USPTO Examiner ALAM MOHAMMED - Art Unit 2851

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19238876SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNJune 2025August 2025Allow200NoNo
18985139Method for automatic control of simulation error in analog circuit and use thereofDecember 2024June 2025Allow510YesNo
18958946THREE-DIMENSIONAL SIMULATION AND PREDICTION METHOD FOR ROCK COLLAPSE MOVEMENT PROCESS CONSIDERING DYNAMIC FRAGMENTATION EFFECTNovember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18935622RECONFIGURABLE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT (IC) DEVICE AND A SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING THEREOFNovember 2024March 2025Allow410YesNo
18745089SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESL MODELING OF MACHINE LEARNINGJune 2024March 2025Allow900NoNo
18739108REDUCED STANDBY CURRENT IN A MULTI-BATTERY WEARABLE DEVICEJune 2024February 2025Allow900NoNo
18664330METHOD FOR ANALYZING STATIC ANALOG INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUTMay 2024July 2024Allow200NoNo
18631549Battery Charge/Discharge Control Device and Battery Management DeviceApril 2024January 2025Allow900NoNo
18617419MODELING METHOD OF FLICKER NOISE OF SMALL-SIZED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICEMarch 2024June 2024Allow200NoNo
18608178SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FOR REGULATING INTEGRATED CIRCUIT TIMING AND POWER CONSUMPTIONMarch 2024March 2025Allow1201NoNo
18606783METHODS FOR MODELING OF A DESIGN IN RETICLE ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGYMarch 2024May 2025Allow1411NoNo
18435993FPGA Specialist Processing Block for Machine LearningFebruary 2024February 2025Allow1210YesNo
18421757METHOD FOR PLACING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES IN CONSIDERATION OF DISTANCE INFORMATION FROM MACRO DEVICEJanuary 2024November 2024Abandon1010NoNo
18421644INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT GENERATION METHODJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1310NoNo
18407170Simulation Analysis System and Method for Dioxin Concentration in Furnace of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration ProcessJanuary 2024August 2024Allow701NoNo
18539206INTEGRATION OF SECOND-USE OF LI-ION BATTERIES IN POWER GENERATIONDecember 2023January 2025Allow1300YesNo
18564546SYNCHONOUS FIFONovember 2023June 2024Allow700NoNo
18518167SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUTNovember 2023September 2024Allow1000NoNo
18505150EARLY WARNING METHOD FOR SAFETY PRODUCTION RISK OF TAILINGS POND BASED ON RISK RANKINGNovember 2023January 2024Allow200NoNo
18503028POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF POWER RECEIVING APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD OF POWER TRANSMITTING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMNovember 2023May 2025Allow1820NoNo
18493005METHOD OF PCB SECTIONAL PRESHRINKING, DEVICE, EQUIPMENT AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023July 2024Allow800NoNo
18476113Portable Blender with Wireless ChargingSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1200NoNo
18471083Functional Circuit Block Harvesting in Integrated CircuitsSeptember 2023March 2024Allow600NoNo
18370339FINDING EQUIVALENT CLASSES OF HARD DEFECTS IN STACKED MOSFET ARRAYSSeptember 2023December 2024Allow1510YesNo
18369338VERIFICATION OF HARDWARE DESIGN FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT IMPLEMENTING POLYNOMIAL INPUT VARIABLE FUNCTIONSeptember 2023September 2024Allow1200NoNo
18457515METHOD AND CIRCUITRY TO ADAPTIVELY CHARGE A BATTERY/CELLAugust 2023February 2025Allow1710NoNo
18448143SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING LAYOUT DIAGRAM INCLUDING WIRING ARRANGEMENTAugust 2023August 2024Allow1200NoNo
18448149METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING LAYOUT DIAGRAM INCLUDING WIRING ARRANGEMENTAugust 2023December 2024Allow1610YesNo
