USPTO Examiner KEFAYATI SOORENA - Art Unit 2884

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18974359WIRE-BASED CALIBRATION APPARATUS FOR X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEMSDecember 2024June 2025Allow611YesNo
18974437X-RAY GENERATION APPARATUS AND X-RAY IMAGING APPARATUSDecember 2024May 2025Allow510NoNo
18914206FIXTURING AND SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL IMAGINGOctober 2024June 2025Allow810NoNo
18628419Tray Insert for Screening TrayApril 2024August 2025Allow1620NoNo
18620332HYBRID X-RAY AND OPTICAL METROLOGY AND NAVIGATIONMarch 2024March 2026Allow2410NoNo
18608624METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECONSTRUCTING IMAGE ACQUISITIONS FOR EXTENDED FIELDS-OF-VIEWMarch 2024March 2026Allow2410NoNo
18606072LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMER FOR MOUNTING AN X-RAY WINDOWMarch 2024November 2024Allow810NoNo
18600451MEASUREMENT DEVICE, MEASUREMENT SYSTEM, AND MEASUREMENT METHODMarch 2024February 2026Allow2310NoNo
18589975ENTRANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND ENTRANCE MANAGEMENT CONTROL DEVICEFebruary 2024March 2026Allow2510NoNo
18412823METHOD OF CALCULATING THICKNESS OF GRAPHENE LAYER AND METHOD OF MEASURING CONTENT OF SILICON CARBIDE BY USING XPSJanuary 2024March 2025Allow1410YesNo
18403067PORTABLE MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEM AND METHODJanuary 2024August 2025Allow1920NoNo
18515018RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, RADIATION DETECTOR, AND CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD OF RADIOGRAPHIC APPARATUSNovember 2023January 2026Allow2510NoNo
18511195APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING PROJECTION ANGLE OF DENTAL PERIAPICAL RADIOGRAPHY AND METHOD OF USING SAMENovember 2023February 2026Allow2710NoNo
18388552METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROJECTING AN INCISION MARKER ONTO A PATIENTNovember 2023February 2025Allow1620YesNo
18483708ANTI-VIBRATION DAMPING SYSTEM FOR A CARBON FIBER C-ARM MOUNTED ON A MOBILE BASEOctober 2023November 2025Allow2510NoNo
18475225INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAMSeptember 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18462439RADIOGRAPHY SYSTEMSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2410NoNo
18461513INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, PROGRAM, AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING SYSTEMSeptember 2023October 2025Allow2510NoNo
18278622CRYSTAL STRUCTURE DATABASE-BASED MATERIAL ANALYSIS METHOD AND SYSTEM, AND APPLICATIONAugust 2023February 2026Allow3010NoNo
18235872Fast 3D Radiography Using Multiple Pulsed X-ray Sources In MotionAugust 2023September 2024Allow1230YesNo
18366643WIDE-BAND PHOTODETECTORS USING THERMOELECTRIC MATERIALSAugust 2023December 2025Allow2810NoNo
18363345Systems and Methods for Classification of Radiation Energy SpectraAugust 2023January 2026Allow3010YesNo
18269328RADIOGRAPHIC DEVICE AND RADIATION FLUX CONTROL METHODJuly 2023January 2026Allow3120YesNo
18351118PROTECTIVE COVER FOR C-ARM FLAT-PLATE DETECTORJuly 2023July 2025Allow2400NoNo
18340382APPARATUS AND METHOD OF ENHANCING COMFORTABILITY OF MAMMOGRAM IMAGING AND PROCEDURESJune 2023November 2025Allow2910NoNo
18135452Biopsy Positioner for Mammography Imaging SystemApril 2023August 2025Allow2810NoNo
18298333SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TAKING X-RAY IMAGESApril 2023January 2025Allow2130YesNo
18030184DENTAL X-RAY DEVICEApril 2023December 2025Abandon3310NoNo
18194455X-RAY SYSTEMS WITH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL COLLIMATIONMarch 2023August 2025Allow2920YesNo
18188462SETTING DEVICE, SETTING METHOD, AND SETTING PROGRAMMarch 2023December 2025Allow3320YesNo
