USPTO Examiner ULLAH ARIF - Art Unit 3625

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
19011682LARGE-SCALE ELECTRIC VEHICLE CLUSTER COORDINATED CHARGING OPTIMIZATION METHOD BASED ON GREEDY REPAIR GENETIC ALGORITHMJanuary 2025June 2025Allow510NoNo
18767909INCREMENTALLY UPDATING EMBEDDINGS FOR USE IN A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL BY ACCOUNTING FOR EFFECTS OF THE UPDATED EMBEDDINGS ON THE MACHINE LEARNING MODELJuly 2024May 2025Allow1010NoNo
18596977SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NAVIGATING DRIVERS TO SERVICE TRANSPORTATION REQUESTS HAVING SURGE PRICING MULTIPLIERS AND SURGE PRICING CAPSMarch 2024June 2025Allow1510YesNo
18585737EXPIRATION MONITORING CONTROL MODULEFebruary 2024June 2025Abandon1610NoNo
18524698ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY-DEMAND ADJUSTMENT SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY-DEMAND ADJUSTMENT METHODNovember 2023February 2026Allow2610NoNo
18507748SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING RENTAL VEHICLE USE PREFERENCESNovember 2023August 2025Allow2120YesNo
18497178SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PURCHASE RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON GEOGRAPHIC ZONE INFORMATIONOctober 2023July 2025Abandon2120YesNo
18380549MACHINE LEARNING PREDICTIVE MODELING WITH NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING OF END-USER COMMUNICATIONSOctober 2023August 2025Abandon2220YesNo
18487112METHOD FOR POWER CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS AND TROUBLESHOOTING OF PRODUCTION LINE BASED ON INDUSTRIAL INTERNET OF THINGS, SYSTEM AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOFOctober 2023February 2025Allow1610NoNo
18376799SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETECTING ATTRITION IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEOctober 2023January 2026Allow2810NoNo
18478437DECISION MANAGEMENT FOR ITEMS DIGITALLY REPRESENTED IN AN INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMSeptember 2023February 2026Allow2920YesNo
18330060Logistics Management System for EV Charging Station UseAugust 2023April 2025Abandon2220NoNo
18455846CHARGING PREDICTION SYSTEMAugust 2023September 2025Allow2510NoNo
18275676SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING PROCESS KEY FACTOR IN COMMERCIAL CHEMICAL PROCESSAugust 2023November 2025Allow2710YesNo
18346776PLANNING DEVICEJuly 2023January 2026Abandon3010NoNo
18214645EXTRACTION OF ACTIONABLE INSIGHTS THROUGH ANALYSIS OF UNSTRUCTURED COMPUTER TEXTJune 2023November 2025Allow2820YesNo
18328124RIDE REQUEST MAP DISPLAYING UNDISCOVERED AREASJune 2023October 2025Allow2910NoNo
18203725SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FORWARD MARKET PURCHASE OF MACHINE RESOURCESMay 2023October 2024Allow1710NoNo
18317524SYSTEM FOR PLACING DRIVERS IN A PRIORITY QUEUE AND NAVIGATING THE DRIVERS TO FULLFILL PASSENGER REQUESTSMay 2023July 2024Allow1410NoNo
18304847RISK ASSESSMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHODApril 2023September 2025Allow2910YesNo
18136050SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INCREASED CORRECTIONAL FACILITY SAFETYApril 2023June 2025Allow2610YesNo
18105128METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DEVELOPING AND MANAGING A PRODUCTFebruary 2023July 2025Abandon2940NoNo
18103336SYSTEM OF AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING ON-DEVICE TRAINING AND CREATING, UPDATING, AND DISSEMINATING MICRO-LEARNING SIMULATIONSJanuary 2023February 2026Abandon3611NoNo
18160426METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RECOGNIZING USER SHOPPING INTENT AND UPDATING A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACEJanuary 2023August 2025Allow3110YesNo
18101050PREDICTIVE TRANSACTION MODELS AND DEPLOYMENTJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3320NoNo
18154980METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MATCHING CONTRACTS BETWEEN AUTOMOTIVE DATA PROVIDERS AND AUTOMOTIVE DATA CONSUMERSJanuary 2023August 2025Abandon3110NoNo
18148446QUEUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMDecember 2022March 2025Abandon2730YesNo
18089177TRACKING CHANGES FOLLOWING MERGERS OF STORED USER STRUCTURESDecember 2022April 2025Abandon2810NoNo
18088789METHOD FOR ALLOCATING PERISHABLE PRODUCTS BASED ON MACHINE LEARNING SO AS TO OPTIMIZE AN ESTIMATED REVENUEDecember 2022April 2025Abandon2710NoNo
