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
17138626SYSTEM AND METHOD ENABLING A COLLABORATIVE 3D MAP DATA FUSION PLATFORM AND VIRTUAL WORLD SYSTEM THEREOFDecember 2020June 2023Abandon2920YesNo
17138583METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PREDICTING ROAD CLOSURE IN A REGIONDecember 2020February 2024Abandon3740YesNo
17135259Architecture For Variable Motion Control EnvelopeDecember 2020December 2022Allow2420NoNo
17253693STEERING CONTROL DEVICEDecember 2020October 2023Allow3410NoNo
17118413METHOD OF SHARING AND USING SENSOR DATADecember 2020August 2023Allow3221NoNo
17115959INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY MEMORY MEDIUMDecember 2020November 2022Allow2310YesNo
16972659POSITIONING APPARATUS, POSITIONING METHOD, AND PROGRAMDecember 2020May 2024Allow4130NoNo
17106210Vehicle capable of low noise runsNovember 2020June 2023Abandon3020YesNo
17106119AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE IDENTIFICATIONNovember 2020July 2022Allow1910YesNo
17057375TRAVERSAL TIME PREDICTION FOR COMMMON USER ROUTESNovember 2020August 2023Allow3310YesNo
17096340IMPLEMENTING SAFETY MEASURES IN APPLICATIONSNovember 2020December 2022Allow2520YesNo
17087171SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING VEHICLE EVENT DATA FOR LOW LATENCY SPEED ANALYSIS OF ROAD SEGMENTSNovember 2020September 2023Abandon3521YesNo
17086144AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE NAVIGATION USING WITH COALESCING CONSTRAINTS FOR STATIC MAP DATAOctober 2020November 2022Allow2510NoNo
17051523SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE SENSOR MEASUREMENT AND POLICY DETERMINATIONOctober 2020April 2024Abandon4210NoNo
17079874APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING DRIVING OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOFOctober 2020June 2022Allow2010NoNo
17068321Method of Anti-Roll Moment DistributionOctober 2020February 2022Allow1600NoNo
17037249FLIGHT AIDING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE, AND MOBILE TERMINALSeptember 2020June 2022Allow2010NoNo
17042950PLOTTING METHOD FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL TIME-SPACE DIAGRAM SHOWING REGIONAL GREEN-WAVE COORDINATED CONTROL EFFECTSeptember 2020August 2022Allow2310NoNo
17022565COMPUTING SYSTEM IMPLEMENTING TRAFFIC MODELING USING SENSOR VIEW DATA FROM SELF-DRIVING VEHICLESSeptember 2020April 2023Abandon3120YesNo
16977254MAP INFORMATION UPDATING SYSTEM AND MAP INFORMATION UPDATING PROGRAMSeptember 2020January 2024Abandon4010NoNo
16975354System and Method for Networked Weather Sensing in Open Water EnvironmentsAugust 2020May 2024Allow4420NoNo
16999515ELECTRONIC DEVICE RELATED TO HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE OPERATING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ELECTRONIC DEVICE RELATED TO HUMAN-POWERED VEHICLE OPERATING DEVICEAugust 2020February 2024Allow4211NoNo
16993341Map-Based Traffic Situation Detecting Method and Device and Non-Transitory Computer-Readable MediumAugust 2020April 2022Allow2010NoNo
16967870METHOD FOR OPERATING A MOTOR VEHICLE HAVING A BRAKING DEVICEAugust 2020March 2024Allow4320YesNo
16932219System and Method for Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Modernization for Avoidance and DetectionJuly 2020November 2021Allow1600NoNo
16959961MAP INFORMATION-PROVIDING SYSTEM, MAP INFORMATION-PROVIDING METHOD, AND MAP INFORMATION-PROVIDING PROGRAMJuly 2020September 2023Allow3840YesNo
16917562INDEPENDENT TRAJECTORY VALIDATION SYSTEM FOR VEHICLESJune 2020March 2022Allow2010YesNo
16916882SYSTEMS AND METHODS INVOLVING FEATURES OF ADAPTIVE AND/OR AUTONOMOUS TRAFFIC CONTROLJune 2020August 2022Allow2521NoNo
16902298RIDE-SHARING MANAGEMENT DEVICE, RIDE-SHARING MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUMJune 2020May 2023Abandon3520YesNo
16893575DETERMINING LANDMARK DETECTABILITYJune 2020September 2022Allow2720YesNo
16886054SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING VESSEL SPEED WHEN TRANSITIONING FROM LAUNCH TO CRUISEMay 2020May 2022Allow2411NoNo
16765544INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAMMay 2020August 2022Allow2710NoNo
15931598NAVIGATION METHOD AND DEVICEMay 2020March 2022Allow2220YesNo
16761596SOLUTION PATH OVERLAY INTERFACES FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLESMay 2020March 2022Allow2210NoNo
16863205COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM, AND FAULT DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUSApril 2020September 2022Allow2810NoNo
16851060IDENTIFYING AND/OR REMOVING FALSE POSITIVE DETECTIONS FROM LIDAR SENSOR OUTPUTApril 2020April 2023Allow3621YesNo
16848330NAVIGATION APPARATUS AND OPERATION METHOD OF NAVIGATION APPARATUSApril 2020October 2022Allow3021YesNo
16845818AUTOMATIC DRIVING SYSTEMApril 2020March 2022Allow2310NoNo
16836747AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE PICKUP AND DROP-OFF MANAGEMENTMarch 2020March 2023Allow3520YesNo
16833911CIVIL ENGINEERING UNDERGROUND EQUIPMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING CIVIL ENGINEERING UNDERGROUND EQUIPMENTMarch 2020March 2024Allow4820YesNo
16650019VEHICLE AND NAVIGATION SYSTEMMarch 2020July 2024Abandon5230NoYes
16827004Apparatus for Providing a Driving Path and Method ThereofMarch 2020January 2023Allow3430YesNo
16822807UNIFIED BOOKING AND STATUS FOR MULTI-MODAL TRANSPORTMarch 2020April 2022Allow2400NoNo
16821727Vehicle Security SystemMarch 2020November 2022Allow3220NoNo
16819213VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUMMarch 2020March 2023Abandon3630YesNo
16644121MAP INFORMATION MANAGEMENT DEVICE, MAP INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND MAP INFORMATION MANAGEMENT METHODMarch 2020May 2022Allow2620NoNo
16806425Method and Apparatus for Smartly Managing a Plurality of Potential Travel Destinations of a UserMarch 2020February 2022Allow2410NoNo
16804195VEHICLE INTERIOR ENVIRONMENT CONTROLFebruary 2020March 2021Allow1220YesNo
16782537MAP INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AND VEHICLEFebruary 2020September 2022Abandon3120NoNo
16776691APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING DRIVING OF A VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOFJanuary 2020October 2020Allow820NoNo
16752281COUNTING THE NUMBER OF PASSENGERS ENTERING A RIDESHARING VEHICLEJanuary 2020October 2022Abandon3310NoNo
