USPTO Examiner SABAH HARIS - Art Unit 2682

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18827279IN SITU CODE DESIGN METHODS FOR MINIMIZING OPTICAL CROWDINGSeptember 2024January 2025Allow400NoNo
18742393Image Forming Apparatus Having Paper Type Identification Apparatus To Determine Type Of Sheet Based On Reading Results Of First Surface And Second Surface By Reading SensorJune 2024October 2025Allow1620NoNo
18659983IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS IS PERFORMING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IN TWO MODES AND RECEIVING TRIGGER FRAME FROM ACCESS POINT, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2024July 2025Allow1410NoNo
18703181METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OPTICAL DEFECTS WITHIN A GLASS WINDSHIELDApril 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18701624TRAINING DEVICE, TRAINING METHOD, AND TRAINING PROGRAMApril 2024February 2026Allow2200NoNo
18635487PRINTER CONVERTING CHARACTER CODE INCLUDED IN PRINT DATA INTO CHARACTER CODE OF PRESCRIBED CHARACTER ENCODING SYSTEM TO GENERATE RASTER DATAApril 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18630320IMAGE READING APPARATUSApril 2024March 2026Allow2300NoNo
18620365MANAGEMENT SERVER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND MANAGEMENT SERVER SYSTEMMarch 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18610209MACHINE-LEARNING TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING ARTIFACT PIXELS IN IMAGESMarch 2024February 2026Allow2300NoNo
18585969IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS ESTABLISHES RECONNECTION WITH TERMINAL DEVICE USING IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION SO THAT COMMUNICATION WITH THE TERMINAL DEVICE IS RESUMEDFebruary 2024November 2024Allow810NoNo
18436066IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, PRINTING SYSYTEM, AND IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAMFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18436406IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING DENSITY OF IMAGE TO BE FORMED AND DETECTED, CONTROLLER FOR WHETHER FIRST AND SECOND CALIBRATIONS ARE EXECUTED BASED ON PREDICTED DENSITY AND ENVIRONMENT CONDITIONFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2400NoNo
18435249INSPECTION SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENTSFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2300YesNo
18408790IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD TO DISPLAY A SCREEN FOR UPDATING FIRMWARE BASED ON RECEIVED FIRMWARE UPDATE INSTRUCTIONJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1920NoNo
18544690PRINTING DEVICE COMMUNICATES WITH FIRST AND SECOND EXTERNAL DEVICES, TRANSMITS FIRST DRIVE SIGNAL TO THE FIRST EXTERNAL DEVICE WHILE CUTTING IS PERFORMED AND TRANSMITS SECOND DRIVE SIGNALTO THE SECOND EXTERNAL DEVICE WHILE CUTTING IS NOT PERFORMEDDecember 2023January 2025Allow1320YesNo
18540612IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO DISPLAY FIRST IMAGE HAVING FIRST BUTTON AND SECOND IMAGE HAVING SECOND BUTTON IN DISPLAY AREA, AND DECETION DEVICE DETECTS MOVEMENT OF OPERATOR ACCESSES DISPLAY AREADecember 2023February 2025Allow1410NoNo
18536703PRINTING DEVICE CONVERTING RECEIVED COMMAND TO POST-CONVERSION COMMAND ACCORDING TO CONVERSION RULEDecember 2023November 2024Allow1100YesNo
18536812GENERATING NON-DESTRUCTIVE SYNTHETIC LENS BLUR WITH IN-FOCUS EDGE RENDERINGDecember 2023October 2025Allow2200NoNo
18532197IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT DETECTS ERROR AND PROVIDES UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR (URL) INFORMATION TO INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS TO ACCESS WEBPAGE FOR CHANGING SETTINGS RELATED TO THE ERROR, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMDecember 2023May 2025Allow1730YesNo
18527777Inferring Tone Conveyed by Digital ContentDecember 2023October 2025Allow2300NoNo
18565422Method For Training A Predictive Model, Receiving A Training Data Set For Multiple Reference Tomograms, And Providing A Prediction ModelNovember 2023March 2026Allow2710NoNo
18520879Processing Apparatus and Method For Performing Personal Authentication Using Camera Image, Collating Collation Information With Reference Person Information, And Non-Transitory Storage MediumNovember 2023March 2026Allow2710NoNo
18521974METHOD OF TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK FOR VISION-BASED TRACKING AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS AND SYSTEMNovember 2023November 2025Allow2300NoNo
