Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 27, 2026

Nadira Sultana, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as SULTANA, NADIRA

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2653 2658

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Analysis

Sultana, Nadira works in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2653. The profile includes 113 resolved cases and a 73.5% allowance rate. Practitioners can use this record to frame expectations for applications involving the examiner’s assigned subject matter and to plan responses around the reported prosecution pattern.

The interview lift is 36.3%, which supports giving interviews a prominent place in prosecution planning. The median time to allowance is 1065 days. The listed companies are LG Electronics, Apple, and Google. The listed firms are Banner Witcoff, BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, and Edell, Shapiro, & Finnan.

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

Performance Statistics

73.5%
Allow Rate
+11.5% vs TC avg
148
Total Applications
+36.3%
Interview Lift
1065
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 113 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

27.0%
§101 Eligibility
11.7%
§102 Novelty
56.9%
§103 Obviousness
3.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
19171555 TIME REVERSED AUDIO SUBFRAME ERROR CONCEALMENT Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
19019061 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVICE FOR EMOTION RECOGNITION USING JOINT AND UNIMODAL REPRESENTATION LEARNING WITH LATE FUSION AND METHOD THEREOF Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18720376 AUTOMATED TEXT-TO-SPEECH PRONUNCIATION EDITING FOR LONG FORM TEXT DOCUMENTS Final Rejection Google LLC
18617942 AUTOMATED GENERATIVE AI BASED DIGITAL TWIN Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
17763793 DOCUMENT DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND DOCUMENT DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM Final Rejection SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY LABORATORY CO., LTD.
19085840 TOPIC SUGGESTION IN MESSAGING SYSTEMS Non-Final OA Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
18539804 PACKET LOSS CONCEALMENT IN AN AUDIO DECODER Non-Final OA Cisco Technology, Inc.
18888604 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING AN EXECUTABLE DATA QUERY Final Rejection SAP SE
18792445 AUDIO SYSTEM FOR SPATIALIZING VIRTUAL SOUND SOURCES Final Rejection Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
18957360 SIGN LANGUAGE PROCESSING Non-Final OA Sorenson IP Holdings, LLC

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Nadira Sultana's allowance rate?

73.5% of resolved applications examined by Nadira Sultana were allowed (113 resolved cases), compared with 75.1% across Art Unit 2653 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Nadira Sultana?

This examiner's interview lift is +36.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Nadira Sultana take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Nadira Sultana took 1,065 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Nadira Sultana work in?

Nadira Sultana examines applications in Art Unit 2653 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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