16750063SYSTEM, VEHICLE, NETWORK COMPONENT, APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER PROGRAMS FOR A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE AND A NETWORK COMPONENTJanuary 2020February 2024Abandon4961YesNo
16632146DRIVING ASSISTANCE SYSTEM, ROUTE GUIDANCE SYSTEM, DRIVING ASSISTANCE METHOD, AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMJanuary 2020November 2022Allow3430YesNo
16743889METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RECOMMENDING TRAVEL WAYJanuary 2020February 2022Allow2510NoNo
16725818NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH AN ADAPTIVE MAP PRE-CACHING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOFDecember 2019October 2022Allow3430YesNo
16622012VEHICLE SYSTEM, AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE, VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD, AND PROGRAMDecember 2019August 2022Abandon3220NoNo
16710443VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, VEHICLE INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PROCESSING VEHICLE INFORMATIONDecember 2019January 2023Allow3720YesNo
16620905MAP UPDATE APPARATUS, MAP UPDATE SYSTEM, MAP UPDATE METHOD, AND PROGRAMDecember 2019June 2022Abandon3020YesNo
16709239MAP COORDINATE DISTORTION COMPENSATIONDecember 2019January 2022Allow2610YesNo
16703976MODIFYING NAVIGATION COMMANDSDecember 2019January 2022Allow2510NoNo
16703442System and Method for Scheduling Vehicle Maintenance and ServiceDecember 2019April 2023Abandon4120NoYes
16703550MAP GENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODSDecember 2019June 2022Allow3030YesNo
16696675VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODNovember 2019April 2024Abandon5261NoNo
16692162SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PARTICULATE FILTER LOAD ESTIMATIONNovember 2019January 2022Allow2611YesNo
16686781ROAD DAMAGE CALCULATION SYSTEM, ROAD DAMAGE CALCULATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM STORING ROAD DAMAGE CONTROL PROGRAMNovember 2019October 2022Abandon3510NoNo
16676758TRANSPORTATION ARRANGEMENT SYSTEM UTILIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCENovember 2019January 2023Allow3840YesYes
16662994DYNAMIC MAP GENERATION WITH FOCUS ON CONSTRUCTION AND LOCALIZATION FIELD OF TECHNOLOGYOctober 2019January 2022Allow2710NoNo
16599668METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CREATION OF CUSTOMIZED TOUR GUIDESOctober 2019October 2021Allow2420YesNo
16588729MAPPING AND DETERMINING SCENARIOS FOR GEOGRAPHIC REGIONSSeptember 2019June 2023Allow4460YesNo
16575984TRAVELING PATH PROVIDING SYSTEM, METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUMSeptember 2019January 2022Allow2820YesNo
16569865SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE CONTROL USING VEHICULAR COMMUNICATIONSeptember 2019December 2021Allow2711NoNo
16569488REAL-TIME VISUALIZATION OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE BEHAVIOR IN MOBILE APPLICATIONSSeptember 2019March 2023Allow4260YesNo
16561690INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, STORAGE UNIT STORING INFORMATION PROCESSING PROGRAM, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHODSeptember 2019September 2021Allow2410YesNo
16554838SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK TO CONTROL AN AIRCRAFTAugust 2019July 2022Allow3510YesNo
16537889MAP-BASED TRIP TRAJECTORY AND DATA INTEGRATION SYSTEMAugust 2019September 2021Allow2510NoNo
16531896VEHICLE EXCEPTION EVENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMSAugust 2019November 2022Allow4060NoNo
16528029SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ROUTE SELECTIONJuly 2019August 2021Allow2510YesNo
16507384NAVIGATING USING ELECTROMAGNETIC SIGNALSJuly 2019August 2021Allow2510YesNo
16455414METHOD FOR COLLECTIVE CALIBRATION OF MULTIPLE VEHICLE SAFETY SYSTEM SENSORSJune 2019December 2021Allow3011NoNo
16433643VEHICLE CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHODJune 2019August 2019Allow200NoNo
16418713Underwater Celestial Navigation BeaconMay 2019September 2022Allow4010NoNo
16357930SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MERGE ASSIST USING VEHICULAR COMMUNICATIONMarch 2019January 2022Allow3420YesNo
16352863INFORMATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROVIDING SYSTEM, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING PROGRAMMarch 2019October 2021Allow3120NoNo
16353438STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING A PASSENGER DURING A CRASHMarch 2019November 2019Allow810NoNo
16328920Landmark-Assisted NavigationFebruary 2019November 2021Allow3220NoNo
16259635UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE COLLISION AVOIDANCE SYSTEMJanuary 2019December 2021Abandon3420NoNo
16250533TRAVEL REFERENCE LINE DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC DRIVING SYSTEMJanuary 2019September 2022Allow4410NoNo
16317610MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR WORK VEHICLE AND MANAGEMENT METHOD FOR WORK VEHICLEJanuary 2019May 2022Allow4020YesNo
16238262VEHICLE OPERATION CONTROL SYSTEMJanuary 2019March 2020Allow1410NoNo
16237348SERVICE DEGRADATION IN AN AUTONOMOUS DRIVING SYSTEMDecember 2018March 2024Abandon6060NoNo
16229392METHOD, APPARATUS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ESTIMATION OF ROAD TRAFFIC CONDITION USING TRAFFIC SIGNAL DATADecember 2018May 2021Allow2910NoNo
16201595METHOD OF PROVIDING INFORMATION TO PERFORM INERTIA DRIVING OF VEHICLENovember 2018October 2021Allow3411NoNo
16186309METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATIONNovember 2018September 2021Allow3420YesNo
16181736METHOD FOR ADAPTING A PREDETERMINED REFERENCE LINE FOR A TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE AND DEVICENovember 2018April 2021Allow2910NoNo
16180245UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE HAVING A PROJECTOR AND BEING TRACKED BY A LASER TRACKERNovember 2018December 2021Abandon3720NoNo
16178204PERSONALIZED SOCIAL NAVIGATION COACHNovember 2018December 2021Allow3720YesNo
16152338SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PARKING CONTROL OF VEHICLEOctober 2018October 2020Allow2410YesNo
16089704DEFINITION OF ONE OR MORE GATEWAYS FOR LINKING NAVIGATION DATA SETS REPRESENTING MAPS OF AT LEAST PARTIALLY OVERLAPPING GEOGRAPHIC REGIONSSeptember 2018January 2023Abandon5220NoNo
16145679BRAKE COMPONENT PROGNOSISSeptember 2018March 2021Allow3021NoNo
16141351SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COORDINATING REMOTE FUEL DELIVERY TO VEHICLESSeptember 2018December 2018Allow300NoNo

