Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: SAFAIPOUR, BOBBAK

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2618 2648 2665 4100

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Analysis

Bobbak Safaipour is a patent examiner in Tech Center 2600, assigned to Art Unit 2618. He has 1110 resolved cases. The data shows an allowance rate of 86.0% for these 1110 cases. This 86.0% figure represents the frequency of grants among all resolved cases for this examiner.

The interview lift for Bobbak Safaipour is 10.9%. This 10.9% lift indicates the change in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted during prosecution. Practitioners can use this lift to evaluate the potential impact of oral advocacy on their specific applications in Art Unit 2618.

The median days to allowance is 956. This 956 day period measures the time from the filing of an application to the issuance of a patent. This median provides a data point for estimating the duration of the examination process for matters assigned to this examiner.

Practitioners should consider the 86.0% allowance rate and the 10.9% interview lift when developing their response strategies. These figures, along with the 956 day median, offer a statistical overview of the examiner's history in Tech Center 2600.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

86.1%
Allow Rate
+26.1% vs TC avg
1,131
Total Applications
+10.9%
Interview Lift
956
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1112 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.2%
§101 Eligibility
25.4%
§102 Novelty
48.3%
§103 Obviousness
5.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18672301 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STATIC AND DYNAMIC REAL-TIME GESTURE RECOGNITION Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18665169 METHOD PERFORMED BY ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM FOR INPAINTING Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18917219 MULTI-CHANNEL TRANSFORM-BASED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ARTIFACT REDUCTION IN IMAGE AND VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA AtomBeam Technologies Inc.
18924961 POINT-OF-SALE SYSTEM, SERVER, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha
19110727 METHOD FOR PROCESSING IMAGE DATA FOR THE APPLICATION OF A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18923402 DATA COMPRESSION USING INTEGER NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Google LLC
18630023 MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
19029305 COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEMS AND/OR COMPUTING DEVICES CONFIGURED FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION AND/OR READING OF OPTICAL CODES IN IMAGES OF VARYING QUALITY Non-Final OA Capital One Services, LLC
19055779 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING CONTROL Non-Final OA General Electric Company
19006036 INTERFACE FOR DETERMINING INSTRUMENT POSE Non-Final OA AURIS HEALTH, INC.
18959315 VISION INSPECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE MANUFACTURING Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18532778 Object Detection Method And System Non-Final OA Kia Corporation
18895188 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED MULTI-SCALE MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR THE SUPER-RESOLUTION ENHANCEMENT OF COMPRESSED VIDEO Non-Final OA Amazon Technologies, Inc.
19104699 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18599139 OBJECT DATA STORAGE Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18685639 HARVESTING CIRCUIT INFORMATION FROM SCHEMATIC IMAGES Final Rejection Siemens Industry Software Inc.
19032542 IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA MAXELL, LTD.
18664976 RECOGNITION SYSTEM AND RECOGNITION METHOD FOR INTERACTIVE INDICATOR Non-Final OA INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18880878 DETERMINING DEFOCUS IN IMAGE DATA RELATED TO A PREPARED BLOOD SAMPLE Non-Final OA Radiometer Medical ApS

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