Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Syed Rayhan Ahmed, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as AHMED, SYED RAYHAN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2126 2168

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Analysis

AHMED, SYED RAYHAN works in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2126. The examiner has 24 resolved cases, an allowance rate of 79.2%, and a median of 1510 days to allowance. Interviews are associated with a 21.7% lift in allowance outcomes. The limited case base requires caution, but the recorded interview signal supports considering examiner engagement in individual cases.

The listed companies are International Business Machines Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH, and Google LLC. The listed firms are Harrity & Harrity, LLP, NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP, and NovoTechIP International PLLC. The extended median timeline should be built into client expectations and prosecution budgeting while counsel evaluates the underlying office-action record.

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

Performance Statistics

79.2%
Allow Rate
+24.2% vs TC avg
48
Total Applications
+21.7%
Interview Lift
1510
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 24 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

31.0%
§101 Eligibility
6.4%
§102 Novelty
52.1%
§103 Obviousness
8.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18209024 EFFICIENT DATA DISTRIBUTION PRESERVING TRAINING PARADIGM Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
17738555 DEVICE AND COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING NEGATIVE SAMPLES FOR TRAINING KNOWLEDGE GRAPH EMBEDDING MODELS Final Rejection Robert Bosch GmbH
18313189 CROSS-PLATFORM DISTILLATION FRAMEWORK Final Rejection Google LLC
18070923 METHODS FOR TRAINING AND USING AN ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK TO IDENTIFY A PROPERTY VALUE, AND SYSTEM THEREOF Non-Final OA ORANGE
18159598 TRAINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS TO PERFORM ALIGNER DAMAGE PREDICTION Non-Final OA Align Technology, Inc.
18733403 ACCURATE AND SCALABLE APPROXIMATE NEAREST NEIGHBOR SEARCH (ANNS)-BASED TRAINING OF EXTREME CLASSIFIERS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18526560 AUTOMATED ATTRIBUTE-BASED MACHINE LEARNING MODEL SELECTION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18454882 TRAINING A CONTEXT-AWARE CHATBOT Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18754007 INTEGRATING EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS AND REINFORCEMENT LEARNING Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18194336 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR JOINT TRAINING LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODEL Final Rejection ALIPAY (HANGZHOU) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
17592186 ENHANCING NEURAL-BASED PREDICTION OF MULTI-DIMENSIONAL DATA VIA INFLUENCE AND DATA AUGMENTATION Final Rejection ADOBE INC.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Syed Rayhan Ahmed's allowance rate?

79.2% of resolved applications examined by Syed Rayhan Ahmed were allowed (24 resolved cases), compared with 35.2% across Art Unit 2126 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Syed Rayhan Ahmed?

This examiner's interview lift is +21.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Syed Rayhan Ahmed take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Syed Rayhan Ahmed took 1,510 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Syed Rayhan Ahmed work in?

Syed Rayhan Ahmed examines applications in Art Unit 2126 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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