18231413LITHOGRAPHY MASK REPAIR BY SIMULATION OF PHOTORESIST THICKNESS EVOLUTIONAugust 2023January 2024Allow500NoNo
18362195TRANSMISSION GATE STRUCTUREJuly 2023July 2024Allow1200NoNo
18362938LOGIC CIRCUITS WITH REDUCED TRANSISTOR COUNTSJuly 2023August 2024Allow1300NoNo
18361467SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUTJuly 2023November 2024Allow1610NoNo
18224337SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAMEJuly 2023March 2025Allow2010NoNo
18346702SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR INDICATING INFORMATION REPRESENTING BATTERY STATUS OF AN ELECTRONIC DEVICEJuly 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18259691DEVICE VERIFICATION METHOD, UVM VERIFICATION PLATFORM, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2023November 2023Allow400NoNo
18341400ELECTROMIGRATION EVALUATION METHODOLOGY WITH CONSIDERATION OF BOTH SELF-HEATING AND HEAT SINK THERMAL EFFECTSJune 2023May 2024Allow1100NoNo
18259027CHARGING OF AN AGVJune 2023November 2024Allow1730YesNo
18211795BATTERY LOCKOUT OVERRIDE LOGIC FOR A BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJune 2023August 2024Allow1410NoNo
18335505METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR SAMEJune 2023May 2024Allow1100NoNo
18208958POWER TOOL SYSTEM HAVING RECEPTACLE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ADAPTERJune 2023May 2024Allow1100NoNo
18207732SELECTION OF MEASUREMENT LOCATIONS FOR PATTERNING PROCESSESJune 2023October 2024Allow1710NoNo
18208224DYNAMIC VOLTAGE DROP MODEL FOR TIMING ANALYSISJune 2023April 2024Allow1000NoNo
18327045MODULAR PERIPHERY TILE FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DEVICEMay 2023July 2024Allow1410YesNo
18204230REDUCED-POWER DYNAMIC DATA CIRCUITS WITH WIDE-BAND ENERGY RECOVERYMay 2023July 2024Allow1410NoNo
18325501Circuit LayoutMay 2023March 2024Allow900NoNo
18198268SMART BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSMay 2023August 2024Allow1510NoNo
18133484Systems, Methods, and Graphical User Interfaces for Automatic Audio RoutingApril 2023August 2024Allow1610YesNo
18298654DVD SIMULATION USING MICROCIRCUITSApril 2023June 2024Allow1410NoNo
18193082SHORT-DEPTH ACTIVE LEARNING QUANTUM AMPLITUDE ESTIMATION WITHOUT EIGENSTATE COLLAPSEMarch 2023August 2024Allow1611YesNo
18445042Detachable auxiliary power systemMarch 2023April 2024Allow1300NoNo
18183548Stackable Battery Cells With Individual Cell ManagementMarch 2023January 2026Allow3400YesNo
18178603MULTI-ENERGY PORTABLE POWER PANEL FOR VEHICLEMarch 2023December 2025Allow3400NoNo
18178312ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD OF CONTROLLING CHARGING BY ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND METHOD OF SUPPLYING POWER BY POWER SUPPLY DEVICEMarch 2023February 2024Allow1100NoNo
18115681Circuit for Managing Wireless Power Transmitting DevicesFebruary 2023February 2024Allow1210NoNo
18175313METHODS FOR MODELING OF A DESIGN IN RETICLE ENHANCEMENT TECHNOLOGYFebruary 2023January 2024Allow1010NoNo
18103970Soft Error-Mitigating Semiconductor Design System and Associated MethodsJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1110YesNo
18101413METHOD AND CIRCUITRY TO ADAPTIVELY CHARGE A BATTERY/CELLJanuary 2023January 2024Allow1110NoNo
18094696Method For Evaluating Placement Of Semiconductor DevicesJanuary 2023October 2023Allow911NoNo
18092485AUTOMATED NETWORK-ON-CHIP DESIGNJanuary 2023December 2023Allow1110NoNo
18089105SECURE POWER SUPPLY FOR AN INDUSTRIAL CONTROL SYSTEMDecember 2022August 2023Allow800NoNo
18010131METHOD FOR PREDICTING DELAY AT MULTIPLE CORNERS FOR DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITDecember 2022May 2023Allow500NoNo
18064700BATTERY PACK AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING BATTERY PACKDecember 2022November 2023Allow1110YesNo
18064186Inductor and Related ApparatusDecember 2022November 2025Allow3500NoNo
