Examiner Istiaque Ahmed has allowed 152 of 212 decided applications (72%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.
Istiaque Ahmed maintains a public record across 2 art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 212 decided applications, the examiner's allowance rate is 72%, calculated from 152 allowed and 60 abandoned applications. The allowance rate ranges from 44% to 76% across the art units, reflecting variation in the record within TC 2100. These figures describe the examiner's historical disposition pattern and are not predictions of outcomes in any particular case.
A pooled record aggregates data from multiple art units, masking variation within each unit. The allowance rate shown here—72% over 212 decided applications—is a summary figure across all art units this examiner handles in TC 2100. The range (44% to 76%) indicates that individual art-unit records differ. These figures describe past activity and composition; they are not forecasts of prosecution outcomes in any specific application.
These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →
Each section benchmarks this examiner against that art unit's average. Figures are this examiner's own public record within the art unit; the overall rate above pools them.
Primarily examines control or regulating systems.
Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.
A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 114 decided applications with an interview and 71 without.
Primarily examines neural-network / biological-model computing, and machine learning.
Based on 27 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.
Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Istiaque Ahmed has a public record within Technology Center 2100. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated June 25, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 249 applications.
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