Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: GHAFFARI, ABU Z

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2195 4100

This examiner grants 79% of resolved cases

Analysis

Abu Z. Ghaffari, an examiner in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 2195, has an allowance rate of 79.1% across 699 resolved cases. The median days to allowance is 1160, indicating a steady path to grant. This 1160-day figure and the 79.1% allowance rate provide a clear expectation for applicants. Practitioners should use these metrics to benchmark their progress during the prosecution of applications in this art unit.

The profile is notable for an interview lift of 47.6%. This 47.6% lift, when considered alongside the 79.1% allowance rate, suggests that interviews are exceptionally effective at resolving outstanding issues. With 699 resolved cases, the data indicates that oral advocacy is a critical component of a successful strategy. Practitioners should prioritize interviews to take advantage of the 47.6% lift and potentially improve their outcomes beyond the 79.1% baseline within the 1160-day median timeframe.

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

Performance Statistics

79.1%
Allow Rate
+19.1% vs TC avg
730
Total Applications
+47.6%
Interview Lift
1160
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 699 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

17.2%
§101 Eligibility
0.1%
§102 Novelty
39.0%
§103 Obviousness
39.3%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18854480 SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND VEHICLE DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING SAME Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18769754 COLLECTIVE COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18248073 Memory Management Method, Electronic Device, and Computer-Readable Storage Medium Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18734003 COMPUTER, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18612994 Metadata-Driven Rapid Adapter Building Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18030317 SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR DISPATCHING TASKS Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18581125 ADAPTIVE KSWAPD TUNING Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18342475 FREEING SPACE IN MEMORY BY DISABLING ONE OR MORE SERVICES OF AN APPLICATION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18729872 IN-VEHICLE CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM Non-Final OA Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
17872621 DATA TRANSFER TRACKING FOR COMPUTER BUSES Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18618912 STORAGE TRANSACTIONS WITH PREDICTABLE LATENCY Non-Final OA SK Hynix NAND Product Solutions Corp. (dba Solidigm)
18769314 UPDATING A RESOURCE WITH MODIFICATION ENABLING FRAMEWORK Non-Final OA DevRev, Inc.
17850900 INTELLIGENT LAYER DERIVED DEPLOYMENT OF CONTAINERS Non-Final OA Red Hat, Inc.
18796185 Wireless Network Device with Multiple Processing Chains Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18618340 ON-DEMAND PREDICTIVE ANALYSIS FOR DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18514105 METHOD, ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR ALLOCATING RESOURCES Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18714061 BIDIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATION METHOD, APPARATUS AND DEVICE, AND MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING BYTEDANCE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
18568846 EXECUTION PLATFORM DETERMINATION SYSTEM AND EXECUTION PLATFORM DETERMINATION METHOD Final Rejection RAKUTEN MOBILE, INC.

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