18188460SETTING DEVICE, SETTING METHOD, AND SETTING PROGRAMMarch 2023October 2025Allow3120NoNo
18124585DAMAGE MEASUREMENT METHOD, APPARATUS AND PROGRAM, AND X-RAY DIFFRACTION APPARATUSMarch 2023April 2025Allow2510NoNo
18123482X-RAY PENCIL BEAM FORMING SYSTEM AND METHODMarch 2023September 2023Allow610NoNo
18245200X-RAY INSPECTION APPARATUS AND X-RAY INSPECTION METHODMarch 2023April 2025Allow2510NoNo
18181547IMAGING MANAGEMENT DEVICE, METHOD FOR OPERATING IMAGING MANAGEMENT DEVICE, AND OPERATION PROGRAM FOR IMAGING MANAGEMENT DEVICEMarch 2023December 2025Allow3310YesNo
18024945HEAD POSITIONING STANDARDIZATION METHODMarch 2023October 2025Allow3210NoNo
18043049DEVICE FOR ROTATING A SPECIMEN ABOUT TWO ORTHOGONAL AXESFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2510NoNo
18114103Vacuum Ultraviolet Cryo-EM Grid Screening ToolFebruary 2023October 2025Allow3210NoNo
18021574X-RAY INSPECTION DEVICE AND X-RAY INSPECTION SYSTEMFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2410NoNo
18106455MINIATURE ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY REFERENCE CELL SYSTEMFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2810NoNo
18162437Energy-Resolving Photon Counting Detector PixelJanuary 2023May 2025Allow2710NoNo
18152973MICROFOCUS X-RAY SOURCE FOR GENERATING HIGH FLUX LOW ENERGY X-RAYSJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2410NoNo
18067517SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR X-RAY ELASTOGRAPHY USING DYNAMIC PULSINGDecember 2022March 2025Allow2710NoNo
18000609BEAM SHAPING APPARATUSDecember 2022August 2025Allow3220NoNo
18057272PORTABLE MEDICAL IMAGING SYSTEMNovember 2022February 2024Allow1520NoNo
17998446LIGHT DETECTION APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR A RADIOTHERAPY SYSTEMNovember 2022April 2025Allow2910NoNo
17998163COOLING SYSTEM INTEGRATED WITHIN MODULAR, DETECTOR ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY FOR A DIAGNOSTIC MEDICAL IMAGING APPARATUSNovember 2022March 2025Allow2910NoNo
17978466Phase Analyzer, Sample Analyzer, and Analysis MethodNovember 2022September 2025Allow3510NoNo
17973109POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT FOR AN X-RAY PRODUCTION SYSTEMOctober 2022July 2025Allow3310YesNo
17970744ESTIMATING SCATTER IN X-RAY IMAGES CAUSED BY IMAGING SYSTEM COMPONENTS USING KERNELS BASED ON BEAM HARDENINGOctober 2022June 2025Allow3220NoNo
17917982ELECTRON BEAM GENERATOR, ELECTRON BEAM EMISSION DEVICE AND X-RAY EMISSION DEVICEOctober 2022October 2024Allow2410NoNo
17916010PROMPT VIRUSES INFECTION DETECTION USING THz SPECTROSCOPY IN A BREATHALYZER-LIKE CONFIGURATIONSeptember 2022February 2025Abandon2810NoNo
17936070MID-INFRARED UPCONVERSION IMAGING METHOD AND DEVICESeptember 2022April 2025Allow3010NoNo
17950172SLIDING BEARING UNIT AND ROTARY ANODE TYPE X-RAY TUBESeptember 2022June 2025Allow3210NoNo
17948841X-RAY RADIOGRAPHS BASED FAULT DETECTION AND PREDICTION FOR BATTERY CELLSSeptember 2022August 2025Allow3410NoNo
17906153LEAF ACTUATOR FOR A MULTI-LEAF COLLIMATORSeptember 2022June 2025Allow3420NoNo
17801958HIGH RESOLUTION AND HIGH SENSITIVITY PET SCANNER WITH PRISM-PET DETECTOR MODULESAugust 2022June 2025Allow3320NoNo
17893609DUAL-SCREEN DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHY WITH ASYMMETRIC REFLECTIVE SCREENSAugust 2022February 2024Allow1820YesNo
17821474COLLIMATORS, IMAGING DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR TRACKING AND CALIBRATING X-RAY FOCUS POSITIONSAugust 2022February 2025Allow3010NoNo
17888597X-RAY IMAGING DEVICE, X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING X-RAY IMAGING DEVICEAugust 2022July 2025Allow3520NoNo
17884663System and Method for Inspecting Fused Plastic PipesAugust 2022November 2024Allow2710YesNo