18066088SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES FOR DONATING SURPLUS FOODDecember 2022January 2026Allow3720YesNo
18051798RATE CARD MANAGEMENTNovember 2022June 2025Abandon3201NoNo
18051864METHODS, INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEMS, AND STORAGE MEDIUMS FOR PREDICTING WATER ACCUMULATION RISKS IN SMART CITIESNovember 2022February 2025Allow2810NoNo
17946354PREDICTING MARKETING OUTCOMES USING CONTRASTIVE LEARNINGSeptember 2022January 2026Allow4030YesNo
17798319SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR FORECASTING A TREND OF A NUMERICAL VALUE OVER A TIME INTERVALAugust 2022September 2025Abandon3820YesNo
17794514Factory Management Device, Factory Management Method, and Factory Management ProgramJuly 2022January 2026Abandon4220NoNo
17662742MANAGING DISRUPTION BETWEEN ACTIVITIES IN COMMON AREA ENVIRONMENTSMay 2022August 2025Abandon3920NoNo
17726938HIGH-DEMAND PRODUCT PROCESSING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODSApril 2022May 2025Allow3730YesNo
17770724FACILITY PLAN EVALUATION DEVICE AND FACILITY PLAN EVALUATION METHODApril 2022December 2024Allow3210NoNo
17714831PRODUCT STOCK NOTIFICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING IMAGE-BASED REPLACEMENT PRODUCT PROMPTING AND RELATED METHODSApril 2022February 2025Allow3520YesNo
17667670SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION BASED ON RESOURCE ATTRIBUTES AND ELECTRONIC FEEDBACKFebruary 2022January 2025Allow3520YesNo
17575653METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING SALES CONVERSATION BASED ON VOICE RECOGNITIONJanuary 2022December 2024Allow3520YesNo
17525649SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND USER INTERFACES FOR A WEB-BASED PERSONALIZED UPSKILLING PLATFORM INCLUDING VISUALIZING ROLE DATA AND WORKFORCE DATANovember 2021July 2025Abandon4410NoNo
17606766Method and System for Automatically Identifying Valid Data Acquisition ModuleOctober 2021October 2024Abandon3520NoNo
17598578SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING SERVICE DEMAND BASED ON GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED EVENTSSeptember 2021June 2025Abandon4530NoNo
17466957LOW CAPITAL AND OPERATION COST E-COMMERCE LOGISTICS SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS FOR THE FAST AND MASSIVE DELIVERY OF E-COMMERCE MERCHANDISE TO HIGH-POPULATION DENSITY URBAN AREASSeptember 2021August 2024Allow3620NoNo
17408828SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MODIFYING ONLINE STORES THROUGH SCHEDULINGAugust 2021November 2024Allow3950YesNo
17310547INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODAugust 2021September 2024Allow3740NoNo
17250884PLAN DEVIATIONS VISUALIZATION AND INTERPRETATIONMarch 2021December 2025Allow5740YesYes
17079359QUANTIFYING USAGE OF DISPARATE COMPUTING RESOURCES AS A SINGLE UNIT OF MEASUREOctober 2020April 2025Allow5361YesNo
17039171PROVIDING DYNAMIC ALTERNATE LOCATION TRANSPORTATION MODES AND USER INTERFACES WITHIN MULTI-PICKUP-LOCATION AREA GEOFENCESSeptember 2020February 2025Allow5330YesNo
17006750DYNAMIC TRANSPORT ENERGY CONTROLAugust 2020October 2024Abandon5060YesNo
16921307MACHINE UTILIZATION SYSTEMJuly 2020June 2025Abandon5940YesYes
16145510INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION PROJECT ACCELERATIONSeptember 2018December 2024Abandon6041YesYes
15299517ENERGY SUPPLIER STRATEGY BASED ON SUPPLIER CONFIDENCE SCORINGOctober 2016April 2020Allow4220NoNo
14742870Development of Dynamic Business Data Based on Moving Spatiotemporal Phenomena and EventsJune 2015January 2019Allow4330YesNo
14695141USING SOCIAL DATA TO ASSIST EDITORS IN ADDRESSING REVIEWER FEEDBACK IN A DOCUMENT REVIEW WORKFLOWApril 2015November 2019Allow5560NoNo
14529936Development of Dynamic Business Data Based on Moving Spatiotemporal Phenomena and EventsOctober 2014February 2019Allow5130YesNo
14459848GENERATING WORK PRODUCTS USING WORK PRODUCT METRICS AND PREDICTED CONSTITUENT AVAILABILITYAugust 2014June 2019Allow5840YesNo
13976949INTERESTINGNESS SCORING OF AREAS OF INTEREST INCLUDED IN A DISPLAY ELEMENTAugust 2014April 2019Allow6040NoNo
14456604USING SOCIAL DATA TO ASSIST EDITORS IN ADDRESSING REVIEWER FEEDBACK IN A DOCUMENT REVIEW WORKFLOWAugust 2014November 2019Allow6060NoNo
14046852FORECASTING A TIME SERIES BASED ON ACTUALS AND A PLANOctober 2013April 2019Allow6060NoYes