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
14
Examiner Affirmed
11
(78.6%)
Examiner Reversed
3
(21.4%)
Reversal Percentile
35.4%
Lower than average

What This Means

With a 21.4% 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
27
Allowed After Appeal Filing
8
(29.6%)
Not Allowed After Appeal Filing
19
(70.4%)
Filing Benefit Percentile
46.0%
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, 29.6% 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 480 patent applications in our dataset. With an allowance rate of 80.2%, this examiner has an above-average tendency to allow applications. Applications typically reach final disposition in approximately 26 months.

Allowance Patterns

Examiner KHATIB, RAMI's allowance rate of 80.2% 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 KHATIB, RAMI receive 2.04 office actions before reaching final disposition. This places the examiner in the 50% percentile for office actions issued. This examiner issues fewer office actions than average, which may indicate efficient prosecution or a more lenient examination style.

Prosecution Timeline

The median time to disposition (half-life) for applications examined by KHATIB, RAMI is 26 months. This places the examiner in the 76% percentile for prosecution speed. Applications move through prosecution relatively quickly with this examiner.

Interview Effectiveness

Conducting an examiner interview provides a +13.5% 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, 27.0% of applications are subsequently allowed. This success rate is in the 49% 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 40.1% 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, 33.3% result in withdrawal of the rejection or reopening of prosecution. This success rate is in the 35% 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 48.1% of appeals filed. This is in the 14% percentile among all examiners. Of these withdrawals, 38.5% 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, 54.5% are granted (fully or in part). This grant rate is in the 53% 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 0.2% of allowed cases (in the 51% 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 57% 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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