Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: AHMED, ATIQUE

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2413 2414 2445 2479

This examiner grants 81% of resolved cases

Analysis

Atique Ahmed is an examiner in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2413, with 482 resolved cases. The examiner maintains an allowance rate of 80.9%, which indicates a high likelihood of success for the 482 cases in his record. This 80.9% rate suggests that a large majority of applications reaching a final resolution result in an allowance. This provides a positive signal for practitioners filing in this specific art unit. The volume of 482 cases offers a reliable basis for these metrics.

The interview lift is 15.3%, suggesting that conducting an interview has a clear positive impact on the probability of allowance. This 15.3% lift indicates that direct communication is an effective strategy for overcoming rejections. The median days to allowance is 1015, establishing a clear timeframe for successful prosecution. With a median of 1015 days, applicants can anticipate a standard duration for the 80.9% of cases that are allowed. This 1015-day figure is a key data point for planning.

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

Performance Statistics

80.9%
Allow Rate
+22.9% vs TC avg
507
Total Applications
+15.3%
Interview Lift
1015
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 482 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

4.3%
§101 Eligibility
10.4%
§102 Novelty
68.8%
§103 Obviousness
14.1%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17714690 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING AND RECEIVING RADIO SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18917311 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPLINK TRANSMISSION BY USER EQUIPMENT HAVING WAKE-UP RECEIVER IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18783406 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND DEVICES FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT FOR RANDOM ACCESS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18535556 METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TIMING ADVANCE ENHANCEMENT FOR MULTI-TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION POINT TRANSMISSION Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18551682 A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING MULTICAST BROADCAST SERVICES IN A TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORK Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18845582 Maintenance of Multiple TA in the Same Serving Cell for Multi-TRP Operation Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18632842 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING INTERNET PROTOCOL MULTIMEDIA SUBSYSTEM DATA CHANNELS FOR USAGE BY APPLICATIONS Final Rejection Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
18897568 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING SYNCHRONIZATION SIGNAL BLOCK LOCATIONS FOR SMALL BANDWIDTH CHANNELS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18861328 METHOD RELATED TO INTER-CELL BEAM OPERATION, USER EQUIPMENT, AND NETWORK DEVICE Non-Final OA SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18861265 BLOCKAGE PREDICTION REPORT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18790123 SIGNALING FOR 1024 QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION TABLE INDICATION AND CONFIGURATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18302649 TIMING AND FRAME STRUCTURE IN AN INTEGRATED ACCESS BACKHAUL (IAB) NETWORK Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17843779 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18579391 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TERMINAL, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection SONY GROUP CORPORATION
18931968 TERMINAL, RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND SYSTEM Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18272469 RADIO COMMUNICATION NODE AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD Final Rejection NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18909265 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPORTING UPLINK TRANSMISSION AND MBMS FOR A WTRU WITH REDUCED BANDWIDTH Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18852599 INFORMATION TRANSMISSION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Non-Final OA ZTE Corporation
18611033 DYNAMIC WIRELESS NETWORK PROTOCOLS Final Rejection T-MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
18917976 DYNAMIC PACKET ROUTING USING PRIORITIZED GROUPS Non-Final OA Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.
18631095 Scheduled synchronization messages Final Rejection MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
18608434 NETWORK DATA ANALYTICS FUNCTION SLICE LOAD ENHANCEMENT Non-Final OA AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.

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