Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 01, 2026

Examiner: SALAD, ABDULLAHI ELMI

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2157 2418 2452 2456 2457 2466

This examiner grants 85% of resolved cases

Analysis

Abdullahi Elmi Salad is a patent examiner in Tech Center 2400, assigned to Art Unit 2157. He has 989 resolved cases. The data shows an allowance rate of 84.7% for these 989 cases. This 84.7% figure represents the frequency of grants among all resolved cases for this examiner.

The interview lift for Abdullahi Elmi Salad is 9.7%. This 9.7% 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 2157.

The median days to allowance is 1126. This 1126 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 84.7% allowance rate and the 9.7% interview lift when developing their response strategies. These figures, along with the 1126 day median, offer a statistical overview of the examiner's history in Tech Center 2400.

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

Performance Statistics

84.7%
Allow Rate
+26.7% vs TC avg
1,009
Total Applications
+9.7%
Interview Lift
1126
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 990 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

9.1%
§101 Eligibility
20.0%
§102 Novelty
51.6%
§103 Obviousness
4.2%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
17756309 METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING, BY TERMINAL OF VULNERABLE ROAD USER, SIGNAL IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18850340 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMMUNICATION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM SUPPORTING MULTIPLE NETWORK SLICE ADMISSION CONTROL FUNCTIONS Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18680017 Reuse Operations for eSIM Download and Transfer Non-Final OA Apple Inc.
18257848 BASE STATION, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD Non-Final OA Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America
18338826 Wireless Network Delay Processing Method and System, and Access Server Final Rejection Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18258314 OUT-OF-DISTRIBUTION DETECTION AND REPORTING FOR MACHINE LEARNING MODEL DEPLOYMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18438035 PORTIONED VIDEO STREAMING CONCEPTS Non-Final OA Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V.
18872140 CONDITIONAL RECONFIGURATION INVOLVING MULTIPLE NETWORK NODES Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
18729379 METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SCHEDULING TERMINAL DEVICE Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
17917423 Beam Reconfiguration in a Wireless Communication Network Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18865517 RADIO ZONE DESIGN APPARATUS, RADIO ZONE DESIGN METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NTT, Inc.
18856781 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR HIGH DOPPLER TYPE-II CSI MEASUREMENT AND REPORTING Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18905822 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MAPPING BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF BANDWIDTH PARTS FOR RESOURCE CONFIGURATION Non-Final OA ZTE CORPORATION
18641333 METHOD FOR ENHANCING MOBILE TERMINAL CONNECTIVITY USING DEEP PENETRATIVE RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSPORTS Final Rejection BOOST SUBSCRIBERCO L.L.C.
18611767 MULTI-LINK COMMUNICATION PATH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING PLATFORM Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.
18392589 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EXPEDITED BORDER CROSSING Final Rejection MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.
18896947 METHOD AND DEVICE IN COMMUNICATION NODE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC

Facing This Examiner?

IP Author analyzes examiner patterns and generates tailored response strategies with the highest chance of allowance.

Build Your Strategy

Sign in with your work email

Enter your email to receive a magic link. No password needed.

Personal email addresses (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) are not accepted.

Free tier: 3 strategy analyses per month