USPTO Examiner HABIB ASIFA - Art Unit 2876

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19068528GAME TOKEN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAMEMarch 2025January 2026Allow1010NoNo
18810139System, Method, and Apparatus for Detecting IR Radiation in a Marker SystemAugust 2024October 2025Allow1410NoNo
18679446INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUSMay 2024March 2026Abandon2120NoNo
18639420SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VENDING AND/OR PURCHASING MOBILE PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICESApril 2024January 2026Allow2110YesNo
18389718ELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH SIDEWALL PASSAGEWAYSDecember 2023August 2025Allow2010NoNo
18290121BATTERY CELL TRACKING DEVICENovember 2023March 2025Allow1610NoNo
18505568TRANSACTION CARD WITH A REMOVABLE WEIGHTNovember 2023January 2025Allow1410YesNo
18289487A DUAL INTERFACE SMART CARD WITH METAL FACE LAYER AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOFNovember 2023April 2025Allow1710NoNo
18384385COIN HANDLING APPARATUSOctober 2023February 2026Allow2720YesNo
18456866System, Method, and Apparatus for Detecting IR Radiation in a Marker SystemAugust 2023June 2024Allow1010NoNo
18447298SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING A TARGET OF A BARCODE READERAugust 2023September 2025Allow2510NoNo
18365334COIN PAD FOR COIN PROCESSING SYSTEMAugust 2023March 2025Allow1910NoNo
18358412RFID TAGJuly 2023September 2025Allow2630YesNo
18356113METHOD FOR GENERATING HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTED MESSAGE INCLUDING VOTE ANALYSIS DATA AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS THEREFORJuly 2023January 2026Allow3040YesNo
18355868CONTAINER INCLUDING RFID MODULEJuly 2023September 2025Abandon2620YesNo
18344060LIQUID IMPERVIOUS SMART CARD READERJune 2023September 2024Allow1410NoNo
18207225Method and System for Scanning a Code on a Transparent PartJune 2023September 2025Allow2730YesNo
18205443HARDWARE KEY FOR DEVICE ACTIVATIONJune 2023February 2025Abandon2010NoNo
18203689ZERO TRUST BASED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ALGORITHM DRIVEN REIMAGE PROCESS ON AN AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE LEVERAGING RAM PARTITIONINGMay 2023January 2026Allow3230YesNo
18200340SCREENING ACTION FOR INDICATING STATUS OF EQUIPMENTMay 2023March 2025Allow2211NoNo
18311738INTELLIGENT ROUTING OF RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DATAMay 2023September 2024Allow1610YesNo
18131000ANTI-COUNTERFEIT VERIFICATIONApril 2023January 2026Allow3321NoNo
18185171AUTHENTICATION CARD WITH INTEGRATED CLOTHMarch 2023September 2024Allow1810YesNo
18120145GAME TOKEN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAMEMarch 2023December 2024Allow2120NoNo
18115300Antenna Arrangement for RFID-Integrated Scanning DeviceFebruary 2023August 2025Allow2920NoNo
18041713BAGGAGE DEPOSIT MACHINEFebruary 2023March 2025Allow2520NoNo
18100304FLICKER MITIGATION FOR MULTIPLE INTERSPERSED ILLUMINATION SYSTEMSJanuary 2023September 2024Allow2010NoNo
18154611TRANSACTION CARD WITH MAGNETIC STRIPE SEGMENTSJanuary 2023March 2025Abandon2620YesNo
18096724BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION TO FACILITATE SHIPMENT PROCESSINGJanuary 2023June 2025Allow2930YesNo
18149220METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A CARD-SHAPED DATA CARRIER AND LAMINATION PLATE THEREFORJanuary 2023March 2025Allow2630YesNo
18145447Near Field Communication Housing StructureDecember 2022April 2025Allow2820YesNo
18002804AN AEROSOL-GENERATING DEVICE AND SYSTEM COMPRISING A DYNAMIC NEAR-FIELD COMMUNICATION MODULEDecember 2022October 2024Allow2120NoNo
18049417TRANSACTION CARD WITH STORAGE FOR A PHYSICAL KEYOctober 2022April 2024Allow1710YesNo
18048039NONCONTACT COMMUNICATION MEDIUM FOR RECORDING MEDIUM CARTRIDGE, RECORDING MEDIUM CARTRIDGE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING NONCONTACT COMMUNICATION MEDIUM FOR RECORDING MEDIUM CARTRIDGEOctober 2022March 2024Allow1720YesNo
17901324CIRCUIT MODULE AND RFID TAGSeptember 2022March 2025Allow3130YesNo
17799176MULTIPURPOSE CARD AND READING SYSTEM FOR SAID MULTIPURPOSE CARDAugust 2022November 2023Allow1600NoNo
17816393COIN PAD FOR COIN PROCESSING SYSTEMJuly 2022March 2023Allow810YesNo
17875735Liquid Impervious Smart Card ReaderJuly 2022March 2023Allow810YesNo
17758100RFID TAG ANTENNAS WITH MULTIPLE CONDUCTORSJune 2022February 2025Allow3220YesNo
