Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Fahd A Obeid, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as OBEID, FAHD A

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 3621 3627 3682 3687 4122

This examiner grants 28% of resolved cases

Analysis

OBEID, FAHD A has resolved 227 cases in Tech Center 4100 and Art Unit 3621. The allowance rate is 28.2%, and the interview lift is 48.5%. The median time to allowance is 1544 days. The interview lift is higher than the allowance rate, making interview preparation a particularly relevant prosecution consideration in this record.

The principal companies are Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and NEC Corporation. The leading firms are FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC, and AMIN, TUROCY & WATSON, LLP. Counsel handling matters here can use these figures to plan for a relatively low allowance rate, while evaluating whether an interview could materially improve the application's prospects.

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

Performance Statistics

28.2%
Allow Rate
-31.8% vs TC avg
275
Total Applications
+48.5%
Interview Lift
1544
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 227 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

23.4%
§101 Eligibility
13.2%
§102 Novelty
45.2%
§103 Obviousness
14.9%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17960769 ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRESENTING DESTINATION FOR ITEM DELIVERY Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18899491 MEAL SUGGESTION DEVICE, MEAL SUGGESTION METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM Final Rejection NEC Corporation
18495783 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD Final Rejection TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
17823281 INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
18989981 DETECTION OF BAGGED ITEMS AT A CHECKOUT STATION Non-Final OA Zebra Technologies Corporation
18976740 AUTOMATICALLY DETERMINING SOURCING EVENT TEMPLATES USING MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection SAP SE
18440969 SENSOR SYSTEM AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Asahi Kasei Microdevices Corporation
17971088 DETERMINING HEALTH-RELATED INFORMATION OF RETURNED INVENTORY USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TECHNIQUES Non-Final OA Dell Products L.P.
18916158 Multimodal Content Feature Extraction for Action Data Structure Generation and Execution Final Rejection Uber Technologies, Inc.
19131422 SYSTEM FOR PHYSICAL AND DIGITAL ART AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING AND AUTHENTICATING A WORK OF ART Non-Final OA ARTUP S.R.L.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Fahd A Obeid's allowance rate?

28.2% of resolved applications examined by Fahd A Obeid were allowed (227 resolved cases), compared with 25.4% across Art Unit 3621 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Fahd A Obeid?

This examiner's interview lift is +48.5 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Fahd A Obeid take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Fahd A Obeid took 1,544 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Fahd A Obeid work in?

Fahd A Obeid examines applications in Art Unit 3621 in Tech Center 4100.

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