Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: MAHMOUDI, RODMAN ALEXANDER

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2433 2499

This examiner grants 80% of resolved cases

Analysis

Rodman Alexander Mahmoudi serves in Tech Center 2400 and Art Unit 2433. The examiner has 253 resolved cases and an allowance rate of 80.2 percent. This rate describes the environment for patent applications, where 80.2 percent of cases reach a successful conclusion in this art unit.

The interview lift is 16.6 percent. This positive lift indicates that conducting an interview is associated with an increase in the likelihood of allowance. Applicants may find that the 16.6 percent lift justifies the effort of direct engagement with the examiner to resolve outstanding issues during the prosecution of the 253 resolved cases.

The median days to allowance is 1028. This figure establishes the timeframe for reaching a grant for applications that are successful. With 253 resolved cases, the 80.2 percent allowance rate and 1028-day median pendency offer a statistical basis for planning prosecution strategy and managing expectations in Art Unit 2433.

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

Performance Statistics

80.3%
Allow Rate
+22.3% vs TC avg
279
Total Applications
+16.5%
Interview Lift
1026
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 254 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

8.2%
§101 Eligibility
15.4%
§102 Novelty
57.7%
§103 Obviousness
12.8%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18370369 ACCESSORY SETUP USING A SETUP CODE Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18875760 INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection NEC Corporation
19447877 MITIGATING MALICIOUS NETWORK TRAFFIC Final Rejection Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
18677620 KERNEL PROTECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND SYSTEM Final Rejection HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18987548 AUTHENTICATION USING PERSISTENT TOKEN AND MDM CERTIFICATE Non-Final OA Palo Alto Networks, Inc.
19005710 SECURE EXECUTION OF AN AI MODEL ON A NEURAL PROCESSING UNIT OF A CLIENT DEVICE Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
19021644 SECURE INTEGRATION OF REAL-TIME STATUS INFORMATION IN APPLICATIONS Non-Final OA Truist Bank
18392805 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PERFORMING REMOTE ATTESTATION ON LEGACY TECHNOLOGY Non-Final OA DENSO CORPORATION
18525041 CONTACTLESS DATA TRANSMISSION FOR MEMORY DEVICES Final Rejection Micron Technology, Inc.
17888836 APPARATUS AND METHOD WITH HOMOMORPHIC ENCRYPTION Final Rejection Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
19047909 VALIDATING SECURE ASSEMBLY AND DELIVERY OF INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18639532 SELECTIVE AUTHENTICATION OF SOFTWARE OF A GAMING SYSTEM Non-Final OA IGT
18714651 FIELD DEVICE, FIELD DEVICE NETWORK AND METHOD FOR USER ACCESS Non-Final OA VEGA Grieshaber KG

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