Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 02, 2026

Examiner: WAQAS, SAAD A

Tech Center 2400 • Art Units: 2446 2466 2468 2478

This examiner grants 74% of resolved cases

Analysis

Saad A Waqas is an examiner in Art Unit 2446, part of Tech Center 2400. The examiner has 526 resolved cases, resulting in an allowance rate of 74.1%. This rate suggests the frequency of successful applications. However, the median days to allowance is 1245, which is the timeline for those cases that reach a grant. Practitioners should be prepared for this duration when filing in Art Unit 2446.

The interview lift for this examiner is 37.9%. This is a significant lift, indicating that interviews are an effective strategy for advancing applications. Given the 1245-day median pendency, an interview may be a tool for securing an allowance. With 526 resolved cases, the 74.1% allowance rate and 37.9% lift are supported by the data in Tech Center 2400. Practitioners can use the 37.9% lift to improve their chances of success against the 74.1% baseline. The 526 resolved cases provide a stable benchmark for the 1245-day prosecution cycle.

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

Performance Statistics

74.3%
Allow Rate
+16.3% vs TC avg
547
Total Applications
+38.0%
Interview Lift
1245
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 529 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

3.6%
§101 Eligibility
33.0%
§102 Novelty
48.9%
§103 Obviousness
9.6%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18850953 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR TRANSMITTING PPDU IN WIRELESS LAN SYSTEM Non-Final OA LG ELECTRONICS INC.
18734878 METHOD FOR ENHANCING QUALITY OF A CALL AND AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE THEREOF Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18635897 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE DEVICE STATUS MONITORING IN MISSION-CRITICAL COMMUNICATIONS (MCC) Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18853215 SEMI-KNOWN TRANSMISSION CONFIGURATION INDICATOR STATE Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18301198 FULL DUPLEX FEASIBILITY AWARE SIDELINK RESOURCE SELECTION Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
17857734 DYNAMIC REPORTING OF MULTI-LEVEL CODING CONFIGURATIONS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18620398 Packet Performance Report Non-Final OA Ofinno, LLC
18091589 Resource Management for Data Transmission in Inactive State Final Rejection Ofinno, LLC
18859849 MACHINE LEARNING FALLBACK MODEL FOR WIRELESS DEVICE Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (PUBL)
18702174 Method for Handling Sidelink Communication Between User Equipments Using Quality Indications of Sidelink Carriers Final Rejection Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18798635 METHODS, ARCHITECTURES, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR DUALSTEER DEVICES Non-Final OA InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18660139 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ESTABLISHING AND MODIFYING TRAFFIC PATH ON BASIS OF SERVICE DATA FLOW IN MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Non-Final OA Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
18587217 COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED METHOD Final Rejection Roche Diagnostics Operations, Inc.
19174443 COMPANION METADATA FOR PRECISION TIME PROTOCOL (PTP) HARDWARE CLOCK Non-Final OA MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
18858269 WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
19172241 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DATA TRAFFIC PRIORITIZATION IN SMALL-CELL WIRELESS SYSTEMS Non-Final OA CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC

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