USPTO Examiner BAYAT ALI - Art Unit 2677

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19063075SYSTEMS, METHODS AND TECHNIQUES FOR ASCERTAINING OBJECT PROVENANCE AND/OR STATUSFebruary 2025July 2025Allow510YesNo
19027928SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF TISSUE AND COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA REGARDING SAMEJanuary 2025September 2025Allow820NoNo
19027847SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF TISSUE AND COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA REGARDING SAMEJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
19028076SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF TISSUE AND COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA REGARDING SAMEJanuary 2025October 2025Allow920NoNo
19017233AUTOMATIC COLOR MATCHING CONFIGURATION METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MARBLEJanuary 2025April 2025Allow300NoNo
18974545SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF 3D VOLUMES FROM BIPLANAR RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGESDecember 2024June 2025Allow710NoNo
18863940COOKING PHASE IDENTIFICATIONNovember 2024August 2025Allow910NoNo
18658143MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUSMay 2024July 2025Allow1410NoNo
18635677SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF TISSUE AND COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA REGARDING SAMEApril 2024March 2026Allow2320NoNo
18629603SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF TISSUE AND COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA REGARDING SAMEApril 2024April 2025Allow1210NoNo
18615950CONTROLLER FOR A VEHICLEMarch 2024March 2026Allow2410NoNo
18584967INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD, AND PROGRAMFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2300NoNo
18433157LEVERAGING DATA DISTORTION FOR SYNTHESIZING HIGH-RESOLUTION DATAFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2500NoNo
18424310METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NODE-BASED MOTION ESTIMATION IN CARDIAC CT IMAGINGJanuary 2024February 2026Allow2500NoNo
18412998SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CORRECTING PROJECTION IMAGES IN COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IMAGE RECONSTRUCTIONJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410NoNo
18408329DEEP-LEARNING-BASED REAL-TIME REMAINING SURGERY DURATION (RSD) ESTIMATIONJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410NoNo
18573971METHODS AND APPARATUS TO PERFORM MASK-BASED DEPTH ENHANCEMENT FOR MULTI-VIEW SYSTEMSDecember 2023March 2026Allow2600NoNo
18392503SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING IMAGE CAPTURING MODULESDecember 2023November 2024Allow1010NoNo
18534284SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING LOST MOTION OF AN AXLE OF A VEHICLE AND FILTERING ERRONEOUS ELECTRICAL SIGNALSDecember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18509744IDENTIFICATION DEVICE AND IDENTIFICATION METHODNovember 2023January 2026Allow2610NoNo
18500278IMAGE DATA ALIGNMENT FOR MOBILE SYSTEM SENSORSNovember 2023November 2025Allow2500NoNo
18495851EVALUATION OF CONTRAST BETWEEN TEXTUAL PORTIONS AND BACKGROUND PORTIONS OF AN IMAGEOctober 2023March 2026Allow2810YesNo
18490652System for Information Extraction from Form-Like DocumentsOctober 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18482822SYSTEMS AND METHODS INCLUDING MOTION COMPENSATION IN A THREE- DIMENSIONAL SCANOctober 2023September 2025Allow2310NoNo
18478623IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHODSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2510NoNo
18553186MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHODSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18373888METHOD, APPARATUS, AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING SPECTRAL REFLECTIONSeptember 2023November 2025Allow2600NoNo
18474414SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AGGREGATING METADATA FOR ITEM IDENTIFICATION USING DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSINGSeptember 2023December 2025Allow2610NoNo
18473083ACOUSTIC BIOMETRIC TOUCH SCANNERSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1710NoNo
18370594COLOR NOISE REDUCTION BASED ON GUIDED FILTER USING LUMINANCE INFORMATIONSeptember 2023March 2026Allow2910NoNo
18367486METHOD AND SYSTEM OF GENERATING BINARY IMAGE OF A DOCUMENT IMAGE BASED ON BACKGROUND COLORSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2500NoNo
18466216DEPTH AND MOTION ESTIMATIONS IN MACHINE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTSSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2910NoNo
18550210EXCREMENT PROPERTY ESTIMATION MODEL LEARNING DEVICE, EXCREMENT PROPERTY ESTIMATION DEVICE, EXCREMENT PROPERTY ESTIMATION MODEL LEARNING METHOD, EXCREMENT PROPERTY ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAMSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2500NoNo
18281685IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, APPARATUS, COMPUTING DEVICE, AND MEDIUMSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18244016VIRTUAL OBJECT MACHINE LEARNINGSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18462986Systems and Methods of Person Recognition in Video StreamsSeptember 2023February 2026Allow3010YesNo
