Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Daniel A Kuddus, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as KUDDUS, DANIEL A

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2154 2161 2164

This examiner grants 71% of resolved cases

Analysis

KUDDUS, DANIEL A is assigned to tech center 2100 and art unit 2154. The record covers 648 resolved cases and reports an allowance rate of 71.1%. Interview lift is 43.8%, indicating that interviews may materially assist prosecution in this profile. The median time to allowance is 1307 days, supporting early attention to disputed limitations and realistic planning for the examination cycle.

The listed companies are Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd., Adeia Technologies Inc., and ORACLE INTERNATIONAL Corporation. The firms shown are HG Law LLP (Adeia), Ruggiero McAllister & McMahon LLC, and Studebaker Brackett PLLC. Practitioners may use interviews to identify a workable claim path, then present the resulting position clearly in the written response.

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

Performance Statistics

71.1%
Allow Rate
+16.1% vs TC avg
672
Total Applications
+43.8%
Interview Lift
1307
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 648 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

18.6%
§101 Eligibility
9.6%
§102 Novelty
42.6%
§103 Obviousness
20.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18536067 TECHNIQUES FOR RESOLVING SNAPSHOT KEY INTER-DEPENDENCY DURING FILE SYSTEM CROSS-REGION REPLICATION Non-Final OA Oracle International Corporation
19364011 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CLEANING UP RESOURCES, AND DEVICE Non-Final OA Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.
18163377 Dynamically Rebuilding Encoded Data Slices in a Storage Network Non-Final OA Pure Storage, Inc.
18954760 CREATING VIRTUALIZED DATA ASSETS USING EXISTING DEFINITIONS OF ETL/ELT JOBS Non-Final OA International Business Machines Corporation

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Daniel A Kuddus's allowance rate?

71.1% of resolved applications examined by Daniel A Kuddus were allowed (648 resolved cases), compared with 67.7% across Art Unit 2154 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Daniel A Kuddus?

This examiner's interview lift is +43.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Daniel A Kuddus take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Daniel A Kuddus took 1,307 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Daniel A Kuddus work in?

Daniel A Kuddus examines applications in Art Unit 2154 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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