18076338VERIFICATION OF HARDWARE DESIGN FOR COMPONENT THAT EVALUATES AN ALGEBRAIC EXPRESSION USING DECOMPOSITION AND RECOMBINATIONDecember 2022July 2023Allow700NoNo
18076375REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF PATTERN PLACEMENT ERROR IN METROLOGY MEASUREMENTSDecember 2022February 2024Allow1410NoNo
17989805METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING DEEP LEARNING TO IMPROVE DESIGN VERIFICATION BY OPTIMIZING CODE COVERAGE, FUNCTIONAL COVERAGE, AND BUG DETECTIONNovember 2022August 2025Allow3300NoNo
17925815Method for Operating a Storage System for Storing Electrical Energy, and Storage SystemNovember 2022December 2025Allow3700NoNo
17981605POWER INTEGRATION SYSTEM WITH MOTOR DRIVE AND BATTERY CHARGING AND DISCHARGING FUNCTIONNovember 2022February 2026Allow4010NoNo
17979865METHOD FOR ANALYZING THE CONTACT ASSIGNMENT OF A CONTACT ELEMENT OF A CELL MODULE FOR A VEHICLE BATTERY AND MODULE CHARGER HAVING A DIAGNOSIS FUNCTION FOR THE CONTACT ASSIGNMENT OF A CONTACT ELEMENTNovember 2022January 2026Allow3910NoNo
17997319STANDARD UNIT FOR SYSTEM ON CHIP DESIGN, AND DATA PROCESSING UNIT, OPERATION CHIP AND COMPUTING APPARATUS USING SAMEOctober 2022May 2023Allow700NoNo
17974412COMPUTATION OF WEAKLY CONNECTED COMPONENTS IN A PARALLEL, SCALABLE AND DETERMINISTIC MANNEROctober 2022July 2025Allow3300NoNo
18047200REDUCED STANDBY CURRENT IN A MULTI-BATTERY WEARABLE DEVICEOctober 2022February 2024Allow1611YesNo
17960742DIGITAL DESIGN SIMULATION ACCELERATOROctober 2022February 2026Allow4011NoNo
17958930LEARNING-BASED ANALYZER FOR MITIGATING LATCH-UP IN INTEGRATED CIRCUITSOctober 2022September 2023Allow1110NoNo
17958249DECOUPLING CAPACITOR PARAMETER DETERMINATION FOR A POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORKSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3610YesNo
17954695METHOD TO AVOID MEMORY BANK CONFLICTS AND PIPELINE CONFLICTS IN TENSOR MEMORY LAYOUTSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3701NoNo
17953192Deterministic Cross-Platform Circuit Design EmulationSeptember 2022October 2025Allow3601NoNo
17933712OPTIMIZING BATTERY CHARGING WITH SYNCHRONIZED CONTEXT DATASeptember 2022December 2025Allow3911NoNo
17945724METHOD OF DESIGNING LAYOUT OF SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, METHOD OF DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT USING THE SAME, AND DESIGN SYSTEM PERFORMING SAMESeptember 2022November 2025Allow3810YesNo
17942003OPTICAL PATH TRACING IN AN OPTICAL CIRCUIT DESIGNSeptember 2022November 2025Allow3910YesNo
17909417LOGICAL NODE LAYOUT METHOD AND APPARATUS, COMPUTER DEVICE, AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2022February 2023Allow500NoNo
17823644Backside Contacts for Signal RoutingAugust 2022September 2025Allow3601YesNo
17897529MASK CORNER ROUNDING EFFECTS IN THREE-DIMENSIONAL MASK SIMULATIONS USING FEATURE IMAGESAugust 2022September 2025Allow4410YesNo
17822128Electric Vehicles and Charging StationsAugust 2022May 2024Abandon2101NoNo
17821567CIRCUIT CELLS HAVING POWER GRID STUBSAugust 2022November 2025Allow3911NoNo
17891760CELL INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL SOURCE REGIONS AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING THE CELLAugust 2022July 2025Allow3500NoNo
17819730Routing with Soft-Penalizing Pixels on a Found PathAugust 2022March 2023Allow701YesNo
17887468SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FORMAL VERIFICATION OF A MULTI-CYCLE PATH CIRCUITAugust 2022July 2025Allow3500NoNo
17885106SYSTEM FOR GENERATING LAYOUT DIAGRAM INCLUDING WIRING ARRANGEMENTAugust 2022June 2023Allow1000NoNo
17818080INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCLUDING STANDARD CELL AND METHOD OF DESIGNING THE INTEGRATED CIRCUITAugust 2022December 2025Allow4011YesNo
17814855MULTI-LAYER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT ROUTING TOOLJuly 2022April 2025Allow3300NoNo
17873840SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUTJuly 2022September 2023Allow1411NoNo