17798239INSPECTION ASSISTANCE APPARATUS, INSPECTION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUMAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17875970SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMBINING THERMAL AND/OR OPTICAL IMAGING WITH DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGINGJuly 2022July 2025Allow3620NoNo
17864917MULTI-PANEL DETECTOR AND IMAGING SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEJuly 2022April 2024Allow2110NoNo
17855540METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE PLACEMENT ACCURACY OF A PLURALITY OF ELECTRODE SHEETS IN A STACKJune 2022January 2026Allow4340YesNo
17809149X-RAY CT APPARATUS, X-RAY CT APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMJune 2022May 2025Allow3520YesNo
17848401X-RAY DEVICEJune 2022September 2024Allow2620YesNo
17757682BEAM STOPPER FOR A RADIOTHERAPY DEVICEJune 2022March 2025Allow3320NoNo
17831519MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHODJune 2022December 2024Allow3020NoNo
17756679DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING ANGLES OF ORIENTATION OF AN X-RAY IMAGING SYSTEMMay 2022May 2025Allow3620NoNo
17824679COLLIMATOR STRUCTURE FOR AN IMAGING SYSTEMMay 2022May 2024Allow2430NoNo
17746478APPARATUS FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING OF ORGANIC MATTER POROSITY EVOLUTION USING SELECTIVE PHOTO-THERMAL LASER AS A HEAT SOURCE TO TARGET ORGANIC MATTER ONLYMay 2022October 2024Allow2910NoNo
17741185PHONON DISRUPTORS FOR INCREASED THERMAL RESISTANCE WITHOUT SACRIFICING ELECTRICAL SIGNAL QUALITY IN THERMAL SENSORS USING ALLOY AND INTERMETALLIC MATERIALSMay 2022February 2025Allow3310NoNo
17739229PORTABLE X-RAY DETECTOR HOLDER AND POSITIONERMay 2022June 2025Allow3711YesNo
17739211LIVE FLAW DETECTION SYSTEM FOR MULTI-BUNDLED CONDUCTOR SPLICING SLEEVE AND APPLICATION METHOD THEREOFMay 2022February 2024Allow2110YesNo
17737720SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING THERMAL PROPERTIES OF A RAILROADMay 2022November 2024Abandon3110NoNo
17774258RADIOLOGICAL IMAGING METHOD AND RADIOLOGICAL APPARATUS WITH VERTICAL SCANNING OF 2 RADIATION SOURCESMay 2022January 2025Allow3320NoNo
17773252SYSTEM FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVELY INSPECTING BAGGAGE, METHOD FOR NONDESTRUCTIVELY INSPECTING BAGGAGE, PROGRAM, AND RECORDING MEDIUMApril 2022April 2025Allow3620YesNo
17732301HARD X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY APPARATUSApril 2022November 2025Abandon4330NoNo
17726797APPARATUS FOR IRRADIATING GOODS LOADED IN TOTESApril 2022October 2025Allow4210NoNo
17723139OPTICAL PARTICLE DETECTOR WITH FLUORESCENCEApril 2022December 2024Allow3120YesNo
17708256RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEMMarch 2022April 2024Allow2510NoNo
17707724LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, AND LEARNING PROGRAM, RADIATION IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, RADIATION IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND RADIATION IMAGE PROCESSING PROGRAMMarch 2022May 2024Allow2610NoNo
17763781MOTION DETECTION FOR INTERNAL BREAST TISSUE IN TOMOSYNTHESISMarch 2022July 2024Allow2810NoNo
17642257RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING DEVICE AND RADIOGRAPHIC TREATMENT DEVICEMarch 2022June 2024Allow2710NoNo
17642413USER INTERFACE FOR X-RAY TUBE-DETECTOR ALIGNMENTMarch 2022December 2024Allow3320NoNo
17639650MEDICAL ARTICLES WITH RADIO OPAQUE PATTERNSMarch 2022February 2025Allow3521NoNo
17680798RADIATION PROTECTIONFebruary 2022April 2024Allow2510NoNo
17638434ORIENTATION DEGREE DISTRIBUTION CALCULATION METHOD, ORIENTATION DEGREE DISTRIBUTION ANALYZER, AND ORIENTATION DEGREE DISTRIBUTION ANALYSIS PROGRAMFebruary 2022December 2023Allow2210NoNo
17678415GENERATING TIME-EFFICIENT TREATMENT FIELD TRAJECTORIES FOR EXTERNAL-BEAM RADIATION TREATMENTSFebruary 2022September 2024Allow3110NoNo