18457170ARRANGEMENTS FOR DIGITAL MARKING AND READING OF ITEMS, USEFUL IN RECYCLINGAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18234239CONVERTING DISCRETE LIGHT ATTENUATION INTO SPECTRAL DATA FOR RENDERING OBJECT VOLUMESAugust 2023September 2024Allow1310YesNo
18365762ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODAugust 2023December 2024Allow1710YesNo
18364978ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODAugust 2023October 2024Allow1410NoNo
18365054ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODAugust 2023November 2024Allow1610YesNo
18362440DETECTION SYSTEM, METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJuly 2023December 2025Allow2810NoNo
18224309Image processing apparatus and method having lens color-shading correction mechanismJuly 2023August 2025Allow2500NoNo
18222196DEMOSAICING METHOD AND DEMOSAICING DEVICEJuly 2023August 2025Allow2500NoNo
18343393ENCODER, DECODER, ENCODING METHOD, AND DECODING METHODJune 2023July 2024Allow1310YesNo
18215337IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023January 2026Allow3110YesNo
18337170METHOD OF TUNING PARAMETERS FOR IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSING AND CAMERA SYSTEMJune 2023December 2025Allow3010NoNo
18209915METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADJUSTING SKIN COLORS OF PORTRAIT, ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023November 2025Allow2910NoNo
18334133SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR VISUALIZATION OF TISSUE AND COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA REGARDING SAMEJune 2023February 2024Allow810NoNo
18204043EXCREMENT DETERMINATION METHOD, EXCREMENT DETERMINATION DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMMay 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18325988IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTMay 2023August 2025Allow2600NoNo
18253799IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMMay 2023January 2026Abandon3210NoNo
18317932DETECTION DEVICE, IMAGING APPARATUS, DETECTION METHOD, AND PROGRAMMay 2023July 2025Allow2600NoNo
18195004PASSIVE MULTI-WEARABLE-DEVICES TRACKINGMay 2023December 2024Allow1910YesNo
18312094METHOD FOR IMAGE DEFOGGING BASED ON DARK CHANNEL PRIORMay 2023May 2025Allow2400NoNo
18137590RIGHTS MAPPING SYSTEM AND METHODApril 2023October 2024Allow1810NoNo
18193599COLOR REFERENCE PATTERN FOR CHROMINANCE EVALUATION IN IMAGESMarch 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18192379IMAGE ANALYSIS METHOD, IMAGE ANALYSIS DEVICE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2023August 2025Allow2910NoNo
18026982ORAL CAVITY EXAMINATION METHOD, ORAL CAVITY EXAMINATION DEVICE AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18182255SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RUNTIME NETWORK ADJUSTMENTMarch 2023September 2025Allow3010NoNo
18181861IMAGE CORRECTION APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS COLOR MATCHING BETWEEN MULTIPLE IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUSES THAT TAKE IMAGE OF DISPLAY APPARATUS, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023August 2025Allow2910NoNo
18171452IMAGE EDGE ENHANCEMENT PROCESSING METHOD AND APPLICATION THEREOFFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2900NoNo
18110091IMAGING APPARATUSFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3010YesNo
18108370METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TACTILE, TOUCH READABLE LABELS ON TANGIBLE GOODSFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2700NoNo
18106617INSPECTION APPARATUSFebruary 2023December 2025Abandon3410NoNo
18156908CHERRY PICKING AND CLASSIFYING METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON MACHINE VISIONJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3410NoNo
18085118OUTPUT DEVICE, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMDecember 2022March 2025Allow2700NoNo
18069202SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATED VIDEO MATTINGDecember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18062254COMPUTATIONAL HEURISTIC ENCODER ENHANCEMENT RELAY SYSTEMDecember 2022April 2025Allow2800NoNo
18073343IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2022June 2025Allow3010YesNo
18058878IMAGE RECOGNITION EDGE DEVICE AND METHODNovember 2022July 2025Allow3110NoNo
18057908DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS, DATA PROCESSING METHOD, AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMNovember 2022May 2025Allow3010NoNo
17983466IMAGE SIGNAL PROCESSOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA HAVING NON-BAYER PATTERN AND IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE INCLUDING SAMENovember 2022July 2025Allow3210YesNo
17922579INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODOctober 2022June 2025Allow3210YesNo
18050467Method of and System for Capturing Color ImagesOctober 2022June 2025Allow3110NoNo
17969618IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022January 2025Allow2700NoNo
17968575IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022March 2025Allow2910YesNo
