USPTO Examiner KHATIB RAMI - Art Unit 3669

Recent Applications

Detailed information about the 100 most recent patent applications.

Application NumberTitleFiling DateDisposal DateDispositionTime (months)Office ActionsRestrictionsInterviewAppeal
18902709SYSTEMS AND OPERATIONS OF TRANSFER HUBS FOR AUTONOMOUS TRUCKING SYSTEMSSeptember 2024March 2026Allow1700NoNo
18656970LOCALIZATION OF USER(S) IN ENVIRONMENT(S)May 2024March 2026Allow2210YesNo
18606426INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICEMarch 2024February 2026Allow2310NoNo
18602942SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AIRCRAFT LANDING GUIDANCE DURING GNSS DENIED ENVIRONMENTMarch 2024January 2026Allow2211NoNo
18600103BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT METHODMarch 2024February 2026Allow2410YesNo
18589549AIR PRESSURE LIMITING VALVE DIAGNOSTIC SYSTEMS AND METHODSFebruary 2024January 2026Allow2310NoNo
18588247MAP-BASED TRIP TRAJECTORY AND DATA INTEGRATION SYSTEMFebruary 2024February 2026Allow2310YesNo
18587243SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR WORKSITE IMAGERY SELECTIONFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2010NoNo
18444230RELATING TO RANGE PREDICTION IN ELECTRIC VEHICLESFebruary 2024October 2025Allow2010NoNo
18681146INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND MOVING APPARATUSFebruary 2024February 2026Abandon2410NoNo
18429118MACHINE LEARNING BASED GENERATION AND USE OF SYNTHETIC DRIVE CYCLESJanuary 2024January 2026Allow2410YesNo
18580721PRESSURE VESSELJanuary 2024March 2026Allow2610NoNo
18401118MAP GENERATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND MAP USING METHOD AND APPARATUSDecember 2023February 2026Allow2620NoNo
18532075ELECTRIC WORK VEHICLEDecember 2023February 2026Allow2610NoNo
18528955VEHICLE PASS MANEUVERINGDecember 2023November 2025Allow2310NoNo
18527677METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CREATING A DIGITAL MAP AND FOR OPERATING AN AUTOMATED VEHICLEDecember 2023December 2025Allow2411NoNo
18564740CONTROL DEVICE AND POWER CONVERSION DEVICENovember 2023February 2026Allow2700NoNo
18519395METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ACQUIRING POINT OF INTEREST REPRESENTATION INFORMATION, AND METHOD FOR TRAINING SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP PERCEPTION MODEL FOR POINTS OF INTERESTNovember 2023November 2025Allow2411NoNo
18388822MONOCULAR DEPTH ESTIMATIONNovember 2023December 2025Abandon2510NoNo
18289094POSITIONING APPARATUS AND POSITIONING METHODOctober 2023August 2025Allow2210YesNo
18494209BATTERY MANAGEMENT FOR PERSONAL TRANSPORT DEVICE BASED ON PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOROctober 2023October 2025Allow2310YesNo
18483722INSPECTION SYSTEM FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINEOctober 2023February 2026Allow2820NoNo
18377383INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUMOctober 2023July 2025Allow2210YesNo
18482610METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR TRAVEL ROUTE OPTIMIZATIONOctober 2023June 2025Abandon2020NoNo
18370896INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHOD AND STORAGE MEDIUMSeptember 2023September 2025Allow2410YesNo
18461758ROUTE DEVIATION QUANTIFICATION AND VEHICULAR ROUTE LEARNING BASED THEREONSeptember 2023March 2025Allow1810NoNo
18236555MAP TILE OPTIMIZATION BASED ON TILE CONNECTIVITYAugust 2023August 2024Allow1210NoNo
18362552LOCALIZATION OF USER(S) IN ENVIRONMENT(S)July 2023February 2024Allow711YesNo
18358002METHODS AND INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING TRAFFIC TIME IN SMART CITIESJuly 2023October 2024Allow1400NoNo
18219195INCONVENIENCE FOR PASSENGER PICKUPS AND DROP OFFS FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESJuly 2023March 2025Allow2120NoNo
18217190Method and System for Dynamically Navigating Routes According to Safety-Related Risk ProfilesJune 2023July 2024Allow1210NoNo
18330009AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PICKUP AND DROP-OFF MANAGEMENTJune 2023September 2025Allow2710YesNo
18327627SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FLEET LEVEL MAPPING OF FAULT CODE LOCATIONSJune 2023July 2025Allow2510YesNo