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
3
Examiner Affirmed
3
(100.0%)
Examiner Reversed
0
(0.0%)
Reversal Percentile
15.6%
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
4
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(25.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
3
(75.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
35.8%
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, 25.0% 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 ULLAH, ARIF - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner ULLAH, ARIF works in Art Unit 3625 and has examined 20 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 70.0%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 53 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner ULLAH, ARIF's allowance rate of 70.0% places them in the 32% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by ULLAH, ARIF receive 3.90 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 97% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues more office actions than most examiners, which may indicate thorough examination or difficulty in reaching agreement with applicants.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by ULLAH, ARIF is 53 months. This places the examiner in the 3% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications take longer to reach final disposition with this examiner compared to most others.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +0.0% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by ULLAH, ARIF. This interview benefit is in the 16% 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, 20.7% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 23% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show lower effectiveness with this examiner compared to others. Consider whether a continuation application might be more strategic, especially if you need to add new matter or significantly broaden claims.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 5.0% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 5% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments compared to other examiners. You should generally plan to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry. Per MPEP § 714.12, primary examiners have discretion in entering after-final amendments, and this examiner exercises that discretion conservatively.

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 17% 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 40.0% of appeals filed. This is in the 7% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: This examiner rarely withdraws rejections during the appeal process compared to other examiners. If you file an appeal, be prepared to fully prosecute it to a PTAB decision. Per MPEP § 1207, the examiner will prepare an Examiner's Answer maintaining the rejections.

Examiner Cooperation and Flexibility

Examiner's Amendments: This examiner makes examiner's amendments in 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 34% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 37% 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:

  • Expect multiple rounds of prosecution: This examiner issues more office actions than average. Address potential issues proactively in your initial response and consider requesting an interview early in prosecution.
  • Plan for RCE after final rejection: This examiner rarely enters after-final amendments. Budget for an RCE in your prosecution strategy if you receive a final rejection.
  • Plan for extended prosecution: Applications take longer than average with this examiner. Factor this into your continuation strategy and client communications.

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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