Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: KASSIM, HAFIZ A

Tech Center 3600 • Art Units: 2122 3623

This examiner grants 45% of resolved cases

Analysis

Hafiz A. Kassim examines cases in Tech Center 3600 and Art Unit 2122. With 350 resolved cases, the examiner has an allowance rate of 44.6%. The median days to allowance for these applications is 1195. This timeframe is a critical factor for applicants to consider when managing expectations for patent issuance.

The interview lift is 53.7%, which is an increase over the base allowance rate of 44.6%. This suggests that interviews are a productive component of prosecution for the 350 cases resolved by this examiner, potentially affecting the 1195-day median wait. Practitioners should factor this 53.7% lift into their strategy to improve the probability of success. The data from Tech Center 3600 highlights the impact of direct engagement on the 44.6% allowance rate. Direct communication may be a key factor in navigating the examination process.

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

Performance Statistics

44.7%
Allow Rate
-7.3% vs TC avg
377
Total Applications
+53.8%
Interview Lift
1195
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 351 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

41.1%
§101 Eligibility
7.5%
§102 Novelty
33.3%
§103 Obviousness
14.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18490402 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY DETECTING A DEPLOYMENT EVENT Non-Final OA Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
18935168 SHIFT DESIGN AND ASSIGNMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection Workday, Inc.
18549811 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
18378185 PROCESSING-CONDITION SEARCH DEVICE, NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM, AND PROCESSING-CONDITION SEARCH METHOD Final Rejection Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
18764884 A CONSTRAINT PROGRAMMING BASED SOLUTION FOR MULTIDIMENSIONAL VECTOR PACKING WITH HETEROGENEOUS BINS Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
18689725 SERVICE DEMAND POTENTIAL PREDICTION DEVICE Non-Final OA NTT DOCOMO, INC.
18534299 SCALING UTILIZATION OF LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18456838 COMPRESSION FOR QUANTIZING MODEL WEIGHTS Non-Final OA MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
18806954 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING TASK APPROVALS Final Rejection Palantir Technologies Inc.
18817976 Generative Language Model Planner And Agent Determination In A Database System Non-Final OA Salesforce, Inc.
18391026 APPARATUSES, METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIA FOR INTELLIGENTLY GENERATING POST-INCIDENT REPORTS Non-Final OA ATLASSIAN PTY LTD.
18642988 ENTERPRISE OPERATION ASSISTANCE USING LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS Non-Final OA SAP SE
18520238 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING DATA FORMATS FOR USE IN AN ALTERNATIVE DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Final Rejection BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
18795391 ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK PERFORMANCE PREDICTION METHOD AND DEVICE ACCORDING TO DATA FORMAT Non-Final OA SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
18678719 MANAGING INFERENCE MODELS USING CONCEPT-BASED REPRESENTATIONS OF GRAPHICAL INFERENCES Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
17726758 INTELLIGENT PREDICTION FOR EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
19189659 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USE IN DEFINING DYNAMIC INSIGHTS Non-Final OA MASTERCARD ASIA/PACIFIC PTE. LTD.
19174288 ANTICIPATORY AND REMOTE-CONTROLLED MEDIA MANAGEMENT Non-Final OA NCR Atleos Corporation
18843608 AGENT CONTROL THROUGH CULTURAL TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA DeepMind Technologies Limited

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