Examiner Zenab Olabowale
Grant ratio: 41.3% (64th percentile in Art Unit 1629 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.52. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: November 2015
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 22 | 38.4% | 1.91 |
| Group | 252 | 46.0% | 1.76 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 43 | 53.8% |
| 2 OAs | 21 | 26.3% |
| 3 OAs | 11 | 13.8% |
| 4 OAs | 4 | 5.0% |
| 5+ OAs | 1 | 1.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| 2012 | 7 | 4 | 57.1% |
| 2013 | 29 | 16 | 55.2% |
| 2014 | 26 | 9 | 34.6% |
| 2015 | 15 | 3 | 20.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 80 | 1.3% | 12.5% | 62.5% | 1.3% |
| Action 2 | 37 | 0.0% | 13.5% | 64.9% | 5.4% |
| Action 3 | 16 | 0.0% | 6.3% | 62.5% | 6.3% |
| Action 4 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 60.0% | 20.0% |
| Action 5 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 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
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0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
6.7%
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.