17839198DYNAMIC DIFFUSIVE ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSJune 2022December 2025Allow4240NoNo
17766805METAL CARD WITH BIOMETRIC FEATURESApril 2022October 2025Allow4250YesNo
17655310FINGER-ACTIVATED CHIP OR CONTACTLESS CARDMarch 2022January 2026Allow4631YesNo
17686658COIN SELECTOR AND AUTOMATIC SERVICE MACHINEMarch 2022June 2024Allow2720NoNo
17573377RFID-BASED POSITIONING SYSTEM FOR INDOOR ENVIRONMENTSJanuary 2022November 2023Allow2310YesNo
17571598METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONJanuary 2022October 2025Allow4650YesNo
17567549METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC TRANSACTION CARDSJanuary 2022November 2023Abandon2210NoNo
17646278FIXED RETAIL SCANNER WITH ANNOTATED VIDEO AND RELATED METHODSDecember 2021October 2023Allow2110NoNo
17645039SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VENDING AND/OR PURCHASING MOBILE PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICESDecember 2021January 2025Allow3721YesNo
17455467RFID READER CONTROL INTEGRATED WITH SMART GARMENTNovember 2021September 2025Abandon4660YesNo
17520151SYSTEM AND METHOD OF AUTHENTICATION USING A RE-WRITABLE SECURITY VALUE OF A TRANSACTION CARDNovember 2021August 2025Allow4640YesNo
17509078LED FILAMENT AND LED BULB LAMPOctober 2021September 2023Allow2310NoNo
17496821DRAWER TRAY, COIN HANDLING APPARATUS AND COIN HANDLING SYSTEMOctober 2021December 2023Allow2630YesNo
17598903CARD READERSeptember 2021August 2024Allow3520NoNo
17364891LED BULB LAMPJuly 2021April 2024Allow3410NoNo
17420003METAL CARD CAPABLE OF BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING METAL CARDJune 2021March 2023Allow2110NoNo
17418905Chip Card, Antenna Support for a Chip Card and Method for Manufacturing an Antenna Support for a Chip CardJune 2021February 2023Allow2020NoNo
17331671System, Method, and Apparatus for Synchronizing Local Flashing in a Marker SystemMay 2021May 2023Allow2400NoNo
17292235ELECTRONIC MODULE FOR CHIP CARDMay 2021August 2025Allow5170YesNo
17291437FOOD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, COMPUTING APPARATUS AND REFRIGERATORMay 2021September 2024Allow4020YesNo
17226833Estimation of the Location of a Wireless Terminal, Based on a Propagation Characteristic of a Pressure WaveApril 2021December 2023Allow3211NoNo
17206171COIN HANDLING APPARATUSMarch 2021August 2023Allow2820NoNo
17206268METHOD FOR CURRENCY VALIDATIONMarch 2021December 2022Allow2110NoNo
17197501ELECTRONICALLY ACTUATED COIN SLIDER DEVICEMarch 2021May 2023Allow2610NoNo
17172758GAME TOKEN AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAMEFebruary 2021February 2023Allow2430NoNo
17163594NONCONTACT COMMUNICATION MEDIUM, MAGNETIC TAPE CARTRIDGE, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF NONCONTACT COMMUNICATION MEDIUMFebruary 2021August 2023Allow3020YesNo
17137515TRANSACTION AND ID CARDS HAVING SELECTED TEXTURE AND COLORINGDecember 2020December 2024Allow4841YesNo
17116535RFIC MODULE, RFID TAG, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RFIC MODULE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING RFID TAGDecember 2020January 2023Allow2520YesNo
17082936CONTAINER DEPOSIT RETURN SYSTEMOctober 2020September 2022Allow2320YesNo
17081887SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ILLUMINATING A TARGET OF A BARCODE READEROctober 2020March 2023Allow2911NoNo
17069010PRODUCT-MARKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MARKING A PRODUCTOctober 2020September 2023Allow3520YesNo
16982470COIN STORAGE UNITSeptember 2020June 2022Allow2120YesNo
16936441ELECTRONIC HEAT TRANSFER LABEL AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOFJuly 2020April 2023Abandon3320NoNo
16907549EMPTY BOTTOM SHELF OF SHOPPING CART MONITOR AND ALERTING SYSTEM USING DISTANCE MEASURING METHODSJune 2020February 2023Allow3220NoNo
16879648Tracking Method for Containers Having Removable ClosuresMay 2020September 2022Allow2810NoNo
16869782Identifier-Based Application Of Therapeutic Coatings To Medical Implant DevicesMay 2020January 2023Allow3221YesNo
16854597RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION IN SELF-CHECKOUTApril 2020June 2022Allow2620YesNo
16652770ANTI-COUNTERFEIT VERIFICATIONApril 2020May 2023Abandon3820NoNo
16822325Card Managing Device for a Gaming MachineMarch 2020March 2023Abandon3610NoNo
16819040Ultraviolet Light Sanitation Device for Retail Checkout Counter Conveyor BeltsMarch 2020January 2023Abandon3410NoNo