18321477USING SLICED DATA TO EVALUATE MACHINE LEARNING MODELS USED FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE OPERATIONMay 2023August 2025Allow2610NoNo
18313503WATCH-TYPE DRONE, REMOTE CONTROL THEREOF, AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOFMay 2023September 2025Abandon2810NoNo
18313070REGENERATION POWER CONTROLMay 2023August 2024Allow1610NoNo
18311649METHOD FOR PROVIDING RECOMMENDED EXERCISE ROUTE INFORMATION, SERVER AND SYSTEM USING THE SAMEMay 2023October 2023Allow510NoNo
18296657Architecture For Variable Motion Control EnvelopeApril 2023October 2025Allow3030YesNo
18129779UPDATING A PICK-UP OR DROP-OFF LOCATION FOR A PASSENGER OF AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLEMarch 2023February 2025Abandon2320NoNo
18128844REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BEHAVIOR IN MOBILE APPLICATIONSMarch 2023March 2025Abandon2420NoNo
18026248METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING A NAVIGATION PROFILE FOR A VEHICLE IN A GEOGRAPHICAL AREAMarch 2023February 2024Allow1120YesNo
18120817System and Method for Scheduling Vehicle Maintenance and ServiceMarch 2023April 2025Abandon2520NoNo
18116714CROSS TRACK ERROR SENSOR AND RELATED DEVICES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODSMarch 2023November 2025Allow3311NoNo
18023448WORK MACHINEFebruary 2023May 2025Allow2720NoNo
18022827MOBILE BODY CONTROL APPARATUS, MOBILE BODY CONTROL METHOD, MOBILE BODY CONTROL SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING MOBILE BODY CONTROL PROGRAMFebruary 2023February 2025Allow2410NoNo
18170910METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING AN AIRCRAFT HAVING TWO ENGINESFebruary 2023June 2025Allow2810NoNo
18111123LASER PULSE SHAPE DETECTION USING FREQUENCY CHARACTERIZATIONFebruary 2023January 2026Allow3520YesNo
18169929Method for determining actual emission values for a vehicleFebruary 2023August 2025Allow3020YesNo
18020538MOVING BODY CONTROL SYSTEM, CONTROL APPARATUS, AND MOVING BODY CONTROL METHODFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2610NoNo
18163678SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TAXIING OPERATIONS IN MULTI-ENGINE AIRCRAFTFebruary 2023April 2025Allow2610NoNo
18104528SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INDIVIDUALIZED MISSION RISK ASSESSMENT BASED ON PILOT PHYSIOLOGICAL MONITORINGFebruary 2023December 2025Abandon3420YesNo
18103307Route Risk MitigationJanuary 2023April 2024Allow1410YesNo
18102114BOAT INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF SETTABLE FUNCTIONSJanuary 2023October 2025Allow3330YesNo
18160257SEAT CONTROL DEVICE AND SEAT CONTROL METHODJanuary 2023October 2025Abandon3320NoNo
18152846VEHICLE WARNING SYSTEM FOR ACTUATING A MOBILE DEVICE TO ALERT A VULNERABLE ROAD USER OF A PREDICTED COLLISION WITH A HIDDEN APPROACHING VEHICLEJanuary 2023January 2025Allow2410NoNo
18078642VEHICLE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAMEDecember 2022September 2025Abandon3320NoNo
18077388VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING VEHICLE INFORMATIONDecember 2022March 2024Allow1610NoNo
18072004NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD OF NAVIGATION APPARATUSNovember 2022March 2024Allow1610NoNo
17980251DRIVING SUPPORT DEVICE FOR VEHICLE, DRIVING SUPPORT METHOD FOR VEHICLE, AND A NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM STORING A PROGRAM FOR CAUSING A COMPUTERNovember 2022December 2024Allow2510NoNo
17976702AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATIONOctober 2022January 2024Allow1401NoNo
17921830PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ROAD NAMESOctober 2022September 2023Allow1120NoNo
17920455Computer-Implemented Method and System for Usage-Controlled Service Delivery to an Onboard System of a VehicleOctober 2022March 2026Abandon4140NoNo
17965894SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR OPERATING AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLEOctober 2022May 2025Allow3110NoNo
17961169DATA FUSION AND ANALYSIS ENGINE FOR VEHICLE SENSORSOctober 2022December 2024Allow2710YesNo
17917481Map Information Correction Method, Driving Assistance Method, and Map Information Correction DeviceOctober 2022May 2023Allow810NoNo
17915641METHOD FOR LANDMARK-BASED LOCALISATION OF A VEHICLESeptember 2022July 2023Allow910YesNo
