERVICE FOR AI/ML CAPABLE DEVICESDecember 2023January 2026Allow2500NoNo
18542577PREARRAGING LOCATION SPECIFIC ARRIVAL-READY SEREVICE REQEST WITH REARRANGMENT-FLEXIBLILITY AND RECEIPT-CONFIRMATION FOR PASSENGER OR DRIVER CLIENTSDecember 2023October 2024Allow1010NoNo
18510795FILE TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD OF FILE TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION DEVICENovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18499728Satellite for End to End BeamformingNovember 2023September 2024Allow1110NoNo
18498816UPLINK TRANSMISSIONS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSOctober 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18479191RUNTIME DOWNLINK POWER CONFIGURATION USING CONTROL-PLANE MESSAGINGOctober 2023October 2025Allow2500NoNo
18473427MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFYING CLOUDS AND CLOUD SHADOWS IN SATELLITE IMAGERYSeptember 2023July 2024Allow900NoNo
18469833SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REMOVING VARIABLE DC OFFSET OF PERIODIC ANALOG SIGNALSSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2400NoNo
18462305JOINT TRAINING OF NEURAL NETWORKS USING MULTI-SCALE HARD EXAMPLE MININGSeptember 2023July 2024Allow1100NoNo
18242242INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1610NoNo
18242249INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1710NoNo
18241770INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2023January 2025Allow1710NoNo
18238979COMPRESSING IMAGE-TO-IMAGE MODELS WITH AVERAGE SMOOTHINGAugust 2023July 2024Allow1120YesNo
18235111Image Processing SystemAugust 2023July 2024Allow1110NoNo
18448146POWER CONTROL OF NETWORK-CONTROLLED REPEATERSAugust 2023November 2025Allow2700NoNo
18446353COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION METHODAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18273503APPARATUS FOR AUDIO TRANSMISSION FOR A SPORTS FIELDJuly 2023March 2026Abandon3110NoNo
18340331POWER HEADROOM REPORTING METHOD, APPARATUS, AND SYSTEMJune 2023September 2025Allow2710NoNo
18201370Article Transport FacilityMay 2023September 2025Allow2700NoNo
18322194SYSTOLIC ARITHMETIC ON SPARSE DATAMay 2023March 2025Allow2210NoNo
18321555SYSTEM FOR MONITORING OBJECT INSERTED INTO PATIENT'S BODY VIA IMAGE PROCESSINGMay 2023September 2024Allow1620NoNo
18321691COMPUTATIONAL GRAPH OPTIMIZATIONMay 2023September 2024Allow1610NoNo
18144810GRAPH NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING STRUCTURED REPRESENTATIONS OF OBJECTSMay 2023June 2024Allow1410NoNo
18313812ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING ANTENNAMay 2023July 2025Allow2600NoNo
18310961ADAPTIVE TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL THRESHOLD RECOMMENDATIONSMay 2023October 2025Allow2900NoNo
18310316WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHODS AND DEVICES FOR NARROWBAND INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENTMay 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18135531MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMApril 2023September 2025Allow2910NoNo
18249060POWER HEADROOM REPORTING METHOD FOR USER EQUIPMENT, MEDIUM, AND USER EQUIPMENTApril 2023October 2025Allow3000NoNo
18298849MODULATION SCHEME IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL CIRCUIT, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND MODULATION SCHEME IDENTIFICATION METHODApril 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18029489ELECTRONIC DEVICEMarch 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18182820METHOD FOR INITIATING MCDATA COMMUNICATION WITHIN A REGROUP OF COMMUNICATION GROUPS IN A 3GPP MCS NETWORKMarch 2023May 2025Allow2600NoNo
18120035ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING PARAMETER FOR DRIVING OF GRIP SENSOR AND METHOD THEREOFMarch 2023June 2025Allow2700NoNo
18176888METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EVALUATING AUDIO QUALITY METRICS USING VOICE ACTIVITYMarch 2023August 2025Allow3010YesNo
18114513METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AND RECOGNIZING TARGET IN REAL-TIME VIDEO, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND DEVICEFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2410NoNo
18022698METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CHANNEL ESTIMATIONFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3110NoNo
