Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: SAIFUDDIN, AHMED

Tech Center 4100 • Art Units: 2472 2475 4100

This examiner grants 82% of resolved cases

Analysis

Ahmed Saifuddin is a patent examiner in Tech Center 4100, assigned to Art Unit 2472. He has 44 resolved cases. The data shows an allowance rate of 81.8% for these 44 cases. This 81.8% figure represents the frequency of grants among all resolved cases for this examiner.

The interview lift for Ahmed Saifuddin is 23.3%. This 23.3% lift indicates the change in the probability of allowance when an interview is conducted during prosecution. Practitioners can use this lift to evaluate the potential impact of oral advocacy on their specific applications in Art Unit 2472.

The median days to allowance is 1137. This 1137 day period measures the time from the filing of an application to the issuance of a patent. This median provides a data point for estimating the duration of the examination process for matters assigned to this examiner.

Practitioners should consider the 81.8% allowance rate and the 23.3% interview lift when developing their response strategies. These figures, along with the 1137 day median, offer a statistical overview of the examiner's history in Tech Center 4100.

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

Performance Statistics

82.2%
Allow Rate
+22.2% vs TC avg
98
Total Applications
+23.3%
Interview Lift
1143
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 45 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.2%
§101 Eligibility
25.2%
§102 Novelty
71.9%
§103 Obviousness
1.5%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18864798 METHOD FOR MANAGING MULTI-RECEPTION CHAIN Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18857672 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING SIDELINK COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18893582 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BEAM MANAGEMENT IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18759631 TRANSMITTING CSI FOR MULTIPLE HYPOTHESES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18598356 ELECTRONIC DEVICE PERFORMING BACK OFF AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THEREOF Final Rejection SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
18523147 MULTI-USER MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT (MU-MIMO) RESTRICTION WITH ENHANCED DEMODULATION REFERENCE SIGNAL (DMRS) CONFIGURATION TYPES FOR PDSCH IN NEW RADIO (NR) Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
17978143 TRAFFIC DETECTION FOR APPLICATION DATA UNIT MAPPING Final Rejection Apple Inc.
17959509 DETECTION METHOD AND APPARATUS Non-Final OA HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
18714613 TERMINAL APPARATUS, METHOD, AND INTEGRATED CIRCUIT Final Rejection Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18446411 VALIDITY INFORMATION HANDLING FOR CLOSED ACCESS GROUP IN A TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK Non-Final OA Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
18841252 REDUCED COMPLEXITY CAPABILITY FOR UPLINK TRANSMIT SWITCHING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18838951 ENERGY HARVESTING DEVICE CONFIGURATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18684077 ADVANCED COOPERATIVE USER EQUIPMENT UPDATE Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18683503 UE REPORTING OF SUITABLE SRS CONFIGURATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18554188 A ROBUST RADIO LINK MONITORING METHOD Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18551575 ASSOCIATING BEAM INDICATION WITH A CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) MEASUREMENT OR REPORT Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18457991 TECHNIQUES FOR CELL ACTIVE TIME EXTENSION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18252708 TECHNIQUES FOR USER EQUIPMENT INITIATED CHANNEL OCCUPANCY TIME CONFIGURATION AND INDICATION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18153913 DYNAMIC QOS-BASED CO-DESIGN OF WIRELESS EDGE-ENABLED AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS WITH MACHINE LEARNING Final Rejection Intel Corporation
18094084 LISTEN-BEFORE-TALK (LBT) IN RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (RRM) FOR NEW RADIO SYSTEMS Final Rejection Intel Corporation
17797715 Method and Apparatus Including Frequency Hopping for Multi-Beam Based Repetitions Final Rejection Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
18685029 Master Node, Secondary Node, and Methods Performed in a Wireless Communication Network Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18030978 METHODS, APPARATUSES, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND SYSTEM FOR HANDLING RADIO LINK FAILURE IN RELAYED RADIO COMMUNICATIONS Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18020092 SIGNALING FOR UPDATING TCI STATE OF A CORESET WITH DCI Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18883567 MULTIPLE TRANSCEIVER POINT OPERATION Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18748498 INTER-NETWORK CONGESTION REPORTING Non-Final OA NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
18729855 ANALYTICS IN VIEW OF DYNAMIC BEAM CONFIGURATIONS Non-Final OA NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY
18890285 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR SCHEDULING DATA CHANNEL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA KT CORPORATION
18857310 METHODS, ARCHITECTURES, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS DIRECTED TO HYBRID AUTOMATIC REPEAT REQUEST (HARQ) OPERATIONS FOR SIDELINK COMMUNICATIONS IN UNLICENSED SPECTRUM Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18852140 SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR SUPPORTING SELF-ADAPTIVE QOS FLOW AND PROFILE Non-Final OA INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.

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