Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ALMANI, MOHSEN

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2155 2159

This examiner grants 50% of resolved cases

Analysis

Mohsen Almani, in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2155, has 381 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 50.1 percent, which is a moderate success rate. This 50.1 percent rate indicates that the 381 cases are split almost evenly between grants and abandonments. Practitioners should expect a rigorous examination process.

The interview lift is 21.9 percent, indicating that interviews are a helpful tool for moving cases toward allowance. The median days to allowance is 1509, which is a long duration for reaching a grant. Applicants should be prepared for a 1509-day process where interviews can help overcome the examiner's concerns. Practitioners should use the 21.9 percent lift to improve the 50.1 percent allowance rate. These metrics show that while the process is slow, direct communication with the examiner is a successful tactic for securing a patent grant.

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

Performance Statistics

50.1%
Allow Rate
-4.9% vs TC avg
411
Total Applications
+21.9%
Interview Lift
1509
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 381 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.0%
§101 Eligibility
21.5%
§102 Novelty
51.0%
§103 Obviousness
10.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19053486 MULTI-PART REQUEST FOR TRANSFERS Final Rejection The Toronto-Dominion Bank
18787459 DETERMINING A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN OBJECT AND A HUMAN-PROVIDED INDICATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE OBJECT Final Rejection Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
18900120 Data Storage System with Dynamic Logging Capabilities Non-Final OA Pure Storage, Inc.
18786923 On-Demand Generation of Audit Log Data Non-Final OA Pure Storage, Inc.
19202612 GENERATIVE MODEL BASED DECOMPOSITION OF INPUT QUERY INTO SUB-QUERIES AND GENERATION OF COMPREHENSIVE RESPONSE BASED ON RESPONSES TO SUB-QUERIES Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18989816 EFFICIENT SEARCHING OF STRUCTURED DATA USING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18791262 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING AND UPDATING KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY EVENT DATA AND CONFIGURATION ITEMS Non-Final OA Fidelity Information Services, LLC
18521741 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING AND MODIFYING ACCESS PERMISSIONS FOR PRIVATE DATA OBJECTS Non-Final OA DK Crown Holdings Inc.
19199922 GENERATING CATEGORICAL DATA FOR MISSING VALUES IN ANOMALY DETECTION SYSTEMS Final Rejection NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
18281710 TEXT MINING METHOD FOR TREND IDENTIFICATION AND RESEARCH CONNECTION Non-Final OA The Trustees of Princeton University
18625015 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPUTING AND MANAGING DATASETS USING HIERARCHICAL ANALYTICS Final Rejection Pulselight Holdings, Inc.

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