18172295ROBUST RADIO FREQUENCY WAVEGUIDE SYSTEM FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINESFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3210NoNo
18111333INTERNET-OF-THINGS SYSTEM AND CONNECTION SETTING METHOD THEREOFFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3200NoNo
18019456POWER CONTROL METHOD AND WIRELESS DEVICE USING SAME METHODFebruary 2023September 2025Allow3200NoNo
18163114SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SEARCHING AUDIOVISUAL DATA USING LATENT CODES FROM GENERATIVE NETWORKS AND MODELSFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2720NoNo
18161600SELF INTERFERENCE NOISE CANCELLATION TO SUPPORT MULTIPLE FREQUENCY BANDS WITH NEURAL NETWORKS OR RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKSJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3010NoNo
18098618OBJECT DETECTION IMPROVEMENT BASED ON AUTONOMOUSLY SELECTED TRAINING SAMPLESJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3120NoNo
18093204METHOD OF MANAGING INTERCELL INTERFERENCE IN NETWORK AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING THE METHODJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3100NoNo
18083697METHODS FOR LONG-RANGE FEDERATED EDGE LEARNING WITH CHIRP-BASED OVER-THE-AIR COMPUTATIONDecember 2022November 2025Allow3500NoNo
18063143METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE TO ENABLE A BODY PROXIMITY SENSING OPERATIONDecember 2022July 2025Allow3100NoNo
18062864TRANSMITTER POWER-MANAGEMENT MECHANISM AND RELATED METHODS OF OPERATIONDecember 2022November 2025Allow3510NoNo
18000445SELF-ADAPTIVE TRANSMIT POWER CONTROL FOR BLUETOOTHDecember 2022August 2025Allow3310NoNo
17928635METHOD PERFORMED BY USER EQUIPMENT, AND USER EQUIPMENTNovember 2022July 2025Allow3210NoNo
17978959EFFICIENCY OF VISION TRANSFORMERS WITH ADAPTIVE TOKEN PRUNINGNovember 2022January 2025Allow2600NoNo
17997585Method for Training an Artificial Neural NetworkOctober 2022April 2025Allow3000NoNo
17978205SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADAPTIVE RESOURCE-EFFICIENT MITIGATION OF CATASTROPHIC FORGETTING IN CONTINUOUS DEEP LEARNINGOctober 2022June 2025Allow3100NoNo
17977329ADAPTIVE RADIO TRANSMIT POWER BASED ON ANTENNA/DEVICE ORIENTATIONOctober 2022August 2025Allow3410YesNo
17971005TECHNIQUES TO INCREASE INFERENCE ACCURACYOctober 2022August 2025Allow3410NoNo
17969552INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INTEGRATION OF T-COILS AT INTERFACES TO COMMUNICATION LINKSOctober 2022April 2025Allow3000NoNo
17938139Image-to-Image Mapping by Iterative De-NoisingOctober 2022April 2025Allow3000NoNo
17916589DA-BD-LSTM-DENSE-UNET FOR LIVER LESION SEGMENTATIONOctober 2022March 2025Allow3000NoNo
17915932METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING AND CLASSIFYING AT LEAST ONE OBJECT IN A SENSING AREA OF A SENSORSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3410NoNo
17935115The Ranch RemoteSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3310NoNo
17945415MULTIMODAL DATA PROCESSINGSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3210NoNo
17911477INTERFERENCE DETECTION APPARATUS, RADIO BASE STATION, INTERFERENCE DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2022May 2025Allow3210NoNo
17880721Classifying Pressure InputsAugust 2022December 2024Allow2800NoNo
17791442ELECTROMAGNETIC UNIT REGULATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2022April 2025Allow3310NoNo
17850464CONNECTORS AND PROTECTIVE CASE OF A HAND-HELD DEVICE HAVING SAMEJune 2022April 2025Allow3310YesNo
17808407MULTIPLEXER WITH ACOUSTIC ASSISTED TRAP CIRCUITJune 2022October 2024Allow2800NoNo
17788023Channel Identification Method and Apparatus, Transmission Method, Transmission Device, Base Station, and MediumJune 2022February 2025Allow3210NoNo
17785316TERMINAL AND MEASURING METHODJune 2022April 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17779774METHODS FOR DETECTING PHANTOM PROJECTION ATTACKS AGAINST COMPUTER VISION ALGORITHMSMay 2022September 2024Allow2800NoNo
17737421ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE SIZE SELECTION AND INSERTION DEPTH ESTIMATION USING STATISTICAL SHAPE MODELLING AND VIRTUAL FITTINGMay 2022December 2024Allow3220NoNo
