Examiner Oussama Roudani

Grant ratio: 68.9% (47th percentile in Art Unit 2413 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.36. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 68.9%
Average office actions / grant 2.36
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
90032
Primary art unit
2413
Work group
2410
Technology center
2400
Applications
495
Granted applications
341
Examiner phone
(571) 272-4727
Supervisor
Un C Cho
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7919

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 21 54.4% 2.44
Group 166 51.7% 1.94
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.41 1,194 office actions across 495 applications
Applications with office actions 95.6% 473 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 22 4.4%
1 OA 190 38.4%
2 OAs 104 21.0%
3 OAs 61 12.3%
4 OAs 54 10.9%
5+ OAs 64 12.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2013: 41.7% 2013 2014: 48.1% 2014 2015: 70.0% 2015 2016: 64.6% 2016 2017: 70.7% 2017 2018: 81.3% 2018 2019: 75.0% 2019 2020: 86.8% 2020 2021: 92.3% 2021 2022: 95.2% 2022 2023: 83.7% 2023 2024: 85.4% 2024 2025: 53.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201312541.7%
2014271348.1%
2015201470.0%
2016483164.6%
2017412970.7%
2018322681.3%
2019362775.0%
2020383386.8%
2021393692.3%
2022424095.2%
2023433683.7%
2024413585.4%
2025301653.3%
20264600.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 473 0.2% 10.4% 80.3% 1.9%
Action 2 283 0.7% 5.3% 90.1% 1.4%
Action 3 179 0.0% 4.5% 94.4% 0.6%
Action 4 118 0.0% 3.4% 94.9% 0.0%
Action 5 64 0.0% 3.1% 93.8% 1.6%
Action 6 36 2.8% 2.8% 86.1% 0.0%
Action 7 17 0.0% 5.9% 94.1% 0.0%
Action 8 10 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 5 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 0.8% 2 of 251 office actions
All years 0.3% 4 of 1,194 office actions
Change +0.5 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%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.2%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.2%
2024: AI examples
1.1%
2025: August memo
0.0%
1.5%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 12. Merits outcomes: 6 affirmed, 3 affirmed in part, and 3 reversed.

Full reversal rate
25.0% 3/12 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 6/12 decisions
Median appeal duration
10.6 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 16, 2023 16/670,400 Affirmed §103
Aug. 30, 2022 15/948,189 Reversed §102 · §103
Jun. 1, 2022 16/057,906 Affirmed §103
Jan. 21, 2022 15/546,053 Affirmed §103
Sep. 2, 2021 15/300,584 Reversed §103
Aug. 26, 2021 15/634,501 Affirmed §102
Jun. 4, 2020 15/595,384 Affirmed in part §103
Apr. 5, 2019 14/407,793 Affirmed in part §103
Jan. 22, 2018 13/519,312 Affirmed §103
Jul. 19, 2017 13/412,007 Reversed §102
Apr. 20, 2017 12/984,298 Affirmed in part §103
Aug. 31, 2016 13/056,460 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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