Examiner Afua Bamfoaa Boateng
Grant ratio: 12.3% (9th percentile in Art Unit 1617 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.93. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 98665
- Primary art unit
- 1617
- Work group
- 1610
- Technology center
- 1600
- Applications
- 114
- Granted applications
- 14
- Examiner phone
- (703) 756-1358
- Supervisor
- Ali Soroush
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-9925
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 23 | 43.1% | 2.30 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 4 | 3.5% |
| 1 OA | 40 | 35.1% |
| 2 OAs | 36 | 31.6% |
| 3 OAs | 16 | 14.0% |
| 4 OAs | 9 | 7.9% |
| 5+ OAs | 9 | 7.9% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2024 | 24 | 6 | 25.0% |
| 2025 | 41 | 8 | 19.5% |
| 2026 | 48 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 110 | 0.0% | 5.5% | 90.9% | 0.9% |
| Action 2 | 70 | 0.0% | 4.3% | 82.9% | 4.3% |
| Action 3 | 34 | 0.0% | 2.9% | 85.3% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 18 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 77.8% | 5.6% |
| Action 5 | 9 | 0.0% | 11.1% | 66.7% | 11.1% |
| Action 6 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 66.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 9 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%
Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.
PTAB appeals
No PTAB decisions could be matched to this examiner.
Older and transferred applications may not have a reliable examiner match. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.