Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: AZAD, ABUL K

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2626 2653 2656 2657

This examiner grants 86% of resolved cases

Analysis

Abul K. Azad is an examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2626. He has managed 806 resolved cases with an allowance rate pct of 85.5%. This 85.5% rate indicates that a large majority of the applications in his portfolio result in a grant. The median days to allowance for these cases is 879, which establishes a timeline for practitioners to expect when prosecuting in this art unit. For the 806 resolved cases, this 879-day period represents the median duration from filing to issuance for successful applications.

The data shows an interview lift pct of 14.0%. This 14.0% lift is an increase in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted compared to the 85.5% baseline allowance rate. This suggests that direct communication with the examiner is a method for resolving outstanding rejections. Practitioners can use the 14.0% lift to evaluate the impact of an interview, as it correlates with a higher success rate than the baseline. The 879-day median suggests that the process in Art Unit 2626 is relatively efficient for the 806 resolved cases.

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

Performance Statistics

85.5%
Allow Rate
+23.5% vs TC avg
821
Total Applications
+14.0%
Interview Lift
879
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 806 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.4%
§101 Eligibility
27.4%
§102 Novelty
37.8%
§103 Obviousness
5.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19175742 DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING RESPONSE FROM QUERY USING GENERATIVE MODEL Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
19097024 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING AUDIO SIGNAL Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18661159 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REGISTERING AND UPDATING AUDIO INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A USER Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19050201 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Non-Final OA RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
19023068 TRANSLATION METHOD AND RELATED DEVICE Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
19029556 EFFICIENT AND LOW LATENCY AUTOMATED ASSISTANT CONTROL OF SMART DEVICES Non-Final OA GOOGLE LLC
19108413 VOICE-BASED USER AUTHENTICATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
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.
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.
19057342 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TRAINING GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MODEL AND INFERENCE OF GENERATIVE LANGUAGE MODEL Non-Final OA ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
19039107 DETECTING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE GENERATED TEXT IN LARGE DOCUMENT CORPORA Non-Final OA NEC Laboratories America, Inc.
19005520 GENERATIVE AI-BASED MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM FOR OPERATIONS CENTER SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18662775 EXTRACTING FINE-GRAINED TOPICS FROM TEXT CONTENT Non-Final OA YAHOO AD TECH LLC
18983599 LOOK AHEAD WINDOW SIZE FOR SPECULATIVE DECODING Non-Final OA ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC.
18555406 VOICE PROCESSING METHODS, APPARATUSES, COMPUTER DEVICES, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIA Non-Final OA NETEASE (HANGZHOU) NETWORK CO., LTD.

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