Examiner Husam Turki Samara

Grant ratio: 44.7% (18th percentile in Art Unit 2161 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.29. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 44.7%
Average office actions / grant 3.29
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
93125
Primary art unit
2161
Work group
2160
Technology center
2100
Applications
190
Granted applications
85
Examiner phone
(571) 272-6803

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 20 57.0% 2.44
Group 196 60.2% 2.52
Tech Center 1,781 52.8% 2.19
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 3.55 674 office actions across 190 applications
Applications with office actions 98.9% 188 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 1.1%
1 OA 34 17.9%
2 OAs 42 22.1%
3 OAs 29 15.3%
4 OAs 38 20.0%
5+ OAs 45 23.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2016: 100.0% 2016 2017: 57.1% 2017 2018: 70.0% 2018 2019: 63.2% 2019 2020: 28.6% 2020 2021: 58.3% 2021 2022: 64.7% 2022 2023: 35.0% 2023 2024: 61.1% 2024 2025: 12.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201611100.0%
201714857.1%
2018201470.0%
2019191263.2%
202014428.6%
2021241458.3%
2022171164.7%
202320735.0%
2024181161.1%
202525312.0%
20261800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 188 1.6% 13.8% 83.5% 0.0%
Action 2 154 0.0% 9.7% 90.3% 0.0%
Action 3 112 0.9% 4.5% 94.6% 0.0%
Action 4 83 0.0% 4.8% 92.8% 0.0%
Action 5 45 0.0% 2.2% 97.8% 0.0%
Action 6 33 0.0% 3.0% 93.9% 0.0%
Action 7 23 0.0% 8.7% 91.3% 0.0%
Action 8 17 0.0% 5.9% 94.1% 0.0%
Action 9 8 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 189 office actions
All years 0.6% 4 of 674 office actions
Change -0.6 pts Percentage points

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

By year

0.0%
0.0%
5.3%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.1%
0.0%
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: 11. Merits outcomes: 4 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 6 reversed.

Full reversal rate
54.5% 6/11 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
63.6% 7/11 decisions
Median appeal duration
10.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 30, 2026 18/060,500 Affirmed §101 · §103 · §112
Nov. 26, 2025 14/677,285 Reversed §103 · §112
May. 1, 2025 15/799,871 Reversed §103 · §112
Mar. 17, 2025 17/113,689 Affirmed §103
Apr. 8, 2024 15/799,890 Reversed §103
Jun. 28, 2023 15/723,717 Affirmed §103
Mar. 1, 2023 14/578,725 Affirmed §103
Jan. 31, 2023 15/971,062 Reversed §103
Apr. 29, 2022 15/723,883 Affirmed in part §103
Apr. 22, 2021 14/581,813 Reversed §103
May. 24, 2019 14/581,797 Reversed §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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