Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Mohamed Abou El Seoud, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as ABOU EL SEOUD, MOHAMED

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2142 2147 2148 2172 2174 2176 3629 4100

This examiner grants 39% of resolved cases

Analysis

Mohamed Abou El Seoud handles cases in Art Unit 2142 and Tech Center 4100, with 221 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 38.9 percent. A key data point is the interview lift of 37.1 percent, which indicates that interviews are a method for advancing prosecution toward a grant. This 37.1 percent lift is a metric for practitioners to consider.

The median days to allowance for this examiner is 1534. This 1534-day figure provides an estimate for the time required to reach an allowance. Top companies in this portfolio include Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, International Business Machines Corporation, and Universal Electronics Inc. These applicants frequently work with firms such as AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP and CHIP LAW GROUP.

The 38.9 percent allowance rate and 37.1 percent interview lift suggest that direct communication is productive. With 221 resolved cases, the examiner has experience with major software and electronics firms. The 1534-day median pendency is an important metric for practitioners to consider when planning their strategy in Tech Center 4100.

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

Performance Statistics

38.9%
Allow Rate
-21.1% vs TC avg
273
Total Applications
+37.1%
Interview Lift
1534
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 221 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.2%
§101 Eligibility
12.7%
§102 Novelty
53.4%
§103 Obviousness
13.0%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18579475 EXECUTION OF A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL BY A SYSTEM OF RESOURCE NODES Non-Final OA TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
18206859 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONAL MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18387984 PROVIDING RESPONSES AMONG A PLURALITY OF USER INTERFACES BASED ON STRUCTURE OF USER INPUT Final Rejection Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18658815 CONTEXT-SENSITIVE HANDLING OF INTERRUPTIONS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
17615368 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18206644 LEARNING DEVICE AND LEARNING METHOD Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18302084 STORAGE MEDIUM, ESTIMATION DEVICE, AND ESTIMATION METHOD Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
17487852 CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK-BASED FILTER FOR VIDEO CODING Final Rejection Lemon Inc.
18688006 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING THE NEURAL NETWORKS OF A SET OF NODES OF A COMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA Orange
18688908 ESTIMATION APPARATUS, ESTIMATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18516937 Test Case Generation Through Reinforcement Learning With Static Code Quality Rewards Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC.
17155496 DOCUMENT SAMPLING USING PREFETCHING AND PRECOMPUTING Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18149348 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING AND DEPLOYING A NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection Truist Bank
18338671 OUTLIER DETECTION WITH TRANSFER LEARNING Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18190461 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING COLLECTING DIAGNOSTIC DATA BASED ON DIAGNOSTIC DATA UTILITY Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
17508017 AUTOMATED IDENTIFICATION OF TRAINING DATASETS Final Rejection Dell Products, L.P.
18686895 A computer-implemented or hardware-implemented method, a computer program product, an apparatus, a transfer function unit and a system for identification or separation of entities Non-Final OA IntuiCell AB

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Mohamed Abou El Seoud's allowance rate?

38.9% of resolved applications examined by Mohamed Abou El Seoud were allowed (221 resolved cases), compared with 23.4% across Art Unit 2142 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Mohamed Abou El Seoud?

This examiner's interview lift is +37.1 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Mohamed Abou El Seoud take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Mohamed Abou El Seoud took 1,534 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Mohamed Abou El Seoud work in?

Mohamed Abou El Seoud examines applications in Art Unit 2142 in Tech Center 4100.

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