16790868CERAMIC-CONTAINING AND CERAMIC COMPOSITE TRANSACTION CARDSFebruary 2020May 2022Allow2710NoNo
16773577INTELLIGENT ROUTING OF RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DATAJanuary 2020February 2023Allow3620YesNo
16749599COIN SORTING APPARATUSJanuary 2020August 2022Allow3120NoNo
16719699SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VENDING AND/OR PURCHASING MOBILE PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICESDecember 2019July 2022Allow3130YesNo
16676398FLICKER MITIGATION FOR MULTIPLE INTERSPERSED ILLUMINATION SYSTEMSNovember 2019October 2022Allow3521NoNo
16660373METHOD FOR LIMITING THE VOLTAGE, LEVEL RECEIVED FROM A MAGNETIC FIELD BY A TRANSPONDER AND CORRESPONDING TRANSPONDEROctober 2019October 2022Allow3621NoNo
16577851ANTENNA STRUCTURE AND DEVICE USING THE SAMEOctober 2019May 2022Allow3230YesNo
16576944COMPOSITE MATERIAL MARKING AND IDENTIFICATIONSeptember 2019April 2024Allow5541YesYes
16556426COIN TRANSPORTING BELT AND COIN HANDLING MACHINEAugust 2019July 2022Allow3530YesNo
16237239BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION TO FACILITATE SHIPMENT PROCESSINGDecember 2018September 2022Allow4420YesNo
15781381GENERATING A DOSING AID LABEL FOR A SYRINGEJune 2018January 2024Allow6021NoYes
15861321TRANSACTION AND ID CARDS HAVING SELECTED TEXTURE AND COLORINGJanuary 2018July 2023Allow6060YesYes
15617957SECURE SELF-CHECKOUT STATIONJune 2017September 2017Allow300NoNo
15383896OPTICAL CODE, AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR READING OPTICAL CODEDecember 2016June 2022Allow6061NoNo
15304972CARD READER AND CONTROL METHOD FOR CARD READEROctober 2016February 2018Allow1610NoNo
15129996CARD READERSeptember 2016October 2017Allow1310NoNo
15185392RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICEJune 2016October 2017Allow1610NoNo
15183082RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION TAGJune 2016June 2017Allow1210NoNo
14967596ENCODING AND DECODING DATA IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL SYMBOLOGYDecember 2015April 2017Allow1610YesNo
14612497Removable Magnetic Lanyard for Holding or Hanging an Electronic DeviceFebruary 2015August 2016Allow1830YesNo
14418886SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING AUDIO-BASED DATA TAGSJanuary 2015November 2016Allow2210YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
3
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(100.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
98.0%
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 HABIB, ASIFA - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner HABIB, ASIFA works in Art Unit 2876 and has examined 58 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 91.4%, this examiner allows applications at a higher rate than most examiners at the USPTO. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 31 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner HABIB, ASIFA's allowance rate of 91.4% places them in the 76% 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 HABIB, ASIFA receive 2.09 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 55% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues a slightly above-average number of office actions.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by HABIB, ASIFA is 31 months. This places the examiner in the 56% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by HABIB, ASIFA. This interview benefit is in the 41% 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, 30.6% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 61% 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 45.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 69% 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.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 100.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 95% percentile among all examiners. 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, 100.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 92% 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 27% percentile). This examiner makes examiner's amendments less often than average. You may need to make most claim amendments yourself.

Quayle Actions: This examiner issues Ex Parte Quayle actions in 3.8% of allowed cases (in the 77% 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:

  • 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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