18564880METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES FOR IMPLEMENTING REMOTE SERVICESNovember 2023January 2025Allow1400NoNo
18562443REMOTE MANAGEMENT SERVER TO GENERATE POLICY FOR MANAGING IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSES AND CONTROL OF CONFIGURATION DATA OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSESNovember 2023February 2025Allow1510NoNo
18561870REMOTE MANAGEMENT SERVER TO GENERATE POLICY INCLUDING CONFIGURATION DATA FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSES, RECEIVE A REQUEST FROM IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS FOR CHANGING THE CONFIGURATION DATA OF THE IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSNovember 2023August 2025Allow2130YesNo
18512116PRINTING SYSTEM THAT PROVIDES VIRTUAL SPACE AND RECEIVES PRINT CONTENT EXIST IN VIRTUAL SPACE, HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY DEVICE, PRINTING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023September 2024Allow1010NoNo
18508019INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING IMAGE DATA WITH FAX TRANSMISSION INSTRUCTION TO FAX APPARATUS USING CHAT SERVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023September 2025Allow2240YesNo
18289589Display-Optimized Ambient Light HDR Video AdapationNovember 2023October 2025Allow2300NoNo
18386836IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS INCLUDING LINE INTERLEAVING CONTROLLER AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2023October 2025Allow2300NoNo
18386770METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR IMAGING OF MOVING PRINTED MATERIALS BY AN OPTICAL DEVICE WITH PARALLEL PROCESSINGNovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18499854IMPROVED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING AND PRINTING CONTENT IN A VIRTUAL SPACENovember 2023June 2024Allow810NoNo
18499775ABNORMAL SOUND DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM AND METHOD THAT CAN SPECIFY ABNORMAL SOUNDS IN TIME PERIODS WITHIN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023October 2025Allow2440NoNo
18490800SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD TO OBTAIN PRINT FILE FOR SHARING BETWEEN A TEACHER AND A STUDENT IN EDUCATION FIELDOctober 2023October 2024Allow1210NoNo
18381042Method And System For Extracting Data From Documents And Automatically Modifying Data Item Of The Extracted Data Based On Guidance Retrieved From Feedback FileOctober 2023December 2025Allow2610NoNo
18486979SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SYSTEMOctober 2023April 2024Allow600NoNo
18555325DENTAL SCANNINGOctober 2023October 2025Allow2400NoNo
18484020IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS THAT TRANSMITS REMOTE SCREEN DATA WITHOUT DISPLAYING AN APPROVAL SCREEN IN RESPONSE TO SATISFY A PARTICULAR CONDITIONOctober 2023August 2024Allow1110NoNo
18476316MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, OPERATION METHOD TO DERIVE INDIRECT FINDINGS IN MEDICAL IMAGE SHOWING AT LEAST SHAPES AND PROPERTIES OF TISSUE OF A LESION, AND OPERATION PROGRAM OF MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICESeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910YesNo
18475330METHOD EXECUTING FUNCTION VIA SCANNER TO DISPLAY FIRST BUTTON CAUSING SCREEN TRANSITION TO SETTING SCREEN, SECOND AND THIRD BUTTONS CAUSING SCANNER TO PERFORM SCAN, NON- TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAM FOR DISPLAY FUNCTIONSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1830NoNo
18474370IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS REMOTELY OPERATING TO ACHIEVE A BALANCE BETWEEN CONVENIENCE AND SECURITY, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023August 2024Allow1120NoNo
18473398MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD THEREOF FOR GENERATING SECOND EXAMINATION DATA INCLUDES SECOND ATTENDANT DATA, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2400NoNo
18472911Method For Extracting Problem List Section From Unstructured Data In Medical Record Document, And Outputting Portion Of Problem List Section By ProcessorsSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2910NoNo
18371421IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS GENERATES FOLDER TO STORE DATA, APPROPRIATELY CONTROLLING DISPLAY A FOLDER THAT SATISFY A DISPLAY CONDITION, AND FOLDER DISPLAY CONTROL METHODSeptember 2023June 2024Allow910NoNo