17935890DATA FEATURES INTEGRATION PIPELINESeptember 2022December 2024Allow2710NoNo
17911508COSTMAP GENERATION FOR USE IN PLANNING A PATH THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENTSeptember 2022September 2023Allow1210NoNo
17929789SHOVEL, INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUMSeptember 2022September 2025Allow3630YesNo
17822996AUTONOMOUS MOBILE ROBOT USING MULTIPLE SAFETY PROTOCOLSAugust 2022April 2025Allow3220NoNo
17895392METHOD FOR PROVIDING OPERATING DATA FOR AN AT LEAST SEMI-AUTOMATED VEHICLEAugust 2022February 2025Allow2920NoNo
17890050ELECTRIFIED VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING DISTANCE TO EMPTY THEREOFAugust 2022May 2025Abandon3320NoNo
17818986METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MANAGING DATA STORAGE IN VEHICLE OPERATIONSAugust 2022July 2025Allow3530YesNo
17881838DATA DRIVEN IDENTIFICATION OF A ROOT CAUSE OF A MALFUNCTIONAugust 2022January 2026Abandon4120YesNo
17797997ROUTE PROVISION APPARATUS AND ROUTE PROVISION METHOD THEREFORAugust 2022August 2024Allow2410NoNo
17815569METHODS AND INTERNET OF THINGS SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING GOVERNMENT TRAFFIC ROUTES IN SMART CITIESJuly 2022June 2023Allow1010NoNo
17794681DEVICE FOR WARNING OF DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLES, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR WARNING OF DISTANCE BETWEEN VEHICLESJuly 2022March 2026Abandon4340YesNo
17870033APPARATUS AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR DETERMINING A TRAVEL ITINERARYJuly 2022May 2023Allow1020NoNo
17810180UNIFIED BOOKING AND STATUS FOR MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTJune 2022May 2024Allow2220NoNo
17846133AGRICULTURAL MACHINE, AND DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING AGRICULTURAL MACHINEJune 2022April 2025Abandon3320YesNo
17846292AUTONOMOUS DRIVING CONTROL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD AND DEVICEJune 2022August 2024Allow2510NoNo
17846195VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION THROUGH PORTABLE EXTERNAL DEVICESJune 2022May 2025Abandon3420NoNo
17841494SECONDARY FALLBACK SOFTWARE STACK FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLEJune 2022November 2024Allow2911NoNo
17840471PASSENGER PROFILES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESJune 2022December 2023Allow1810NoNo
17778648MULTI-AGENT MAP GENERATIONMay 2022November 2023Allow1820NoNo
17743726SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLING LOADING DOCK EQUIPMENTMay 2022January 2024Allow2011YesNo
17741555METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USING IDLE COMPUTING POWER OF AN ELECTRIC VEHICLEMay 2022June 2025Allow3710NoNo
17741931METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND VEHICLES FOR DYNAMIC ROUTINGMay 2022October 2025Allow4240YesNo
17731015HEADLAND GUIDANCE TRACKS FOR FARM MACHINERYApril 2022August 2024Allow2820NoNo
17723169DYNAMIC MAP GENERATION WITH FOCUS ON CONSTRUCTION AND LOCALIZATION FIELD OF TECHNOLOGYApril 2022February 2024Allow2220YesNo
17719913METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ROUTE NAVIGATION, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMApril 2022December 2024Allow3220YesNo
17754824OMNIDIRECTIONAL LINE FOLLOWING AUTONOMOUS VEHICLEApril 2022May 2025Allow3720NoNo
17656792VEHICLE CONTROLLER, AND METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING VEHICLEMarch 2022October 2023Allow1920YesNo
17706127MULTI-DIMENSIONAL EXTENDED TRAJECTORY PLANNING WITH CHANGING DIMENSIONALITY BASED ON HORIZON STEPSMarch 2022August 2025Allow4111YesNo
17706063WRONG-WAY DRIVING MODELINGMarch 2022May 2025Allow3811YesNo
17763230DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ROUTE PLANNINGMarch 2022November 2023Allow2010NoNo
17763584METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONSTRUCTING ELECTRONIC HORIZONMarch 2022December 2024Abandon3320NoNo
17700963GENERATING NAVIGATIONAL PATH BASED ON SECURITY LEVELMarch 2022April 2024Allow2520YesNo
17754011Route Deviation Quantification and Vehicular Route Learning Based ThereonMarch 2022June 2023Allow1520NoNo
17691058EVALUATING MULTI-MODAL TRAJECTORY PREDICTIONS FOR AUTONOMOUS DRIVINGMarch 2022September 2024Allow3120YesNo

