Examiner Alparslan Asan

Grant ratio: 46.0% (78th percentile in Art Unit 1613 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.43. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: June 2025
Grant ratio 46.0%
Average office actions / grant 2.43
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
95389
Primary art unit
1613
Work group
1610
Technology center
1600
Applications
150
Granted applications
69

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 21 31.8% 2.42
Group 217 31.1% 2.42
Tech Center 1,373 38.0% 2.02
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.55 436 office actions across 171 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 171 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 55 32.2%
2 OAs 54 31.6%
3 OAs 25 14.6%
4 OAs 18 10.5%
5+ OAs 19 11.1%

Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2020: 33.3% 2020 2021: 56.3% 2021 2022: 59.4% 2022 2023: 52.6% 2023 2024: 29.6% 2024 2025: 16.7% 2025

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20203133.3%
2021321856.3%
2022321959.4%
2023382052.6%
202427829.6%
202518316.7%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 171 0.6% 1.8% 49.7% 0.0%
Action 2 116 1.7% 5.2% 56.9% 10.3%
Action 3 62 3.2% 3.2% 67.7% 6.5%
Action 4 37 0.0% 5.4% 51.4% 16.2%
Action 5 19 0.0% 5.3% 57.9% 10.5%
Action 6 13 0.0% 0.0% 69.2% 23.1%
Action 7 9 0.0% 0.0% 77.8% 11.1%
Action 8 6 0.0% 0.0% 83.3% 0.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.7% 1 of 153 office actions
All years 1.1% 5 of 436 office actions
Change -0.5 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

7.1%
0.0%
2.9%
1.1%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 1. Merits outcomes: 0 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 1/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
8.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 16, 2026 17/993,782 Affirmed in part §103

The examiner match uses the last recorded office action before the decision. Reversal rates exclude rehearings, remands, dismissals, and other decisions that did not reach the merits. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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