USPTO Examiner MAKHDOOM SAMARINA - Art Unit 3648

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18699542A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE HALF-CYCLE AMBIGUITY OF A GNSS CARRIER PHASEApril 2024March 2026Allow2300YesNo
18585726CALIBRATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF VERIFYING THE POSITIONING OF A CALIBRATION DEVICEFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2300YesNo
18432634ANTENNA ARRAY FEED NETWORKFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2300YesNo
18381766ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBER EVALUATION APPARATUS AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORBER EVALUATION METHODOctober 2023October 2025Allow2400NoNo
18456056Radar DeviceAugust 2023January 2026Allow2910YesNo
18276043FLYING OBJECT COPING SYSTEM, SURVEILLANCE GROUND CENTER, COPING GROUND CENTER, COMMUNICATION ROUTE SEARCH DEVICE, FLIGHT PATH PREDICTION DEVICE, AND COPING ASSET SELECTION DEVICEAugust 2023August 2025Allow2500NoNo
18227341POLARIZED RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) DISTANCE AND POSITION MEASUREMENT SENSORY SYSTEM AND TIMING FOR GUIDANCE SYSTEMJuly 2023March 2026Abandon3110NoNo
18271068ORCHESTRATED RADIO FREQUENCY BASED SENSING IN MULTIPLE SENSING AREASJuly 2023August 2025Allow2500NoNo
18335191APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING SIGNAL WITH NON-TRACKERJune 2023November 2025Allow2910YesNo
18256969LEVEL MEASURING DEVICEJune 2023November 2025Allow2910NoNo
18330633METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A SEAT OCCUPANCY STATE OF A SEATING ARRANGEMENT BASED ON RADAR POINT CLOUDSJune 2023July 2025Allow2500NoNo
18253584OBTAINING A LOCATION OF A REFERENCE USER EQUIPMENT FOR LOCATION DETERMINATION OF ONE OR MORE OTHER USER EQUIPMENTSMay 2023November 2025Allow3010NoNo
18307236MITIGATING EFFECTS OF LARGE-AREA GNSS SPOOFING AND/OR JAMMING ON CROWD-SOURCING-BASED MAP UPDATESApril 2023May 2025Allow2500NoNo
18305462Systems and Methods of Nonlinear RF BeamformingApril 2023May 2025Allow2500NoNo
18305059CODE-TIME BLOCK MIMO MODULATION FOR DIGITAL MODULAR RADARApril 2023July 2025Allow2710YesNo
18134632DYNAMIC AUGMENTATION OF IONOSPHERIC CORRECTION DATAApril 2023February 2026Allow3430YesNo
18186308Phased Array of Electrolytic Fluid Antennas and a Method for Dynamically Beam Steering the SameMarch 2023June 2025Allow2710NoNo
18182880SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING SPARSE ARRAY RADAR SIGNALS WITH ANGLE-DEPENDENT CALIBRATIONMarch 2023April 2025Allow2500NoNo
18169770MAP INFORMATION SIGNALING FOR POSITIONING AND RADIO FREQUENCY SENSINGFebruary 2023November 2025Abandon3310NoNo
18162360Electromagnetic Survey System And Methods of Surveying Using SuchJanuary 2023December 2025Abandon3410NoNo
18097762METHOD FOR COMBINING FEDERATED DIRECTIONAL GNSS INTEGRITY INFORMATIONJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3320YesNo
18004917AUTONOMOUS RADAR SENSOR WHICH TAKES MULTIDIMENSIONAL MEASUREMENTSJanuary 2023November 2025Allow3410NoNo
18149604GNSS MULTIPLE SATELLITE FAILURE DETECTION USING SOLUTION SEPARATION MEASUREMENT MONITORINGJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3420NoNo
18149341ANTENNA DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR STORING PROGRAM FOR PERFORMING METHODJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3420YesNo
18089018COMPACT MACHINE LEARNING ARCHITECTURE FOR WIDEBAND DIRECTION FINDING WITH CIRCULAR ANTENNA ARRAYSDecember 2022February 2026Allow3730YesNo
18013094CHECKING METHOD AND CHECKING SYSTEM BASED ON MILLIMETER WAVE SECURITY INSPECTION DEVICE AND SERVERDecember 2022June 2025Allow3010NoNo
18080295THREE-FREQUENCY CYCLE SLIP DETECTION METHOD OF BDS BASED ON DOPPLER INTEGRATION ASSISTANCEDecember 2022October 2025Abandon3410NoNo
18009278LOCATION DETERMINERDecember 2022June 2025Allow3020NoNo
17926076Measuring SystemNovember 2022February 2025Allow2700NoNo
18048636GNSS SPOOFING THREAT DETECTION AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONOctober 2022August 2025Allow3420YesNo
17918233RANGE MEASUREMENT DEVICE, RANGE MEASUREMENT METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2022January 2026Allow3930YesNo
17960853CIRCUITRY AND METHODOctober 2022March 2026Allow4140YesNo
17952481METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING RADAR SIGNALSeptember 2022January 2026Allow4030NoNo
17950441METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPORTING ANTENNA CONFIGURATIONSeptember 2022January 2026Allow3930NoNo
17947115System and Method for Object Detection in a Hyperloop SystemSeptember 2022August 2025Abandon3510NoNo
17943898RADAR SYSTEM, AND SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUSSeptember 2022July 2025Allow3420NoNo
17823288METHOD OF PROCESSING RADAR SIGNALLINGAugust 2022March 2025Allow3110NoNo
17896502AUTOMATICALLY DEPLOYABLE VEHICLE CAMOUFLAGE SYSTEMAugust 2022February 2026Abandon4230NoNo