18281140SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGING AND PREFLIGHTING DOCUMENTS FOR PRINTING AND PUBLISHINGSeptember 2023March 2024Allow700YesNo
18461123ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR IMAGE GENERATION, AND OPERATING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICESeptember 2023September 2025Allow2400YesNo
18546974IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE HAVING A VPN PROCESSING UNIT THAT CONNECTS TO A VPN USING AUTHENTICATION INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH UI UNIT FOR ACQUIRING WORKFLOW USING TERMINAL ADDRESS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHODAugust 2023June 2024Allow1010YesNo
18546567Systems And Method Receiving Image Patches, And Determining Tissue Sample Biomarker Status In Digitized Pathology Samples Using Trained Machine Learning ModelAugust 2023March 2026Allow3110NoNo
18234168SYSTEM FOR ESTIMATING IMAGE RECOGNITION INFORMATION FROM AT LEAST IMAGES OF ENERGY DEVICE AND BIOLOGICAL TISSUE, COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, AND ENERGY OUTPUT ADJUSTMENT METHODAugust 2023August 2025Allow2400YesNo
18446308IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD TO COMMUNICATE WITH CLOUD SERVICE FOR DOWNLOADING TRANSMITTED IMAGE FROM THE CLOUD SERVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023September 2025Allow2540YesNo
18366440PRINTING APPARATUS RECEIVES PRINT JOB FROM EXTERNAL APPARATUS WITHOUT HOLDING THE PRINT JOB IN ACCORDANCE WITH JOB ATTRIBUTES, PRINT CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMAugust 2023May 2025Allow2130NoNo
18275171PLAQUE DETECTION METHOD FOR IMAGING OF CELLSJuly 2023August 2025Allow2400NoNo
18361744METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBTAINING FIRST AND SECOND IMAGES TO DETECT FIRST AND SECOND LANDMARKS AND FACE REGISTRATION USING 3D FACIAL LANDMARKJuly 2023December 2025Allow2810NoNo
18220743Children Visual Attention Abnormal Screening Method, Involves Extracting Eye Movement, Facial Expression And Head Movement Multi-mode Characteristic Of Children Based On Multimodal Data LearningJuly 2023December 2025Allow2910YesNo
18350341LASER INTERSTITIAL THERMAL THERAPY IN THE OPERATING ROOMJuly 2023October 2025Allow2700NoNo
18347340DETERMINATION METHOD FOR DETERMINING IDENTITY OF PERSON DEPENDING ON MOVEMENT OF POSITIONS IN SPECIFIED IMAGE REGION, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSJuly 2023October 2025Allow2810NoNo
18217998Method For Determining Authenticity Of Hanging Images And Deformation Analysis Of Authenticity Of Item Based On Authentication Score Transgressing Authenticity ThresholdJuly 2023July 2025Allow2400NoNo
18259915METHOD FOR DETERMINING A SKIN COLOUR OF A FACE ON BASIS OF NUMERICAL VALUES AND CORRESPONDING SYSTEMJune 2023February 2026Allow3120NoNo
18343438NETWORK-LEVEL USER VALIDATION FOR NETWORK-BASED EXCHANGES THAT LEVERAGES UNIVERSALLY UNIQUE EPHEMERAL KEY TO ELIMINATE USE OF PERSISTENT CREDENTIALSJune 2023March 2024Allow910NoNo
18213880NON-INTERFEROMETRIC, NON-ITERATIVE COMPLEX AMPLITUDE READING METHOD AND APPARATUSJune 2023August 2025Allow2500NoNo
18335185NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING COMPUTER-READABLE PROGRAM, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND PRINT SETTING GENERATION METHODJune 2023December 2024Abandon1930NoNo
18207159INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS DETECTS AN EVENT OCCURRENCE OF FAILURE AND ACQUIRES A MANUAL INFORMATION AND PRINT SETTING INFORMATION AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING WORKFLOW USING TERMINAL ADDRESSJune 2023February 2024Allow810NoNo
18329851MEDICAL INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM TO ACQUIRE BIOMETRIC DATA REGARDING SKIN IMAGE AND TO CONTINUOUSLY MONITOR INTERNAL BODY COMPONENT WITHOUT USING SPECIAL EQUIPMENTJune 2023December 2025Allow3010NoNo
18327630INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSJune 2023October 2024Abandon1620NoNo
18325202MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICE TO DETERMINE AN ERROR IN RECEIVED COMMAND AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEDIA PROCESSING DEVICEMay 2023December 2023Allow600NoNo
18325266PRINTING APPARATUS TO OPERATE IN A CONTRACT MODE WITH CONSUMABLE ITEM TO BE USED IN PRINTING AND EXECUTE PROFIT RETURNING PROCESS ACCORDING TO CONTENT OF THE CONTRACTMay 2023December 2023Allow600NoNo
18320342SYSTEM INCLUDES SERVER, PRINTING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS TO PROVIDE A TECHNIQUE FOR SPECIFYING A PHYSICAL PRINTER ASSOCIATED WITH A LOGICAL PRINTER, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMMay 2023January 2024Allow800NoNo
