Examiner Zoha P Tafaghodi
Grant ratio: 76.4% (66th percentile in Art Unit 2437 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.24. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: November 2024
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 30 | 59.1% | 2.12 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 63 | 31.0% |
| 2 OAs | 74 | 36.5% |
| 3 OAs | 32 | 15.8% |
| 4 OAs | 21 | 10.3% |
| 5+ OAs | 13 | 6.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 15 | 14 | 93.3% |
| 2019 | 27 | 21 | 77.8% |
| 2020 | 39 | 33 | 84.6% |
| 2021 | 19 | 14 | 73.7% |
| 2022 | 24 | 20 | 83.3% |
| 2023 | 31 | 18 | 58.1% |
| 2024 | 27 | 19 | 70.4% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 203 | 1.5% | 4.9% | 89.2% | 0.5% |
| Action 2 | 140 | 0.7% | 2.1% | 92.9% | 2.1% |
| Action 3 | 66 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 97.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 34 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 91.2% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 13 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 92.3% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
5.3%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.1%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
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 Aug. 27, 2026.