Examiner Amjad Abraham

Grant ratio: 27.0% (11th percentile in Art Unit 1744 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.99. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: September 2026
Grant ratio 27.0%
Average office actions / grant 2.99
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
85560
Primary art unit
1744
Work group
1740
Technology center
1700
Applications
330
Granted applications
89
Examiner phone
(571) 270-7058
Supervisor
Amjad A Abraham
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-7058

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 25 45.7% 2.05
Group 214 47.7% 2.05
Tech Center 1,810 43.6% 2.14
USPTO 16,572 52.1% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.44 805 office actions across 330 applications
Applications with office actions 98.8% 326 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 4 1.2%
1 OA 104 31.5%
2 OAs 109 33.0%
3 OAs 36 10.9%
4 OAs 43 13.0%
5+ OAs 34 10.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 7.7% 2008 2009: 12.2% 2009 2010: 27.5% 2010 2011: 40.6% 2011 2012: 26.3% 2012 2013: 35.4% 2013 2014: 34.8% 2014 2017: 0.0% 2017 2020: 0.0% 2020 2025: 25.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20081317.7%
200949612.2%
2010511427.5%
2011642640.6%
2012571526.3%
2013481735.4%
201423834.8%
2017100.0%
2020100.0%
20258225.0%
20261500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 326 0.3% 5.5% 86.8% 4.0%
Action 2 222 0.5% 4.1% 89.2% 4.1%
Action 3 113 0.0% 3.5% 92.9% 2.7%
Action 4 77 0.0% 2.6% 92.2% 2.6%
Action 5 34 0.0% 0.0% 97.1% 2.9%
Action 6 23 0.0% 0.0% 91.3% 0.0%
Action 7 6 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 13 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 6.7% 2 of 30 office actions
All years 0.2% 2 of 805 office actions
Change +6.4 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
11.1%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 6. Merits outcomes: 3 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
33.3% 2/6 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 3/6 decisions
Median appeal duration
16.3 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 23, 2014 12/037,126 Affirmed N/A
Jan. 31, 2014 12/084,646 Reversed N/A
May. 29, 2013 11/909,733 Reversed §103
Feb. 28, 2013 12/196,955 Affirmed N/A
Jan. 14, 2013 11/345,479 Affirmed in part N/A
Aug. 30, 2012 10/577,233 Affirmed §103 · §112

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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