Prosecution Insights
Prosecution Insights
Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2431 2434 2438
This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases
Afaq Ali is an examiner in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2431. He has managed 143 resolved cases, and his allowance rate is 89.5 percent. This percentage reflects the proportion of his cases that reach a grant rather than abandonment. The 143 resolved cases provide a data set for evaluating his prosecution outcomes and understanding the typical results for applications on his docket.
The interview lift for this examiner is 11.9 percent. This figure represents the change in the likelihood of an allowance when an interview occurs during the prosecution of an application. Practitioners can use this 11.9 percent lift to decide whether to request a formal discussion with the examiner. The data shows that interviews are associated with a positive shift in the probability of a grant compared to the 89.5 percent baseline.
The median days to allowance is 893. This number indicates the middle point of the time distribution for cases that result in a patent grant. For applications in Art Unit 2431, this 893 median day figure serves as a timeline for the duration of the process. Practitioners should use these statistics to inform their strategy and manage expectations regarding the timing of a grant.
| App # | Title | Status | Assignee |
|---|---|---|---|
| 19235793 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ENABLING ZERO-KNOWLEDGE PROOF | Non-Final OA | nChain Licensing AG |
| 18972430 | SECURITY DEVICE AND SYSTEM-ON-CHIP INCLUDING SECURITY DEVICE | Final Rejection | SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. |
| 19033828 | OBSCURING ELEMENTS BASED ON BROWSER FOCUS | Final Rejection | Snap Inc. |
| 18938727 | PROXY DEVICES FOR MOVING ACROSS CARD NETWORKS | Final Rejection | Capital One Services, LLC |
| 18855208 | VIRTUAL MICROCONTROLLER FOR DEVICE AUTHENTICATION IN A CONFIDENTIAL COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT | Final Rejection | Intel Corporation |
| 18003176 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETECTING A SECURITY FLAW | Non-Final OA | Orange |
| 18938436 | COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM STORING PROOF GENERATION PROGRAM, PROOF GENERATION METHOD, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS | Final Rejection | FUJITSU LIMITED |
| 18229062 | ADVANCED THREAT PREVENTION | Final Rejection | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. |
| 17862877 | SEQUENTIAL DUAL MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR EFFECTIVE CLOUD DETECTION ENGINES | Non-Final OA | Palo Alto Networks, Inc. |
| 18867030 | SOFTWARE TOOL AND METHOD FOR ANALYSIS OF CYBERSECURITY VULNERABILITIES | Non-Final OA | Siemens 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. |
| 18977293 | AUTOMATED CREATION OF TRUSTED NETWORK PERIMETER | Non-Final OA | OKTA, INC. |
| 18015611 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MEASUREMENT-DEVICE-INDEPENDENT QUANTUM KEY DISTRIBUTION NETWORK | Final Rejection | NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE |
| 18745304 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND DEVICES TO DETECT A DATA TRAFFIC ANOMALY AS MALICIOUS TO IMPROVE NETWORK SECURITY | Non-Final OA | AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P. |
| 18982105 | External Device Authentication | Non-Final OA | Physio-Control, Inc. |
| 18763507 | RULES PROCESSING SYSTEM | Final Rejection | Sophos Limited |
| 19068817 | CYBERSECURITY THREAT DETECTION UTILIZING UNIFIED IDENTITY MAPPING AND PERMISSION DETECTION | Final Rejection | Wiz, Inc. |
| 18982200 | AI/ML Model Assessment | Non-Final OA | CrowdStrike, Inc. |
| 18794620 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR METHOD FOR FINETUNING APPLICATION-LAYER SIGNATURES | Final Rejection | Radware Ltd. |
| 18398985 | TECHNIQUES FOR ACCURATE LEARNING OF BASELINES FOR CHARACTERIZING ADVANCED APPLICATION-LAYER FLOOD ATTACK TOOLS | Non-Final OA | Radware Ltd. |
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