Examiner Saeed M. Huda

Grant ratio: 58.7% (50th percentile in Art Unit 1742 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.23. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: October 2013
Grant ratio 58.7%
Average office actions / grant 2.23
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
85181
Primary art unit
1742
Work group
1740
Technology center
1700
Applications
264
Granted applications
155

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 26 52.6% 2.07
Group 211 48.8% 2.05
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.11 558 office actions across 264 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 264 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 110 41.7%
2 OAs 87 33.0%
3 OAs 30 11.4%
4 OAs 14 5.3%
5+ OAs 23 8.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 22.7% 2008 2009: 46.2% 2009 2010: 57.5% 2010 2011: 68.9% 2011 2012: 67.8% 2012 2013: 78.8% 2013

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200822522.7%
2009653046.2%
2010402357.5%
2011453168.9%
2012594067.8%
2013332678.8%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 264 0.4% 3.0% 92.0% 2.7%
Action 2 154 0.6% 4.5% 88.3% 2.6%
Action 3 67 0.0% 1.5% 91.0% 3.0%
Action 4 37 0.0% 5.4% 94.6% 0.0%
Action 5 23 0.0% 4.3% 91.3% 0.0%
Action 6 9 0.0% 11.1% 88.9% 0.0%
Action 7 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.4% 2 of 558 office actions
Change N/A Percentage points

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

By year

0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.2%
0.0%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 28, 2012 11/796,887 Affirmed §103

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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