Examiner Hasanul Mobin

Grant ratio: 70.1% (55th percentile in Art Unit 2168 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.47. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 70.1%
Average office actions / grant 2.47
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
82468
Primary art unit
2168
Work group
2160
Technology center
2100
Applications
693
Granted applications
486
Examiner phone
(571) 270-1289
Supervisor
Charles Rones
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-4085

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 19 62.2% 2.51
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 2.43 1,686 office actions across 693 applications
Applications with office actions 98.4% 682 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 11 1.6%
1 OA 262 37.8%
2 OAs 181 26.1%
3 OAs 95 13.7%
4 OAs 58 8.4%
5+ OAs 86 12.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 41.2% 2008 2009: 41.9% 2009 2010: 43.9% 2010 2011: 63.3% 2011 2012: 76.9% 2012 2013: 66.7% 2013 2014: 68.0% 2014 2015: 53.6% 2015 2016: 69.8% 2016 2017: 83.8% 2017 2018: 72.1% 2018 2019: 84.3% 2019 2020: 83.3% 2020 2021: 93.3% 2021 2022: 87.8% 2022 2023: 95.5% 2023 2024: 94.3% 2024 2025: 44.1% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200817741.2%
2009311341.9%
2010411843.9%
2011301963.3%
2012262076.9%
2013362466.7%
2014251768.0%
2015281553.6%
2016433069.8%
2017373183.8%
2018433172.1%
2019514384.3%
2020605083.3%
2021454293.3%
2022413687.8%
2023444295.5%
2024353394.3%
2025341544.1%
20262600.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 682 2.5% 9.4% 87.0% 0.3%
Action 2 420 2.1% 7.4% 89.0% 0.0%
Action 3 239 1.7% 7.1% 91.2% 0.0%
Action 4 144 0.0% 4.2% 94.4% 0.0%
Action 5 86 2.3% 2.3% 95.3% 0.0%
Action 6 58 0.0% 1.7% 98.3% 0.0%
Action 7 25 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 18 0.0% 5.6% 94.4% 0.0%
Action 9 8 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 4 25.0% 0.0% 75.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 5.4% 8 of 147 office actions
All years 2.0% 34 of 1,686 office actions
Change +3.4 pts Percentage points

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

By year

3.9%
0.7%
0.0%
0.9%
2.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.1%
5.1%
2019: PEG
4.5%
5.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
1.9%
2025: August memo
8.3%
10.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 24. Merits outcomes: 11 affirmed, 3 affirmed in part, and 10 reversed.

Full reversal rate
41.7% 10/24 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
54.2% 13/24 decisions
Median appeal duration
28.4 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Aug. 16, 2019 14/290,498 Affirmed §103
Aug. 15, 2019 14/085,052 Affirmed §103
Feb. 28, 2019 14/318,853 Affirmed §101 · §103 · §120
Jan. 31, 2019 13/886,461 Reversed §102 · §103
Jul. 17, 2018 13/335,860 Affirmed §103
Sep. 22, 2017 13/184,245 Affirmed §103
Jul. 31, 2017 14/084,799 Affirmed in part §103
Mar. 17, 2017 12/396,933 Affirmed §101 · §103
Feb. 27, 2017 13/225,179 Affirmed §103
Feb. 21, 2017 13/376,471 Affirmed in part §103
May. 18, 2016 13/335,883 Affirmed §103
Jun. 18, 2015 12/749,583 Reversed 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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