Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: AYUB, HINA F

Tech Center 2800 • Art Units: 1717 2800 2877 2884 2896 2899

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Analysis

Hina F. Ayub is an examiner in Tech Center 2800 and Art Unit 1717. She has managed 712 resolved cases with an allowance rate pct of 84.8%. This 84.8% rate indicates that a large majority of the applications in her portfolio result in a grant. The median days to allowance for these cases is 830, which establishes a timeline for practitioners to expect when prosecuting in this art unit. For the 712 resolved cases, this 830-day period represents the median duration from filing to issuance for successful applications.

The data shows an interview lift pct of 17.4%. This 17.4% lift is an increase in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted compared to the 84.8% baseline allowance rate. This suggests that direct communication with the examiner is a method for resolving outstanding rejections. Practitioners can use the 17.4% lift to evaluate the impact of an interview, as it correlates with a higher success rate than the baseline. The 830-day median suggests that the process in Art Unit 1717 is relatively efficient for the 712 resolved cases.

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

Performance Statistics

84.9%
Allow Rate
+16.9% vs TC avg
736
Total Applications
+17.4%
Interview Lift
830
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 713 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.0%
§101 Eligibility
15.6%
§102 Novelty
54.8%
§103 Obviousness
21.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18353203 INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION SYSTEM Non-Final OA FUJIFILM Business Innovation Corp.
19063309 MEASURING APPARATUS AND MEASURING METHOD Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
18797104 LIDAR DEVICE Non-Final OA LG INNOTEK CO., LTD.
19057245 OPTICAL FIBER CHARACTERISTIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND OPTICAL FIBER CHARACTERISTIC MEASUREMENT METHOD Non-Final OA Yokogawa Electric Corporation
18834898 MEASUREMENT DEVICE Non-Final OA KOITO MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
18936104 OPTICAL INSPECTION OF WAFER BEVELS USING MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCES Final Rejection Applied Materials, Inc.
19045861 EVENT MONITORING AND DETECTION DEVICE TESTING Non-Final OA Honeywell International Inc.
18935796 METHOD FOR MEASURING AN EFFECT OF A WAVELENGTH-DEPENDENT MEASURING LIGHT REFLECTIVITY AND AN EFFECT OF A POLARIZATION OF MEASURING LIGHT ON A MEASURING LIGHT IMPINGEMENT ON A LITHOGRAPHY MASK Final Rejection Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH
19098597 RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC SYSTEM FOR DETECTING HUMAN BODY FLUID TRACES ON AN INTERFERING SUBSTRATE Non-Final OA The Research Foundation for the State University of New York
18862397 OPTOFLUIDIC SENSOR, WATER-CONDUCTING HOUSEHOLD APPLIANCE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A CONCENTRATION Final Rejection ams Sensors Germany GmbH
18812890 Angle Of Incidence And Azimuth Angle Resolved Spectroscopic Ellipsometry For Semiconductor Metrology Non-Final OA KLA Corporation
19101051 SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING SCATTERED LIGHT SIGNALS FROM PRESSURIZED SOLUTIONS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLY Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

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