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Last updated: October 27, 2026

Shahid K Khan, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as KHAN, SHAHID K

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2146 2175 2178 4100

This examiner grants 75% of resolved cases

Analysis

KHAN, SHAHID K is a USPTO patent examiner in tech center 4100 and art unit 2146. The profile includes 412 resolved cases, with an allowance rate of 74.8% and a median of 1064 days to allowance. Interview lift is 15.3%, reflecting a higher allowance outcome for interview-associated cases than for the corresponding cases without interviews.

The recorded companies are NVIDIA Corporation, Canon Inc., and Google LLC. The leading firms are KHMRG (NVIDIA), ALSTON & BIRD LLP, and CAESAR RIVISE, PC. Counsel can use the allowance history as a reference when assessing claim presentation and amendment options. The interview figure supports considering examiner dialogue, while the median timing provides a planning reference for prosecution management and client communications.

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

Performance Statistics

74.8%
Allow Rate
+14.8% vs TC avg
436
Total Applications
+15.3%
Interview Lift
1064
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 412 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

10.1%
§101 Eligibility
14.5%
§102 Novelty
56.6%
§103 Obviousness
17.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18691568 METHODS AND DEVICES RELATED TO EXPERIENCE-APPROPRIATE EXTENDED REALITY NOTIFICATIONS Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18104506 CIRCULAR-BUFFER FOR GENERATING MACHINE LEARNING ESTIMATES OF STREAMING OBSERVATIONS IN REAL TIME Non-Final OA ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
17804082 Regression and Time Series Forecasting Final Rejection Google LLC
17784720 METHOD AND DATA PROCESSING DEVICE FOR PROCESSING GENETIC DATA Final Rejection Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e. V.
18302701 ADAPTATION OF TASK PERFORMABLE BY PRE-TRAINED MODEL INTO PARALLEL HARDWARE Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18644055 SOFT PROMPT OPTIMIZATION Non-Final OA INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18661502 USING TENSORS IN PORTIONS OF A NEURAL NETWORK Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
17679985 TENSOR MODIFICATION BASED ON PROCESSING RESOURCES Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
17394842 SELECTING TRAINING DATA FOR NEURAL NETWORKS Non-Final OA NVIDIA Corporation
18302154 Energy-Efficient Recurrent Neural Network Accelerator Final Rejection Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
18306048 CONTENT VELOCITY AND HYPER-PERSONALIZATION USING GENERATIVE AI Non-Final OA Adobe Inc.
18391455 RANGE BASED HARDWARE OPTIMIZATION OF NEURAL NETWORK SYSTEM AND RELATED METHOD Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
18416773 GRADIENT COMPUTATION IN HYBRID DIGITALLY TIED ANALOG BLOCKS WITH ARBITRARY CONNECTIVITY BY EQUILIBRIUM PROPAGATION Non-Final OA OpenAI Opco, LLC

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Shahid K Khan's allowance rate?

74.8% of resolved applications examined by Shahid K Khan were allowed (412 resolved cases), compared with 71.7% across Art Unit 2146 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Shahid K Khan?

This examiner's interview lift is +15.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Shahid K Khan take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Shahid K Khan took 1,064 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Shahid K Khan work in?

Shahid K Khan examines applications in Art Unit 2146 in Tech Center 4100.

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