17860919INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT GENERATION METHODJuly 2022October 2023Allow1511NoNo
17853476MODIFYING A CURRENT CIRCUIT DESIGN USING DATA FROM ONE OR MORE PREVIOUS CIRCUIT DESIGNS IDENTIFIED AS BEING SIMILAR TO THE CURRENT CIRCUIT DESIGNJune 2022June 2025Allow3500NoNo
17851181BATTERY LOCKOUT OVERRIDE LOGIC FOR A BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMJune 2022April 2023Allow1011NoNo
17848614LENGTH COMPENSATING WAVEGUIDE FOR AN OPTICAL CIRCUITJune 2022October 2025Allow4010YesNo
17844083CAPTURE IR DROP ANALYZER AND ANALYZING METHOD THEREOFJune 2022July 2025Allow3710NoNo
17840163Finite State Machine Vulnerability and Pipeline Analysis Using Satisfiability ModelingJune 2022October 2025Allow4010NoNo
17829376CHIP POWER CONSUMPTION ANALYZER AND ANALYZING METHOD THEREOFJune 2022July 2025Allow3710NoNo
17829811EQUIVALENCE CHECKING OF SYNTHESIZED LOGIC DESIGNS USING GENERATED SYNTHESIS HISTORYJune 2022September 2025Allow4011YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
12.1%
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
13
Allowed After Appeal Filing
4
(30.8%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
9
(69.2%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
46.8%
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, 30.8% of applications that filed an appeal were subsequently allowed. This appeal filing benefit rate is below the USPTO average, suggesting that filing an appeal has limited effectiveness in prompting favorable reconsideration.

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 ALAM, MOHAMMED - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ALAM, MOHAMMED works in Art Unit 2851 and has examined 783 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 94.9%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 21 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ALAM, MOHAMMED's allowance rate of 94.9% places them in the 84% 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 ALAM, MOHAMMED receive 1.12 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 12% 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, MOHAMMED is 21 months. This places the examiner in the 91% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +5.7% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ALAM, MOHAMMED. 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, 43.6% 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 53.6% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 80% 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, 175.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 92% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences are highly effective with this examiner compared to others. Before filing a full appeal brief, strongly consider requesting a PAC. The PAC provides an opportunity for the examiner and supervisory personnel to reconsider the rejection before the case proceeds to the PTAB.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 92.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 84% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 83.3% 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, 64.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 69% 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 0.4% of allowed cases (in the 58% 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 0.3% of allowed cases (in the 53% percentile). This examiner issues Quayle actions more often than average when claims are allowable but formal matters remain (MPEP § 714.14).

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.
  • Request pre-appeal conferences: PACs are highly effective with this examiner. Before filing a full appeal brief, request a PAC to potentially resolve issues without full PTAB review.
  • 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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