17674855RADIOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING RADIOGRAPHY APPARATUSFebruary 2022July 2024Allow2910NoNo
17671861Liquid Crystal Polymer for Mounting X-ray WindowFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2510NoNo
17634090MEASUREMENT AND DATA COMMUNICATION DEVICE FOR AN INTRAORAL DENTAL RADIOLOGY SYSTEMFebruary 2022November 2024Allow3320NoNo
17666848X-RAY BEDFebruary 2022February 2024Abandon2410NoNo
17666016A DRAPE FOR AN IMAGING SYSTEM GANTRYFebruary 2022June 2024Allow2810NoNo
17632886SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING PROTEIN CONCENTRATIONS OF UNKNOWN PROTEIN SAMPLES BASED ON AUTOMATED MULTI-WAVELENGTH CALIBRATIONFebruary 2022August 2024Allow3010NoNo
17591143PRE-PATIENT COLLIMATOR HAVING A BUILT-IN ALIGNMENT MECHANISMFebruary 2022June 2024Allow2810NoNo
17589978GANTRY FRAME FOR A COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SYSTEMFebruary 2022March 2024Allow2510NoNo
17597933X-RAY APPARATUS WITH STATIC TUBE HOLDER/ORTHOGONAL BUCKY WITH ISOCENTRICALLY ROTATING ARTICULATED ARMJanuary 2022July 2024Abandon2910NoNo
17648318RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD OF RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUMJanuary 2022June 2024Allow2910NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
1
Examiner Affirmed
1
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
14.0%
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
10
Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(30.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
7
(70.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
45.5%
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, 30.0% 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 KEFAYATI, SOORENA - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KEFAYATI, SOORENA works in Art Unit 2884 and has examined 291 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 81.1%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 32 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KEFAYATI, SOORENA's allowance rate of 81.1% places them in the 52% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by KEFAYATI, SOORENA receive 2.44 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 71% 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 KEFAYATI, SOORENA is 32 months. This places the examiner in the 52% percentile for prosecution speed. Prosecution timelines are slightly faster than average with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +9.5% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KEFAYATI, SOORENA. This interview benefit is in the 42% 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, 28.1% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 50% 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 41.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 63% 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, 80.0% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 63% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: Pre-appeal conferences show above-average effectiveness with this examiner. If you have strong arguments, a PAC request may result in favorable reconsideration.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 88.9% of appeals filed. This is in the 82% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 37.5% 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, 50.0% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 48% 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 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 1.7% of allowed cases (in the 66% 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:

  • 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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