Examiner Shuangyi Abu Ali

Grant ratio: 40.5% (34th percentile in Art Unit 1731 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.19. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 40.5%
Average office actions / grant 3.19
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
82988
Primary art unit
1731
Work group
1730
Technology center
1700
Applications
1,120
Granted applications
454
Examiner phone
(571) 272-6453
Supervisor
Amber Orlando
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-3149

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 32 48.9% 1.87
Group 191 48.8% 1.97
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.99 3,351 office actions across 1,120 applications
Applications with office actions 99.3% 1,112 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 8 0.7%
1 OA 241 21.5%
2 OAs 324 28.9%
3 OAs 201 17.9%
4 OAs 155 13.8%
5+ OAs 191 17.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 14.3% 2008 2009: 36.0% 2009 2010: 36.4% 2010 2011: 34.6% 2011 2012: 25.0% 2012 2013: 23.8% 2013 2014: 45.7% 2014 2015: 34.2% 2015 2016: 32.2% 2016 2017: 50.0% 2017 2018: 56.2% 2018 2019: 46.9% 2019 2020: 43.2% 2020 2021: 60.8% 2021 2022: 57.8% 2022 2023: 73.8% 2023 2024: 68.9% 2024 2025: 34.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200842614.3%
2009752736.0%
2010441636.4%
2011521834.6%
2012561425.0%
2013842023.8%
2014813745.7%
2015732534.2%
2016591932.2%
2017703550.0%
2018734156.2%
2019492346.9%
2020441943.2%
2021513160.8%
2022452657.8%
2023654873.8%
2024453168.9%
2025531834.0%
20265900.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,112 0.5% 5.5% 73.7% 2.9%
Action 2 871 0.3% 4.4% 78.0% 6.5%
Action 3 547 0.2% 3.5% 81.0% 5.7%
Action 4 346 0.3% 2.9% 81.8% 6.1%
Action 5 191 0.0% 1.0% 73.3% 12.0%
Action 6 122 0.8% 1.6% 80.3% 8.2%
Action 7 55 0.0% 1.8% 72.7% 9.1%
Action 8 38 0.0% 0.0% 84.2% 2.6%
Action 9 24 0.0% 0.0% 87.5% 4.2%
Action 10 20 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 10.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 355 office actions
All years 0.4% 12 of 3,351 office actions
Change -0.4 pts Percentage points

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

By year

0.6%
0.0%
1.2%
0.5%
2.6%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
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: 38. Merits outcomes: 26 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 11 reversed.

Full reversal rate
28.9% 11/38 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
31.6% 12/38 decisions
Median appeal duration
14.2 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Sep. 16, 2025 17/077,414 Affirmed §103
Mar. 14, 2025 16/849,021 Affirmed §103
Jun. 11, 2024 17/069,608 Affirmed §103
Oct. 11, 2023 11/691,278 Affirmed §101 · §103 · §112
Jan. 7, 2022 15/674,645 Reversed §103
Oct. 6, 2021 12/613,813 Affirmed in part §103 · §112
Sep. 17, 2021 14/677,368 Affirmed §103
Jan. 19, 2021 14/579,032 Reversed §103 · §112
Jan. 24, 2020 13/809,362 Affirmed §102 · §103
Apr. 18, 2019 14/574,564 Affirmed §112
Dec. 26, 2018 12/742,558 Reversed §103
Dec. 13, 2018 14/117,249 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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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