17895602Object Tracking Method by Using Sensor Fusion Technology and Vehicle Driving System by the SameAugust 2022October 2025Allow3730NoNo
17821626USER EQUIPMENT-BASED (UE-BASED) POSITIONING BASED ON SELF-RADIO FREQUENCY FINGERPRINT (SELF-RFFP)August 2022February 2026Allow4240NoYes
17889897SYSTEMS, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR IDENTIFYING, TRACKING, AND MANAGING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLESAugust 2022December 2024Allow2810NoNo
17797600LEARNING DEVICE, LEARNING METHOD, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND RADAR DEVICEAugust 2022October 2025Abandon3820NoNo
17797337FAILURE DETECTION APPARATUS AND RADAR APPARATUS WITH FAILURE DETECTION APPARATUSAugust 2022October 2025Abandon3920NoNo
17878141ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION RELATED TO EXTERNAL OBJECTAugust 2022November 2025Allow3940YesNo
17788148ADMINISTRATIVE SERVER IN SHIP NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, SHIP NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND SHIP NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAMJuly 2022November 2025Abandon4120NoNo
17873059DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RODLESS GUIDED MICROWAVE RADIATIONJuly 2022February 2026Allow4330NoNo
17870903NEAR-IR EMULATOR FOR COMPLEX ELECTROMAGNETIC STRUCTURESJuly 2022June 2025Allow3520NoYes
17869825ENHANCED MMIC WITH H264/H265 ENCODING FOR EFFICIENT ADAS RADARJuly 2022April 2025Abandon3310NoNo
17866809RADAR DEVICEJuly 2022December 2025Abandon4020YesNo
17854737ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION RELATED TO EXTERNAL OBJECTJune 2022December 2024Allow2910YesNo
17850484SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR NAVIGATION SIGNAL CLUSTERINGJune 2022March 2025Allow3320YesNo
17845337RADAR RANGING METHOD AND DEVICE, RADAR AND IN-VEHICLE SYSTEMJune 2022October 2024Allow2810NoNo
17787024METHOD FOR DETECTING AT LEAST ONE ROAD USERJune 2022October 2025Allow4030YesNo
17837645METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING UWB RANGINGJune 2022June 2025Allow3630NoNo
17805609ANTENNA FINE TUNING WITH A VOLTMETER ASSOCIATED WITH AN ANTENNA ALIGNMENT DEVICEJune 2022December 2024Allow3110YesNo
17756739ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND PROGRAMJune 2022October 2024Allow2910YesNo
17664200JOINT ESTIMATION OF RESPIRATORY AND HEART RATES USING ULTRA-WIDEBAND RADARMay 2022January 2025Allow3220YesNo
17663980RFID TRANSCEIVER WITH IMPLEMENTED PHASE CALIBRATION, AND PHASE CALIBRATION METHODMay 2022July 2025Allow3830NoNo
17755815ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND PROGRAMMay 2022June 2025Abandon3720YesNo
17733911TRACKING OF OBJECTS USING RECONSTRUCTION OF DATA CARRIED BY WIRELESS SENSING SIGNALS FROM LIMITED SENSING FREQUENCIESApril 2022April 2025Allow3530YesNo
17728587RADAR MOUNT SYSTEMApril 2022October 2024Allow3010YesNo
17755085ELECTRONIC DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND PROGRAMApril 2022September 2024Allow2910YesNo
17717949Laundry Machine, Associated System and MethodApril 2022April 2025Abandon3610NoNo
17767829SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SENSING DISTANCE AND/OR MOVEMENT USING COMMUNICATION OVERLAYApril 2022February 2025Abandon3410NoNo
17657943RADAR FOR FULL-BLOCKAGE DETECTION OF RADIO FREQUENCY MODULES IN MOBILE DEVICESApril 2022December 2024Allow3220YesYes
17765392METHOD FOR REDUCING INTERFERENCE EFFECTS IN A RADAR SYSTEMMarch 2022October 2024Allow3120YesNo
17764898RADAR SYSTEM AND PROCEDURES FOR OPERATING A RADAR SYSTEMMarch 2022May 2025Allow3830YesNo
17764327ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AT LEAST ONE DISTANCEMarch 2022November 2024Abandon3210NoNo
17703641Object Detection with Confidence Levels Using Compressed Radar MeasurementsMarch 2022December 2024Abandon3310NoNo
17654386RADIO FREQUENCY EXPOSURE ESTIMATION WITH RADAR FOR MOBILE DEVICESMarch 2022July 2025Allow4040YesNo
17689134INSPECTION SYSTEM AND INSPECTION METHODMarch 2022August 2025Abandon4120NoNo
17292601INTELLIGENT COLLISION AVOIDANCE METHOD FOR A SWARM OF UNMANNED SURFACE VEHICLES BASED ON DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNINGMarch 2022April 2024Allow3500NoNo
17653437ALIASING DETERMINATION DEVICEMarch 2022October 2024Allow3110YesNo
17591488RADAR APPARATUSFebruary 2022December 2024Allow3410YesNo
17589807SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE FOR UNMANNED AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESJanuary 2022July 2024Allow3010YesNo
17649259NOISE ESTIMATION WITH SIGNAL RAMPS FOR RADARJanuary 2022February 2025Allow3730YesNo
17585598IN-CABIN RADAR APPARATUSJanuary 2022September 2024Allow3210NoNo
17582672DUAL-POLARIZED MIMO RADARJanuary 2022March 2026Allow5050YesNo
17629207A RAPIDLY DEPLOYED TERRESTRIAL VISUAL DETECTION AND TRACKING SYSTEMJanuary 2022March 2025Abandon3720NoNo
