Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: 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 operates within Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2142, where he has managed 219 resolved cases. His allowance rate of 39.3% indicates the frequency of grants for applications under his review. This baseline rate suggests that securing a patent requires a specific prosecution strategy.

The data shows an interview lift of 37.3%. This figure implies that direct communication with the examiner is a strategy for overcoming rejections. Practitioners should consider scheduling interviews to potentially improve the likelihood of a favorable outcome. The median days to allowance stands at 1534. This duration reflects the timeline for successful applications under this examiner's review.

Given the combination of the allowance rate and the time to grant, applicants should prepare for the prosecution cycle. The 219 resolved cases provide the statistical foundation for these observations. The 39.3% allowance rate and 37.3% interview lift are the primary metrics for planning.

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

Performance Statistics

39.3%
Allow Rate
-20.7% vs TC avg
260
Total Applications
+37.3%
Interview Lift
1534
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 219 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

15.3%
§101 Eligibility
12.7%
§102 Novelty
53.6%
§103 Obviousness
12.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18206859 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING PERSONAL MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18658815 CONTEXT-SENSITIVE HANDLING OF INTERRUPTIONS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18387984 PROVIDING RESPONSES AMONG A PLURALITY OF USER INTERFACES BASED ON STRUCTURE OF USER INPUT Final Rejection Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18521763 METHOD AND COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR TRAINING A NEURAL NETWORK MODEL Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18206644 LEARNING DEVICE AND LEARNING METHOD Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
17681864 GESTURE RECOGNITION APPARATUS, MOBILE OBJECT, GESTURE RECOGNITION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Final Rejection HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
18688006 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING THE NEURAL NETWORKS OF A SET OF NODES OF A COMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA Orange
18159197 MULTIVARIATE OUTLIER DETECTION FOR DATA PRIVACY PROTECTION Non-Final OA Siemens Healthineers AG
17615368 INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD AND INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18302084 STORAGE MEDIUM, ESTIMATION DEVICE, AND ESTIMATION METHOD Non-Final OA FUJITSU LIMITED
18579475 EXECUTION OF A MACHINE LEARNING MODEL BY A SYSTEM OF RESOURCE NODES Non-Final OA TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
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.
18231064 CONTEXT-AWARE AND DYNAMIC VISUALIZATIONS IN APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18338671 OUTLIER DETECTION WITH TRANSFER LEARNING Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18176779 COMPUTATIONAL ESTIMATION OF A CHARACTERISTIC OF A POSTERIOR DISTRIBUTION Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
17655523 MACHINE LEARNING MODEL TRAINING WITH EMPHASIS ON FEATURE IMPORTANCE Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18149348 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRAINING AND DEPLOYING A NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection Truist Bank
16888052 Optimized User Interface Delivery Final Rejection Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
18115231 SPECIAL PURPOSE QUANTUM RESOURCES INTEGRATION Final Rejection SAP SE
17487852 CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORK-BASED FILTER FOR VIDEO CODING Final Rejection Lemon Inc.
17055996 FRAUD ESTIMATION SYSTEM, FRAUD ESTIMATION METHOD AND PROGRAM Final Rejection RAKUTEN GROUP, INC.
17497243 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED DETECTION AND PREDICTION OF MACHINE FAILURES USING ONLINE MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection Aktiebolaget SKF
17976203 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND DATA TRANSFER METHODS IN A CONTROLLING DEVICE Final Rejection Universal Electronics Inc.
17951778 GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE AND DATA TRANSFER METHODS IN A CONTROLLING DEVICE Non-Final OA Universal Electronics Inc.
17465569 TRAINING A SENSING SYSTEM TO DETECT REAL-WORLD ENTITIES USING DIGITALLY STORED ENTITIES Non-Final OA Arm Limited
18190461 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING COLLECTING DIAGNOSTIC DATA BASED ON DIAGNOSTIC DATA UTILITY Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
17761182 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR UNSTRUCTURED PRUNING OF A NEURAL NETWORK Final Rejection LightMetrics Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

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