18318758COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE APPROPRIATELY PERFORM WIRELESS COMMUNICATION OF IDENTIFICATION DATA WITH INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEMay 2023May 2024Allow1210NoNo
18198227ANALYSIS OF FUNDUS AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGESMay 2023July 2025Allow2600NoNo
18317730INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, METHOD, AN ACCESS TOKEN FOR ACCESSING CLOUD SERVICE AND A DISPLAY UNIT TO DISPLAY REAUTHORIZATION OBJECT TO REISSUE THE ACCESS TOKEN FOR PERFORMING IMAGE PROCESSING FUNCTION, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSMay 2023May 2024Allow1320NoNo
18036718METHOD, DEVICE, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR REDUCING FALSE-POSITIVE DETECTIONS IN IMAGES OF A VIDEO SIGNALMay 2023September 2025Allow2800NoNo
18196713IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE FOR DRONE, DRONE IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND DRONE IMAGE PROCESSING PROCESSORMay 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18195550Method For Enabling Self-service Printing Of Document, With Authentication Based On Contactless Card, Releasing Print Queue Associated With Account To Cause Printer To Print DocumentMay 2023February 2026Allow3340NoNo
18143075ADDING A WATERMARK ON A DOCUMENT FOR PRINTING IN A VIRTUAL DESKTOP INFRASTRUCTURE (VDI) ENVIRONMENTMay 2023April 2024Allow1110NoNo
18139873ATTENTION-BASED MULTIPLE INSTANCE LEARNINGApril 2023June 2025Allow2500NoNo
18305835ABNORMAL SOUND DIAGNOSIS SYSTEM PROVIDES A TECHNIQUE THAT CAN SPECIFY OCCURRENCE OF ABNORMAL SOUND IN A PLURALITY OF TIME PERIODS, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, ABNORMAL SOUND DIAGNOSIS METHOD, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMApril 2023September 2023Allow500NoNo
18132464INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS THAT ESTABLISHES CONNECTION TO A COMMUNICATION APPATATUS, ENABLING AN ACCESS POINT, CONTROL METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMApril 2023January 2024Allow910NoNo
18130647SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR UNSUPERVISED DOCUMENT ONTOLOGY GENERATION OF CORPUS OF DOCUMENTS AND PARTITIONING THE DOCUMENTS BASED ON PARTITIONING PARAMETERApril 2023August 2025Allow2910NoNo
18192827BIDIRECTIONAL SIGHTLINE-POSITION DETERMINATION DEVICE, BIDIRECTIONAL SIGHTLINE-POSITION DETERMINATION METHOD, AND TRAINING METHODMarch 2023December 2025Abandon3310NoNo
18193515PRINTING APPARATUS THAT PERFORMS PRINTING BY SELECTING, FROM PLURALITY OF TEMPLATES STORED IN ADVANCE, A TEMPLATE TO ALLOCATE A PRINT DATA OBJECTMarch 2023September 2023Allow600NoNo
18128012PAPER TYPE IDENTIFICATION APPARATUS WHICH IDENTIFIES A TYPE OF A SHEET BY READING FIRST SURFACE AND SECOND SURFACE OF THE SHEET AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUSMarch 2023March 2024Allow1100NoNo
18191813SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ELECTROMECHANICAL WAVE IMAGING WITH MACHINE LEARNING FOR AUTOMATED ACTIVATION MAP GENERATION FOR DISPLAY ON AN IMAGE PROCESSING UNITMarch 2023February 2026Allow3410NoNo
18191624METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A STROKE INFORMATIONMarch 2023June 2025Allow2700NoNo
18191166X-RAY DIAGNOSTIC APPARATUS CAUSES X-RAY DETECTOR TO READ A SIGNAL IN NON-DESTRUCTIVE READOUT AND TO READ A SIGNAL IN DESTRUCTIVE READOUT AND GENERATES FIRST AND SECOND PROJECTIONS DATA, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023May 2025Allow2600NoNo
18191600CODING OF BOUNDARY UV2XYZ INDEX FOR MESH COMPRESSIONMarch 2023June 2025Allow2600NoNo
18191087SERVER PERFORMS A REGISTRATION OPERATION FOR A PLURALITY OF PRINTERS USING PRINTER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION, RECEIVES CORRESPONDENCE KEY INFORMATION FROM A TERMINAL DEVICE AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023January 2024Allow1010NoNo
18189292PRINTING APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO STORE PRINT JOBS, DISPLAYS A LIST OF DOCUMENTS RELATED TO LOGGED-IN USER AND CAUSES DISPLAY UNIT TO DISPLAY SELECTABLE ITEMS FOR PRINT JOBS ACCUMULATED IN PRINTER'S MEMORYMarch 2023April 2024Allow1320YesNo
18188262PRINTING SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PRINTING IN ANY OF MULTIPLE POWER MODES AND CONTROL METHOD FOR PRINTING APPARATUSMarch 2023November 2023Allow800NoNo
