Examiner Shabana Meyering, Ph.D
Grant ratio: 30.3% (43rd percentile in Art Unit 1635 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.89. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 98486
- Primary art unit
- 1635
- Work group
- 1630
- Technology center
- 1600
- Applications
- 119
- Granted applications
- 36
- Examiner phone
- (703) 756-4603
- Supervisor
- Ram Shukla
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-0735
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 27 | 41.0% | 1.91 |
| Group | 245 | 37.4% | 2.18 |
| 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 | 13 | 10.9% |
| 1 OA | 34 | 28.6% |
| 2 OAs | 36 | 30.3% |
| 3 OAs | 11 | 9.2% |
| 4 OAs | 15 | 12.6% |
| 5+ OAs | 10 | 8.4% |
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 | 4 | 2 | 50.0% |
| 2024 | 23 | 16 | 69.6% |
| 2025 | 32 | 18 | 56.3% |
| 2026 | 60 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 106 | 8.5% | 4.7% | 50.0% | 9.4% |
| Action 2 | 72 | 2.8% | 6.9% | 50.0% | 26.4% |
| Action 3 | 36 | 5.6% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 11.1% |
| Action 4 | 25 | 4.0% | 0.0% | 60.0% | 16.0% |
| Action 5 | 10 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 60.0% | 10.0% |
| Action 6 | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 62.5% | 12.5% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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
18.2%
2024: AI examples
6.6%
2025: August memo
5.3%
2.6%
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.