Prosecution Insights
Last updated: August 17, 2026

Examiner: AZAD, ABUL K

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2626 2653 2656 2657

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

85.4%
Allow Rate
+23.4% vs TC avg
815
Total Applications
+14.2%
Interview Lift
880
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 799 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.6%
§101 Eligibility
27.2%
§102 Novelty
37.5%
§103 Obviousness
5.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19047315 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKING Non-Final OA Schlumberger Technology Corporation
18661159 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING AND UPDATING AUDIO INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A USER Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19007434 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENCODING OR DECODING AR/VR METADATA WITH GENERIC CODEBOOKS Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18984262 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AN AUDIO SIGNAL USING A HARMONIC POST-FILTER Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
19029556 EFFICIENT AND LOW LATENCY AUTOMATED ASSISTANT CONTROL OF SMART DEVICES Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
18966088 SYNTHESIS OF SPEECH FROM TEXT IN A VOICE OF A TARGET SPEAKER USING NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA Google LLC
19013976 AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19108413 VOICE-BASED USER AUTHENTICATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
19057342 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRAINING GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MODEL AND INFERENCE OF GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MODEL Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
18988553 LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL (LLM) PROMPT GENERATION USING PROMPT TEMPLATES Non-Final OA Salesforce, Inc.
19005520 GENERATIVE AI-BASED MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM FOR OPERATIONS CENTER SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18983599 LOOK AHEAD WINDOW SIZE FOR SPECULATIVE DECODING Non-Final OA ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
18941556 SPEECH TRANSLATION METHOD, APPARATUS, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA Beijing Youzhuju Network Technology Co., Ltd.

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