18121954METHODS AND PRINTING SYSTEM USING RASTER IMAGE PROCESSORS (RIPs) CONFIGURED FOR PROCESSING A PREVIEW JOBMarch 2023October 2024Allow1931YesNo
18182606INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODMarch 2023October 2025Allow3100NoNo
18181646CONTROL APPARATUS, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM, AND PRINTERMarch 2023October 2025Allow3100NoNo
18181940IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS TO PERFORM READING OPERATION IN IMAGE SIZE OF IMAGE GREATER THAN SIZE OF SHEET ON WHICH PREDETERMINED PATTERN IS FORMED, CONTROL METHOD THEREOF, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2023October 2024Allow1930YesNo
18119484INDUSTRIAL PRINTING SYSTEM, PRINT SERVER, AND VARIABLE PRINTING METHOD FOR PEER-TO-PEER DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING OF SECURITY CONTENT IN VARIABLE PRINTING FOR PRODUCTION PRINTINGMarch 2023August 2023Allow500NoNo
18181407PRINT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SETTINGS FOR A PRINT APPARATUS AND REGISTERS THE PRINT APPARATUS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ACCOUNT AND FURTHER TRANSMITS FIRST SETTING INFORMATION TO THE PRINT APPARATUS IF THE PRINT APPARATUS IS REGISTEREDMarch 2023September 2023Allow600NoNo
18178433APPLICATION DISTRIBUTION DEVICE DISTRIBUTES A PROGRAM FOR INSTALLING AN APPLICATION IN AN IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUMMarch 2023November 2023Allow800NoNo
18176501MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE AND MEDICAL OBSERVATION SYSTEMMarch 2023May 2025Allow2600NoNo
18113918System Of Obtaining Three-Dimensional (3D) Scan Of Body Part From Multiple Viewing Directions And Presenting Augmented Images On Display UnitFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3010NoNo
18173463METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND SYSTEMS CAPTURES IMAGE OF PRE-PRINTED PRINT MEDIA INFORMATION FOR GENERATING VALIDATION IMAGE BY COMPARING POST-PRINTED IMAGE WITH PRE-PRINTED IMAGE AND IMPROVING PRINT QUALITYFebruary 2023November 2023Allow910NoNo
18172683IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS ENABLES FIRST WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODE VIA ACCESS POINT AND SECOND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODE NOT VIA ACCESS POINT AND TO FURTHER RECEIVE TRIGGER FRAME VIA THE ACCESS POINT, METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1220YesNo
18172018MULTI-TASK SELF-TRAINING FOR CHARACTER GENDER IDENTIFICATIONFebruary 2023July 2025Allow2900NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
2
Allowed After Appeal Filing
2
(100.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
97.3%
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, 100.0% 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

Filing a Notice of Appeal is strategically valuable. The act of filing often prompts favorable reconsideration during the mandatory appeal conference.

Examiner SABAH, HARIS - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner SABAH, HARIS works in Art Unit 2682 and has examined 86 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 97.7%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner SABAH, HARIS's allowance rate of 97.7% places them in the 89% 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 SABAH, HARIS receive 1.98 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 49% 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 SABAH, HARIS 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 +5.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by SABAH, HARIS. This interview benefit is in the 32% 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, 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 38.9% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 59% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows above-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. If your amendments clearly overcome the rejections and do not raise new issues, consider filing after-final amendments before resorting to an RCE.

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 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 92% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 50.0% 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, 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 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 29% 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:

  • 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.

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