Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ABDULLAH, SAAD AHMAD

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2431

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Analysis

Saad Ahmad Abdullah examines applications in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2431. With 84 resolved cases, the examiner has a solid allowance rate of 73.8 percent. This suggests a generally favorable environment for applicants in the communications and networking sectors.

The interview lift is a significant 30.1 percent. This indicates that direct communication is highly effective and can substantially increase the probability of an allowance. The 30.1 percent lift is a key metric for practitioners to consider when planning their approach to the 84 resolved cases.

The median days to allowance is 1074. While the 73.8 percent allowance rate is positive, the timeline is nearly three years. Utilizing the 30.1 percent interview lift may help applicants navigate the 1074-day median pendency more efficiently and secure a grant.

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

Performance Statistics

74.1%
Allow Rate
+16.1% vs TC avg
121
Total Applications
+30.4%
Interview Lift
1072
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 85 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.6%
§101 Eligibility
6.3%
§102 Novelty
77.1%
§103 Obviousness
7.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18607626 END-TO-END ENCRYPTION FOR MULTIPLE RECIPIENT DEVICES Final Rejection Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
18946166 METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ALL-OR-NOTHING TRANSFORM (AONT) FOR INCREASING BLOCKCHAIN INTEGRITY Non-Final OA Mastercard International Incorporated
19195066 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18429078 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THREAT RISK MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA SAUDI ARABIAN OIL COMPANY
17201923 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING ACCESS TO SECURITY CREDENTIAL IN CONTINUOUS INTEGRATION / CONTINUOUS DEPLOYMENT PIPELINE Non-Final OA JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
19212359 DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
19284399 SECURITY POLICY ENFORCEMENT AND VISIBILITY FOR NETWORK TRAFFIC WITH MASKED SOURCE ADDRESSES Non-Final OA Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
18867038 ENCRYPTION SYSTEM AND ENCRYPTION METHOD Final Rejection Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
18896763 EXPERT SYSTEM FOR DETECTING MALWARE IN BINARIES Final Rejection MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
18896762 DYNAMIC BRINGUP OF SECURE TUNNELING OF ACCESS-CONTROLLED NETWORK DOMAIN INTERCONNECT TRAFFIC Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18648096 ZERO-TRUST IP ADDRESS RESOLUTION IN CLOUD SERVICES Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18616644 LINE RATE INSPECTION OF HTTP CONTENT IN A NETWORK APPLIANCE Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18779683 System and method for improving network security using machine learning based-threat mitigation Final Rejection Bank of America Corporation
18587224 CYBERTHREAT PENETRATION DETECTION USING AN ANOMALY DETECTION MODEL Non-Final OA Bank of America Corporation
18202997 EDGE DATA FILTER Final Rejection Bank of America Corporation
18618962 MULTI-STAGE ANOMALY DETECTION FOR PROCESS CHAINS IN MULTI-HOST ENVIRONMENTS Final Rejection Darktrace Holdings Limited
18630106 Machine-Learned Suspicious Query Detection Non-Final OA CrowdStrike, Inc.
18861492 AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE FOR AUTHENTICATING PORTABLE AUTHENTICATION DEVICES AND ASSOCIATED METHOD Non-Final OA MARQUARDT GMBH

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