Examiner Abdulhakim Nobahar

Grant ratio: 77.5% (78th percentile in Art Unit 2432 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.11. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: January 2016
Grant ratio 77.5%
Average office actions / grant 2.11
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
79518
Primary art unit
2432
Work group
2430
Technology center
2400
Applications
262
Granted applications
203

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 24 59.4% 1.74
Group 233 61.7% 1.99
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.03 533 office actions across 262 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 262 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 129 49.2%
2 OAs 64 24.4%
3 OAs 34 13.0%
4 OAs 18 6.9%
5+ OAs 17 6.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 69.4% 2008 2009: 85.3% 2009 2010: 80.0% 2010 2011: 70.6% 2011 2012: 68.8% 2012 2013: 86.7% 2013 2014: 71.4% 2014 2015: 86.4% 2015 2016: 100.0% 2016

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008362569.4%
2009342985.3%
2010302480.0%
2011342470.6%
2012322268.8%
2013453986.7%
2014282071.4%
2015221986.4%
201611100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 262 3.1% 36.6% 50.8% 4.2%
Action 2 133 3.8% 25.6% 64.7% 4.5%
Action 3 69 1.4% 14.5% 79.7% 2.9%
Action 4 35 0.0% 20.0% 80.0% 0.0%
Action 5 17 0.0% 17.6% 76.5% 5.9%
Action 6 7 0.0% 14.3% 85.7% 0.0%
Action 7 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 2.6% 14 of 533 office actions
Change N/A Percentage points

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

By year

5.5%
1.4%
0.0%
4.8%
3.4%
2.9%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 4. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
25.0% 1/4 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 2/4 decisions
Median appeal duration
30.9 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Dec. 28, 2015 12/153,143 Affirmed §103
Aug. 12, 2014 11/938,136 Affirmed N/A
Apr. 26, 2012 10/015,351 Affirmed in part §103
Mar. 27, 2012 10/348,742 Reversed §102

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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