Prosecution Insights
Last updated: October 26, 2026

Iqbal Zaidi, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as ZAIDI, IQBAL

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2416 2464 2472 2648

This examiner grants 90% of resolved cases

Analysis

ZAIDI, IQBAL is a USPTO patent examiner assigned to tech center 2600 and art unit 2416. The profile records 1238 resolved cases, a 90.4% allowance rate, and a median of 835 days to allowance. The large resolved-case record supports a broad view of prosecution activity, and the allowance figure indicates that most recorded cases reached allowance.

The interview lift is 6.8%, reflecting a positive but limited association between interviews and allowance outcomes. Qualcomm Incorporated, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Intel Corporation are the listed companies. The listed firms are BANNER & WITCOFF , LTD, Barta Jones, PLLC, and Bayes PLLC. Practitioners can use these recurring participants to supplement application-specific review in art unit 2416.

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

Performance Statistics

90.4%
Allow Rate
+28.4% vs TC avg
1,279
Total Applications
+6.8%
Interview Lift
835
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 1238 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

6.9%
§101 Eligibility
14.1%
§102 Novelty
49.8%
§103 Obviousness
15.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18032317 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RELAY COMMUNICATION Non-Final OA Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
18937508 APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SOUNDING IN MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS (MAP) NETWORK Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO, LTD.
18886845 SCHEDULING FOR SERVICES WITH MULTIPLE PRIORITY TYPES Non-Final OA Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18552825 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANAGING BACKHAUL INFORMATION-BASED SESSION IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM Final Rejection Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
18638151 URGENT DATA TRANSFER USING SHORT PHYSICAL LAYER PROTOCOL DATA UNIT BURSTS Final Rejection Apple Inc.
18894103 COMMUNICATION CONTROL APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND NON-TRANSITORY COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM Non-Final OA CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
18681511 MANAGING RECEPTION OF MULTICAST AND BROADCAST SERVICES Final Rejection GOOGLE LLC
18851024 TECHNIQUES FOR PERFORMING PASSIVE INTERNET OF THINGS COMMUNICATIONS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18727018 PARTIAL SENSING IN SIDELINK POSITIONING Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18710309 POSITIONING HANDOVERS FOR MOBILE USER EQUIPMENT Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18660957 PREAMBLE-BASED IDENTIFICATION OF COMMON BEAMS Final Rejection QUALCOMM Incorporated
18410867 SHARED BANDS FOR MULTIPLE NETWORKS Non-Final OA QUALCOMM Incorporated
18342807 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR MULTI-CELL RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ALGORITHMS Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18192446 APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF A CONTENTION-BASED TIME PERIOD ALLOCATION FOR LATENCY-SENSITIVE TRAFFIC Non-Final OA Intel Corporation
18566634 COMMUNICATION DEVICE, COMMUNICATION METHOD, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
18277437 METHODS, ARCHITECTURES, APPARATUSES AND SYSTEMS FOR SUPPORTING MULTIPLE APPLICATION IDS USING LAYER-3 RELAY Final Rejection InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
18912850 COMMUNICATION METHOD AND APPARATUS, DEVICE, STORAGE MEDIUM, CHIP, PRODUCT, AND PROGRAM Non-Final OA GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
18854648 DEVICES, METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIA FOR MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL-CONTROL ELEMENT TRANSMISSION Non-Final OA Nokia Technologies Oy
18582997 TRANSMISSION PROCESSING METHOD AND APPARATUS, AND DEVICE Final Rejection VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
18364296 SPLITTING PAYLOADS ACROSS OUT-OF-BAND (OOB) PACKETS IN HETEROGENEOUS COMPUTING PLATFORMS Non-Final OA Dell Products, L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Iqbal Zaidi's allowance rate?

90.4% of resolved applications examined by Iqbal Zaidi were allowed (1,238 resolved cases), compared with 72.0% across Art Unit 2416 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Iqbal Zaidi?

This examiner's interview lift is +6.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Iqbal Zaidi take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Iqbal Zaidi took 835 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Iqbal Zaidi work in?

Iqbal Zaidi examines applications in Art Unit 2416 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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