Examiner Keshab R Pandey
Grant ratio: 79.0% (78th percentile in Art Unit 2187 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.78. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 91599
- Primary art unit
- 2187
- Work group
- 2180
- Technology center
- 2100
- Applications
- 386
- Granted applications
- 305
- Examiner phone
- (571) 270-0176
- Supervisor
- Jaweed Abbaszadeh
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-1640
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 24 | 46.7% | 1.83 |
| Group | 178 | 52.5% | 1.89 |
| Tech Center | 1,781 | 52.8% | 2.19 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 3 | 0.8% |
| 1 OA | 224 | 58.0% |
| 2 OAs | 79 | 20.5% |
| 3 OAs | 34 | 8.8% |
| 4 OAs | 27 | 7.0% |
| 5+ OAs | 19 | 4.9% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 3 | 3 | 100.0% |
| 2015 | 10 | 9 | 90.0% |
| 2016 | 25 | 18 | 72.0% |
| 2017 | 24 | 18 | 75.0% |
| 2018 | 31 | 24 | 77.4% |
| 2019 | 48 | 39 | 81.3% |
| 2020 | 43 | 39 | 90.7% |
| 2021 | 36 | 33 | 91.7% |
| 2022 | 40 | 38 | 95.0% |
| 2023 | 39 | 37 | 94.9% |
| 2024 | 32 | 31 | 96.9% |
| 2025 | 29 | 16 | 55.2% |
| 2026 | 26 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 383 | 2.9% | 15.1% | 69.5% | 4.4% |
| Action 2 | 159 | 3.8% | 8.2% | 78.6% | 5.0% |
| Action 3 | 80 | 1.3% | 5.0% | 85.0% | 6.3% |
| Action 4 | 46 | 4.3% | 2.2% | 89.1% | 2.2% |
| Action 5 | 19 | 5.3% | 10.5% | 73.7% | 10.5% |
| Action 6 | 8 | 0.0% | 12.5% | 75.0% | 12.5% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.1%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
3.6%
12.0%
8.0%
2024: AI examples
12.5%
2025: August memo
5.0%
3.6%
Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.
PTAB appeals
No PTAB decisions could be matched to this examiner.
Older and transferred applications may not have a reliable examiner match. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.