Examiner Mohammed Rahaman

Grant ratio: 64.8% (79th percentile in Art Unit 2426 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.24. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 64.8%
Average office actions / grant 2.24
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
87622
Primary art unit
2426
Work group
2420
Technology center
2400
Applications
707
Granted applications
458
Examiner phone
(571) 270-1438

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 23 50.0% 2.88
Group 130 52.7% 2.61
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.26 1,601 office actions across 707 applications
Applications with office actions 99.9% 706 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 1 0.1%
1 OA 302 42.7%
2 OAs 194 27.4%
3 OAs 81 11.5%
4 OAs 61 8.6%
5+ OAs 68 9.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2011: 55.0% 2011 2012: 64.5% 2012 2013: 52.0% 2013 2014: 63.3% 2014 2015: 72.1% 2015 2016: 80.4% 2016 2017: 78.1% 2017 2018: 84.6% 2018 2019: 71.1% 2019 2020: 81.8% 2020 2021: 82.4% 2021 2022: 85.4% 2022 2023: 86.9% 2023 2024: 85.4% 2024 2025: 33.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2011201155.0%
2012312064.5%
2013502652.0%
2014603863.3%
2015433172.1%
2016514180.4%
2017322578.1%
2018262284.6%
2019453271.1%
2020443681.8%
2021342882.4%
2022413585.4%
2023615386.9%
2024484185.4%
2025571933.3%
20266400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 706 0.3% 2.8% 68.3% 1.6%
Action 2 404 0.7% 2.0% 76.2% 3.2%
Action 3 210 0.5% 2.9% 78.1% 2.9%
Action 4 129 0.0% 0.8% 82.9% 2.3%
Action 5 68 1.5% 1.5% 79.4% 2.9%
Action 6 40 2.5% 2.5% 77.5% 2.5%
Action 7 17 11.8% 0.0% 76.5% 0.0%
Action 8 9 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 5 0.0% 20.0% 80.0% 0.0%
Action 10 4 0.0% 25.0% 75.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.6% 2 of 363 office actions
All years 0.6% 10 of 1,601 office actions
Change -0.1 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%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
3.3%
4.4%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.8%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 7. Merits outcomes: 5 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
28.6% 2/7 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
28.6% 2/7 decisions
Median appeal duration
19.8 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 31, 2023 17/027,168 Reversed §103
Dec. 1, 2022 15/276,268 Affirmed §103
Jun. 22, 2017 14/299,409 Reversed §103
Aug. 1, 2016 12/617,902 Affirmed §103
Jan. 27, 2016 11/535,243 Affirmed N/A
Jan. 22, 2016 12/754,312 Affirmed §103
Nov. 6, 2015 12/680,581 Affirmed 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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