17572695RADAR MULTIPATH FILTER WITH TRACK PRIORSJanuary 2022March 2025Abandon3820NoNo
17566087DECOY TARGET, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING AN OBJECTDecember 2021February 2025Allow3830YesNo
17623743OFDM RADAR SENSOR INCLUDING MULTIPLE TRANSMISSION CHANNELS AND PROGRESSIVE COMPUTATION OF TIME SIGNALSDecember 2021June 2024Allow3020NoNo
17559889RADAR-ABSORBING FIBER-REINFORCED STRUCTURE USING PLASMA DISCHARGE OF FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITE AND STEALTH SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAMEDecember 2021October 2024Allow3420NoNo
17619137MONITORING DEVICE AND MONITORING METHODDecember 2021February 2025Abandon3820NoNo
17539096AIRSPACE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND METHODSNovember 2021November 2025Allow4750YesNo
17613347MULTI-TIMESCALE DOPPLER PROCESSING AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS AND METHODSNovember 2021May 2025Allow4230YesNo
17455890Facia Supporting an Ultra-Wide Radar Field-of-ViewNovember 2021September 2024Allow3420YesNo
17454471Automotive Radar SystemNovember 2021August 2025Abandon4640YesNo
17454462Automotive Radar SystemNovember 2021August 2025Abandon4540YesNo
17609435ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES ABSORBING MATERIALNovember 2021August 2025Abandon4640NoNo
17509161Pointing Algorithm for Endpoint NodesOctober 2021October 2024Abandon3510NoNo
17604682ON-VEHICLE OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEMOctober 2021April 2025Allow4240NoNo
17480811RADAR DEVICE AND VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH SAMESeptember 2021January 2025Allow4030NoNo
17439682RADAR DEVICESeptember 2021April 2024Allow3110NoNo
17593273SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LONG PULSE RADAR CHIRP DETECTOR FOR LTE LICENSED ASSISTED ACCESS DYNAMIC FREQUENCY SELECTIONSeptember 2021September 2024Allow3620NoYes
17437997IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND IMAGE PROCESSING COMPUTER PROGRAMSeptember 2021June 2024Allow3320YesNo
17461372ON-VEHICLE RADAR APPARATUSAugust 2021November 2024Allow3920YesNo
17443010ACCURATE GRID LOCKING METHOD FOR TARGET COMPOSITE TRACKING SYSTEM IN TERMINAL AREAJuly 2021April 2024Allow3310NoNo
17367888Automated Generation of Radar Interference Reduction Training Data for Autonomous Vehicle SystemsJuly 2021June 2024Allow3620YesNo
17367117POSITIONING METHOD, DEVICE, MEDIUM AND EQUIPMENTJuly 2021May 2025Abandon4630NoNo

Appeals Overview

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

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
1
Allowed After Appeal Filing
1
(100.0%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
0
(0.0%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
99.1%
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 MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA works in Art Unit 3648 and has examined 28 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 71.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 40 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA's allowance rate of 71.4% places them in the 34% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA receive 2.36 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 67% 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 MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA is 40 months. This places the examiner in the 24% 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 +6.2% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by MAKHDOOM, SAMARINA. This interview benefit is in the 33% 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, 23.5% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 33% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Insight: RCEs show below-average effectiveness with this examiner. Carefully evaluate whether an RCE or continuation is the better strategy.

After-Final Amendment Practice

This examiner enters after-final amendments leading to allowance in 31.2% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 45% percentile among all examiners. Strategic Recommendation: This examiner shows below-average receptiveness to after-final amendments. You may need to file an RCE or appeal rather than relying on after-final amendment entry.

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 18% 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 97% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 100.0% 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, 66.7% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 74% 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 0.0% of allowed cases (in the 36% 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 39% 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.
  • 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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