Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Farzad Kazeminezhad, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as KAZEMINEZHAD, FARZAD

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2626 2653 2657

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Analysis

Farzad Kazeminezhad is assigned to tech center 2600 and art unit 2626, with 549 resolved cases. The allowance rate is 71.0%, and the median time to allowance is 1276 days. Interview lift is 66.2%, indicating the strongest favorable interview association in this profile and a potentially important prosecution tool.

The principal companies are Adeia Technologies Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Google LLC. The principal firms are HG Law LLP (Adeia), Burr & Forman LLP (Primary Customer Number), and HONIGMAN LLP-GOOGLE. Practitioners may prepare interviews around concrete distinctions and proposed amendments, while accounting for the longer median timing.

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

Performance Statistics

71.0%
Allow Rate
+9.0% vs TC avg
573
Total Applications
+66.2%
Interview Lift
1276
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 549 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

7.6%
§101 Eligibility
18.8%
§102 Novelty
41.8%
§103 Obviousness
17.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19071401 WAKE-UP MODEL WITH AUTO ENROLLMENT AND ON-DEVICE TRAINING Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18826135 QUANTIZATION AND SPARSITY AWARE FINE-TUNING FOR SPEECH RECOGNITION WITH UNIVERSAL SPEECH MODELS Final Rejection Google LLC
18752083 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18761478 MULTI-USER AUDIO SIGNAL PROCESSOR FOR IMITATING A FEEDBACK SIDETONE Final Rejection SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS, INC.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Farzad Kazeminezhad's allowance rate?

71.0% of resolved applications examined by Farzad Kazeminezhad were allowed (549 resolved cases), compared with 68.8% across Art Unit 2626 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Farzad Kazeminezhad?

This examiner's interview lift is +66.2 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Farzad Kazeminezhad take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Farzad Kazeminezhad took 1,276 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Farzad Kazeminezhad work in?

Farzad Kazeminezhad examines applications in Art Unit 2626 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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