Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: KONG, ALAN LINGQIAN

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2494

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Analysis

Alan Lingqian Kong is an examiner in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2494. He has resolved 112 cases, providing a picture of his examination tendencies. His allowance rate is 80.4 percent, which is high and suggests a favorable environment for applicants.

The interview lift for this examiner is 34.3 percent. This positive lift indicates that an interview is an effective tool for moving an application toward allowance. Given the 80.4 percent baseline, the 34.3 percent lift is an incentive for practitioners to engage in direct dialogue with the examiner.

The median days to allowance is 1000, which is the typical timeframe for securing a patent under his review. This 1000-day median is a data point for applicants planning their prosecution strategy. With 112 resolved cases, the 80.4 percent allowance rate and the 34.3 percent lift are the primary metrics for evaluating success in Tech Center 2400.

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

Performance Statistics

80.4%
Allow Rate
+22.4% vs TC avg
126
Total Applications
+34.3%
Interview Lift
1000
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 112 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.7%
§101 Eligibility
6.2%
§102 Novelty
71.4%
§103 Obviousness
15.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18969394 COMMUNICATION NODE WITH SECURE CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS AND METHODS FOR SECURING THEREIN Non-Final OA NXP B.V.
19041362 Tracking Subsea Telecommunications Asset Capacity and Spectrum Non-Final OA Google LLC
18855399 SECURITY FOR MOBILE-TO-MOBILE POSITIONING Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18939010 MANAGING PATCHING OF WRITE-LIMITED MEMORY WITH A HARDWARE SECURITY MODULE Final Rejection Marvell Asia Pte. Ltd.
18916300 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AUTOMATICALLY AND DYNAMICALLY UPDATING AND MANAGING AUTHENTICATION CREDENTIAL IN A DISTRIBUTED NETWORK Non-Final OA BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
18146082 METHODS FOR MIGRATING PRIVATE HARDWARE SECURITY KEYS AND DEVICES THEREOF Final Rejection F5, Inc.
17356776 TRUSTED PROCESSOR FOR SAVING GPU CONTEXT TO SYSTEM MEMORY Final Rejection ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC
18813799 UNSTRUCTURED DATA ACCESS CONTROL Final Rejection Kyndryl, Inc.

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