Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: ELAHIAN, DANIEL

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2400 2407

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Analysis

Daniel Elahian has resolved 43 cases in Art Unit 2400 of Tech Center 2400. The examiner has an allowance rate of 74.4 percent, suggesting a generally favorable environment for patent applicants. This 74.4 percent rate indicates that a significant majority of cases reaching a resolution result in a patent grant.

The interview lift is 52.4 percent. This is an exceptionally high lift, suggesting that interviews are extremely effective at converting potential rejections into allowances. The 52.4 percent figure indicates that for applications that are not initially allowed, an interview is a critical and highly successful intervention strategy with this examiner.

The median days to allowance is 1070. This figure provides a benchmark for the expected duration of the prosecution process in Art Unit 2400. The 1070-day timeline is an important factor for practitioners to consider when managing the overall prosecution strategy.

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

Performance Statistics

74.4%
Allow Rate
+16.4% vs TC avg
61
Total Applications
+52.4%
Interview Lift
1070
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 43 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.5%
§101 Eligibility
9.4%
§102 Novelty
76.7%
§103 Obviousness
7.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18782734 SOFTWARE LOADING METHOD AND RELATED APPARATUS Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
17670301 Managing Access To Protected Content Using Device Security Profiles Non-Final OA Google LLC
19170110 LOG GENERATION DEVICE, SENSOR MODULE, LOG GENERATION MODULE, AND ELECTRONIC CONTROL SYSTEM Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18205331 EXTERNAL API VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS Final Rejection Cisco Technology, Inc.
19090570 METHOD, APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING INTER-SERVICE COMMUNICATION SECURITY POLICIES IN REAL TIME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG SDS CO., LTD.
18758259 DETERMINING AND MITIGATING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE MODEL VULNERABILITIES Non-Final OA CrowdStrike, Inc.
19066145 Unlocking a Data Storage Device Using a Web Application Non-Final OA Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18924819 Communication with a Data Storage Device with a Web Application Final Rejection Sandisk Technologies, Inc.
18924820 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SECURING CONFIDENTIAL CONTENT OF A DOCUMENT USING AN AUGMENTED REALITY APPLICATION Final Rejection XEROX CORPORATION
18826147 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEMORY, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE Non-Final OA MONTAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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