Examiner Mahabub S Ahmed

Grant ratio: 72.8% (43rd percentile in Art Unit 2434 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.67. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: September 2026
Grant ratio 72.8%
Average office actions / grant 1.67
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
93805
Primary art unit
2434
Work group
2430
Technology center
2400
Applications
320
Granted applications
233
Examiner phone
(571) 272-0364

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 33 64.4% 1.70
Group 234 61.1% 1.99
Tech Center 1,771 57.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.67 533 office actions across 320 applications
Applications with office actions 98.4% 315 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 5 1.6%
1 OA 185 57.8%
2 OAs 82 25.6%
3 OAs 21 6.6%
4 OAs 20 6.3%
5+ OAs 7 2.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2018: 75.0% 2018 2019: 66.7% 2019 2020: 82.1% 2020 2021: 91.7% 2021 2022: 95.0% 2022 2023: 93.5% 2023 2024: 84.1% 2024 2025: 51.4% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2018161275.0%
2019422866.7%
2020282382.1%
2021363391.7%
2022403895.0%
2023464393.5%
2024443784.1%
2025371951.4%
20263100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 315 0.3% 2.2% 82.5% 4.4%
Action 2 130 3.1% 2.3% 83.8% 2.3%
Action 3 48 0.0% 0.0% 89.6% 8.3%
Action 4 27 0.0% 0.0% 96.3% 0.0%
Action 5 7 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 4 25.0% 0.0% 75.0% 0.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.6% 1 of 161 office actions
All years 1.1% 6 of 533 office actions
Change -0.5 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
2019: PEG
2.1%
1.9%
1.6%
0.0%
1.6%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
2.9%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 3. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
33.3% 1/3 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
33.3% 1/3 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.1 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 31, 2023 15/439,553 Affirmed §103
Apr. 21, 2023 16/701,765 Affirmed §103
Dec. 27, 2021 15/438,779 Reversed §102 · §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 Oct. 30, 2026.

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