Examiner Afaq Ali
Grant ratio: 60.0% (20th percentile in Art Unit 2434 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.58. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 96641
- Primary art unit
- 2434
- Work group
- 2430
- Technology center
- 2400
- Applications
- 175
- Granted applications
- 105
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-1571
- Supervisor
- Ali Shayanfar
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-1050
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 12 | 6.9% |
| 1 OA | 90 | 51.4% |
| 2 OAs | 41 | 23.4% |
| 3 OAs | 18 | 10.3% |
| 4 OAs | 8 | 4.6% |
| 5+ OAs | 6 | 3.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26 | 25 | 96.2% |
| 2023 | 37 | 33 | 89.2% |
| 2024 | 39 | 35 | 89.7% |
| 2025 | 23 | 12 | 52.2% |
| 2026 | 50 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 163 | 1.8% | 0.6% | 91.4% | 2.5% |
| Action 2 | 73 | 4.1% | 0.0% | 89.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 3 | 32 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 93.8% | 3.1% |
| Action 4 | 14 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 78.6% | 7.1% |
| Action 5 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
2.2%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
1.6%
2025: August memo
1.8%
4.3%
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 Oct. 30, 2026.