Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Shahan Ur Rahaman, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as RAHAMAN, SHAHAN UR

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2426 2486

This examiner grants 77% of resolved cases

Performance Statistics

76.6%
Allow Rate
+18.6% vs TC avg
721
Total Applications
+12.7%
Interview Lift
1032
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 670 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

5.9%
§101 Eligibility
12.6%
§102 Novelty
51.9%
§103 Obviousness
16.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18881398 IMAGE ENCODING/DECODING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM HAVING BITSTREAM STORED THEREIN Non-Final OA LG Electronics Inc.
18676352 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
19338653 IMAGE DATA ENCODING AND DECODING Non-Final OA SONY CORPORATION
19212365 IMAGE DATA ENCODING AND DECODING Final Rejection SONY CORPORATION
18605009 IMAGING LENS AND IMAGING APPARATUS Non-Final OA SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
17634944 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR ENCODING/DECODING IMAGE BY USING PARTITIONING Non-Final OA UNIVERSITY-INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
18368936 THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR MULTIPLE DIES Final Rejection Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18622814 METHOD, APPARATUS, AND MEDIUM FOR VIDEO PROCESSING Non-Final OA Bytedance Inc.
18676745 BLOCK-BASED PARALLEL DEBLOCKING FILTER IN VIDEO CODING Final Rejection Texas Instruments Incorporated
18858122 A METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING/DECODING A 3D SCENE Non-Final OA InterDigital CE Patent Holdings, SAS
17275249 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FLEXIBLE GRID REGIONS Final Rejection InterDigital VC Holdings, Inc.
19473099 COMBINED PREDICTION MODE Non-Final OA MEDIATEK INC.
19260023 DECODER-SIDE CHROMA INTRA PREDICTION MODE GRADIENT-BASED DERIVATION Non-Final OA Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd.
19096546 PROGRESSIVE GENERATIVE FACE VIDEO COMPRESSION WITH BANDWIDTH INTELLIGENCE Non-Final OA Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd.
18616964 MOTION COMPENSATION METHOD, APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA Alibaba (China) Co., Ltd.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Shahan Ur Rahaman's allowance rate?

76.6% of resolved applications examined by Shahan Ur Rahaman were allowed (670 resolved cases), compared with 67.6% across Art Unit 2426 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Shahan Ur Rahaman?

This examiner's interview lift is +12.7 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Shahan Ur Rahaman take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Shahan Ur Rahaman took 1,032 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Shahan Ur Rahaman work in?

Shahan Ur Rahaman examines applications in Art Unit 2426 in Tech Center 2400 (Networking & Security).

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