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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Afaq Ali, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as ALI, AFAQ

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2431 2434

This examiner grants 89% of resolved cases

Analysis

ALI, AFAQ works in tech center 2400 and art unit 2431. The profile records 145 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 89.0%. Median time to allowance is 896 days. Interviews are associated with a 10.3% lift in the allowance rate, providing a positive signal that may support deliberate examiner-interview planning.

The listed companies are Intel Corporation, Salesforce Inc., and Palo Alto Networks Inc. The listed firms are M&B IP Analysts, LLC, VAN PELT, YI & JAMES LLP & PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC, and Edell, Shapiro, & Finnan, LLC. These entities identify reported activity connected with art unit 2431.

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

Performance Statistics

89.0%
Allow Rate
+31.0% vs TC avg
183
Total Applications
+10.3%
Interview Lift
896
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 145 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.2%
§101 Eligibility
4.8%
§102 Novelty
48.4%
§103 Obviousness
23.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18938727 PROXY DEVICES FOR MOVING ACROSS CARD NETWORKS Final Rejection Capital One Services, LLC
18972430 SECURITY DEVICE AND SYSTEM-ON-CHIP INCLUDING SECURITY DEVICE Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19101392 IMPROVED SECURITY ESTABLISHMENT METHODS AND SYSTEMS Non-Final OA KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
18938436 COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROOF GENERATION PROGRAM, PROOF GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS Final Rejection FUJITSU LIMITED
19041567 SYSTEMS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS FOR MESH ATTESTATION VERIFICATION Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18855208 VIRTUAL MICROCONTROLLER FOR DEVICE AUTHENTICATION IN A CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT Final Rejection Intel Corporation
19096380 Autonomous Agent Generation, Review, And Correction Of Mitigation Plans Against DDoS Attacks In A Shared Infrastructure Computing Environment Non-Final OA Salesforce, Inc.
18989305 System And Methods Of Defense Against DDoS Attacks Via Autonomous Agents For Applications On A Multi-Substrate Multi-Ingress Shared Infrastructure With Multiple Cloud Architectures Final Rejection Salesforce, Inc.
18867030 SOFTWARE TOOL AND METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES Non-Final OA Siemens Corporation
18981948 MACSEC-LIKE ENCRYPTION FOR BLANKET OBFUSCATION AND ENHANCED PRIVACY CONTENT Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
18977293 AUTOMATED CREATION OF TRUSTED NETWORK PERIMETER Non-Final OA OKTA, INC.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Afaq Ali's allowance rate?

89.0% of resolved applications examined by Afaq Ali were allowed (145 resolved cases), compared with 76.5% across Art Unit 2431 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Afaq Ali?

This examiner's interview lift is +10.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Afaq Ali take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Afaq Ali took 896 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Afaq Ali work in?

Afaq Ali examines applications in Art Unit 2431 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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