Appeals Overview

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

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) Decisions

Total PTAB Decisions
15
Examiner Affirmed
12
(80.0%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(20.0%)
Reversal Percentile
33.1%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 20.0% reversal rate, the PTAB affirms the examiner's rejections in the vast majority of cases. This reversal rate is below the USPTO average, indicating that appeals face more challenges here than typical.

Strategic Value of Filing an Appeal

Total Appeal Filings
30
Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(26.7%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
22
(73.3%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
38.9%
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, 26.7% 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 KHATIB, RAMI - Prosecution Strategy Guide

Executive Summary

Examiner KHATIB, RAMI works in Art Unit 3669 and has examined 524 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 79.4%, this examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KHATIB, RAMI's allowance rate of 79.4% places them in the 48% percentile among all USPTO examiners. This examiner has a below-average tendency to allow applications.

Office Action Patterns

On average, applications examined by KHATIB, RAMI receive 2.03 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 53% 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 KHATIB, RAMI is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 77% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +13.1% benefit to allowance rate for applications examined by KHATIB, RAMI. This interview benefit is in the 50% percentile among all examiners. Recommendation: Interviews provide an above-average benefit with this examiner and are worth considering.

Request for Continued Examination (RCE) Effectiveness

When applicants file an RCE with this examiner, 26.4% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 44% 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 40.3% of cases where such amendments are filed. This entry rate is in the 62% 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, 28.6% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 31% percentile among all examiners. Note: Pre-appeal conferences show below-average success with this examiner. Consider whether your arguments are strong enough to warrant a PAC request.

Appeal Withdrawal and Reconsideration

This examiner withdraws rejections or reopens prosecution in 48.3% of appeals filed. This is in the 14% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 42.9% occur early in the appeal process (after Notice of Appeal but before Appeal Brief). 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.

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 49% 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 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 52% 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 0.5% of allowed cases (in the 55% 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:

    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

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