17755289METHOD FOR GENERATING MODELS TO AUTOMATICALLY CLASSIFY MEDICAL OR VETERINARY IMAGES DERIVED FROM ORIGINAL IMAGES INTO AT LEAST ONE CLASS OF INTERESTApril 2022March 2025Allow3410NoNo
17716820NEURAL NETWORK BASED RESOURCE SELECTION TO PERFORM WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSApril 2022August 2025Allow4000NoNo
17698695COMBINING RULE-BASED AND LEARNED SENSOR FUSION FOR AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONSMarch 2022February 2025Allow3511YesNo
17644538DETECTING LAB SPECIMEN VIABILITYDecember 2021January 2025Abandon3710NoNo
17539652AUTOMATIC RECOGNITION OF VISUAL AND AUDIO-VISUAL CUESDecember 2021July 2024Allow3100NoNo
17537671DETECTING OBJECTS NON-VISIBLE IN COLOR IMAGESNovember 2021October 2024Allow3410NoNo
17456393SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING X-RAY IMAGESNovember 2021September 2024Allow3410NoNo
17611363SYSTEMS, DEVICES, APPS, AND METHODS FOR CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY PROCEDURESNovember 2021September 2024Allow3410NoNo
17513968INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND LEARNING RECOGNITION SYSTEMOctober 2021February 2025Allow4010NoNo
17513473ATTENTION MECHANISM-BASED 12-LEAD ELECTROCARDIOGRAM CLASSIFICATION METHOD AND APPARATUSOctober 2021September 2024Allow3410NoNo
17498226IMAGE CLASSIFICATION METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2021November 2024Abandon3710NoNo
17449264Wireless modem with software configurable multiple antenna portsSeptember 2021March 2025Allow4110NoNo
17473028MEDICAL IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUSSeptember 2021August 2024Allow3510NoNo
17468303OPTIMIZING INTERACTION RESULTS USING AI-GUIDED MANIPULATED VIDEOSeptember 2021July 2024Allow3510NoNo
17239802ENDOSCOPE SYSTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD USED IN ENDOSCOPE SYSTEMApril 2021July 2024Allow3820YesNo
16751532INSTRUCTION GENERATION USING ONE OR MORE NEURAL NETWORKSJanuary 2020November 2022Allow3450YesYes

Appeals Overview

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

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
2
Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(100.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
5.5%
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, 0.0% 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

Filing a Notice of Appeal shows limited benefit. Consider other strategies like interviews or amendments before appealing.

Examiner ALAM, FAYYAZ - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ALAM, FAYYAZ works in Art Unit 2674 and has examined 13 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 84.6%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 35 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ALAM, FAYYAZ's allowance rate of 84.6% places them in the 60% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ALAM, FAYYAZ receive 1.31 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 18% 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 ALAM, FAYYAZ is 35 months. This places the examiner in the 40% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly slower than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +18.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ALAM, FAYYAZ. This interview benefit is in the 60% 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, 33.3% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 72% 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 100.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 99% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 92% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% 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, 200.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 99% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Note: Petitions are frequently granted regarding this examiner's actions compared to other examiners. Per MPEP § 1002.02(c), various examiner actions are petitionable to the Technology Center Director, including prematureness of final rejection, refusal to enter amendments, and requirement for information. If you believe an examiner action is improper, consider filing a petition.

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:

  • 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.
  • 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.