Examiner Mohammad Y Meah

Grant ratio: 66.6% (69th percentile in Art Unit 1652 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.84. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 66.6%
Average office actions / grant 1.84
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
81333
Primary art unit
1652
Work group
1650
Technology center
1600
Applications
1,018
Granted applications
678
Examiner phone
(571) 272-1261

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 24 43.9% 1.73
Group 209 40.0% 2.00
Tech Center 1,380 37.5% 2.02
USPTO 16,572 52.1% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.88 1,914 office actions across 1,018 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 1,018 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 539 52.9%
2 OAs 248 24.4%
3 OAs 128 12.6%
4 OAs 58 5.7%
5+ OAs 45 4.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 71.9% 2008 2009: 55.6% 2009 2010: 54.1% 2010 2011: 53.7% 2011 2012: 65.8% 2012 2013: 67.4% 2013 2014: 57.9% 2014 2015: 66.7% 2015 2016: 48.6% 2016 2017: 75.0% 2017 2018: 82.1% 2018 2019: 69.9% 2019 2020: 75.0% 2020 2021: 83.9% 2021 2022: 85.4% 2022 2023: 73.8% 2023 2024: 79.8% 2024 2025: 57.1% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008322371.9%
2009271555.6%
2010613354.1%
2011542953.7%
2012795265.8%
2013432967.4%
2014382257.9%
2015422866.7%
2016351748.6%
2017765775.0%
2018282382.1%
2019735169.9%
2020725475.0%
2021625283.9%
2022413585.4%
2023423173.8%
202412910379.8%
2025422457.1%
20264200.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,018 1.7% 19.6% 27.1% 27.9%
Action 2 479 2.1% 14.8% 41.1% 24.6%
Action 3 231 1.7% 10.0% 49.4% 22.9%
Action 4 103 1.9% 3.9% 53.4% 21.4%
Action 5 45 2.2% 8.9% 60.0% 11.1%
Action 6 23 4.3% 4.3% 73.9% 4.3%
Action 7 7 0.0% 0.0% 57.1% 0.0%
Action 8 4 0.0% 25.0% 75.0% 0.0%
Action 9 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 339 office actions
All years 1.8% 35 of 1,914 office actions
Change -1.8 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-02–2026-10-02. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
0.0%
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
5.1%
2014: Alice
6.8%
3.1%
5.1%
0.8%
2.5%
2019: PEG
2.6%
2.8%
2.9%
1.1%
1.5%
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

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.1 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 22, 2013 10/518,727 Reversed §103
Oct. 7, 2011 10/526,026 Affirmed N/A

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 Oct. 9, 2026.

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