Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: HOQUE, NAFIZ E

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2146 2179 2614 2652 2693 2694

This examiner grants 76% of resolved cases

Analysis

Nafiz E. Hoque works in Art Unit 2146 within Tech Center 2600. He has 623 resolved cases. His allowance rate is 75.6 percent, indicating that more than three-quarters of the applications he examines are granted.

The interview lift is 23.0 percent. This suggests that interviews are a very productive way to improve the chances of an allowance for the applications on his docket compared to the 75.6 percent baseline. The 23.0 percent lift is a significant factor for practitioners to consider when developing their strategy for the 623 resolved cases.

The median days to allowance is 1143. This figure provides a standard timeline for the 623 resolved cases to reach a final grant. The 1143-day median is an important metric for applicants to use when forecasting the duration of the patenting process in Art Unit 2146.

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

Performance Statistics

75.6%
Allow Rate
+13.6% vs TC avg
642
Total Applications
+23.0%
Interview Lift
1143
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 623 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

11.7%
§101 Eligibility
22.7%
§102 Novelty
45.3%
§103 Obviousness
11.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18473496 ENHANCED USER INTERACTIONS Non-Final OA American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.
18923933 CUSTOMIZATION OF SOUND PRODUCTION FOR ON-ROAD VEHICLES Non-Final OA Volvo Car Corporation
18662999 IN-CALL SCAM DETECTION Final Rejection Google LLC
18798049 DIGITAL ASSISTANT USING GENERATIVE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Final Rejection Oracle International Corporation
18370101 FREQUENCY-DOMAIN SIGNAL CLUSTERING Non-Final OA ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
18754769 Agent Failback From Survivability Mode To Normal Mode In A Contact Center Service Non-Final OA Zoom Communications, Inc.
18705042 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Honor Device Co., Ltd.
19012106 CONCEPT SYSTEM FOR A NATURAL LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING (NLU) FRAMEWORK Non-Final OA ServiceNow, Inc.
18616117 AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION WITH TARGET WORD SPOTTING Final Rejection NVIDIA Corporation
18728754 IN-EAR WEARABLE WITH HIGH LATENCY BAND LIMITING Non-Final OA BOSE CORPORATION
18812542 HEARING DEVICE AND METHOD OF PROVIDING BROADCASTED AUDIO STREAM Final Rejection GN Hearing A/S
18871003 ACOUSTIC CONTROL DEVICE AND ACOUSTIC CONTROL PROGRAM Non-Final OA AlphaTheta Corporation
18394008 METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING A STATE OF A RIDER OF A VEHICLE BASED ON USING A WEARABLE SENSOR TO DETECT A CHANGE IN EMOTIONAL STATE OF THE RIDER Final Rejection STRONG FORCE TP PORTFOLIO 2022, LLC

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