17968029USER ASSISTANCE BASED ON COLOR RECOGNITIONOctober 2022April 2025Allow3010YesNo
17919099INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING TERMINAL, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODOctober 2022May 2025Allow3110NoNo
18045424STYLE PROFILE ENGINEOctober 2022December 2024Allow2600NoNo
17938181COLOR CONTRASTING IMAGE MODIFICATION BASED ON ENHANCED COLOR SPACESOctober 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
17913565BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE ANALYSIS DEVICESeptember 2022February 2025Allow2910NoNo
17950033METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONSTRUCTING THREE-DIMENSIONAL DATA SET OF PEDESTRIAN RE-IDENTIFICATION BASED ON NEURAL RADIATION FIELDSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2910NoNo
17912342Model Generation Method and Apparatus, Object Detection Method and Apparatus, Device, and Storage MediumSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3010NoNo
17941787EMOTION RECOGNITION IN MULTIMEDIA VIDEOS USING MULTI-MODAL FUSION-BASED DEEP NEURAL NETWORKSeptember 2022February 2025Allow2910NoNo
17940651DETERMINER, PRINTER, DETERMINATION METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022April 2025Abandon3210NoNo
17821917LEARNING DEVICE, DETECTION DEVICE, LEARNING SYSTEM, LEARNING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR LEARNING, DETECTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR DETECTINGAugust 2022January 2025Allow2810NoNo
17893838SENSOR DATA ANNOTATION FOR TRAINING MACHINE PERCEPTION MODELSAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010YesNo
17636243DENSE OPTICAL FLOW CALCULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD BASED ON FPGAAugust 2022September 2024Allow3100NoNo
17887760INSPECTION APPARATUS CAPABLE OF REDUCING INSPECTION WORKLOAD, METHOD OF CONTROLLING INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010YesNo
17797034METHOD FOR TRAINING OBJECT DETECTION MODEL, OBJECT DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUSAugust 2022January 2025Allow3010NoNo
17874970DEFECT DETECTION IN A POINT CLOUDJuly 2022February 2025Allow3010NoNo
17870462Performance of Complex Optimization Tasks with Improved Efficiency Via Neural Meta-Optimization of ExpertsJuly 2022July 2025Allow3620YesNo
17869147METHOD TO LOCATE DEFECTS IN E-COATJuly 2022January 2025Allow3010NoNo
17862667FEW-SHOT ACTION RECOGNITIONJuly 2022December 2024Allow2910NoNo
17854310INTERLEAVING OF VARIABLE BITRATE STREAMS FOR GPU IMPLEMENTATIONSJune 2022January 2025Allow3110NoNo
17790128OBJECT IDENTIFICATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICEJune 2022November 2024Allow2810NoNo
17789985STATION MONITORING APPARATUS, STATION MONITORING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMJune 2022November 2024Allow2810YesNo
17809428EMOTION RECOGNITION AND NOTIFICATION SYSTEMJune 2022September 2024Allow2600NoNo
17846756MACHINE-LEARNED MODEL TRAINING FOR INFERRING OBJECT ATTRIBUTES FROM DISTORTIONS IN TEMPORAL DATAJune 2022February 2025Allow3210NoNo

Appeals Overview

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Examiner BAYAT, ALI - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner BAYAT, ALI works in Art Unit 2677 and has examined 48 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 100.0%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 27 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner BAYAT, ALI's allowance rate of 100.0% places them in the 96% 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 BAYAT, ALI receive 0.88 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 BAYAT, ALI is 27 months. This places the examiner in the 73% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by BAYAT, ALI. This interview benefit is in the 14% 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, 50.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 97% 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 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.

Petition Practice

When applicants file petitions regarding this examiner's actions, 80.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 84% 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 10.4% of allowed cases (in the 94% percentile). Per MPEP § 1302.04, examiner's amendments are used to place applications in condition for allowance when only minor changes are needed. This examiner frequently uses this tool compared to other examiners, indicating a cooperative approach to getting applications allowed. Strategic Insight: If you are close to allowance but minor claim amendments are needed, this examiner may be willing to make an examiner's amendment rather than requiring another round of prosecution.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 4.2% of allowed cases (in the 78% 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.
  • Examiner cooperation: This examiner frequently makes examiner's amendments to place applications in condition for allowance. If you are close to allowance, the examiner may help finalize the claims.

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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