Examiner Adnan Mirza

Grant ratio: 78.8% (79th percentile in Art Unit 2443 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.95. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 78.8%
Average office actions / grant 1.95
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
79322
Primary art unit
2443
Work group
2440
Technology center
2400
Applications
1,053
Granted applications
830
Examiner phone
(571) 272-3885

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 23 55.7% 2.65
Group 208 56.0% 2.42
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.00 2,114 office actions across 1,059 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 1,059 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 494 46.6%
2 OAs 317 29.9%
3 OAs 132 12.5%
4 OAs 62 5.9%
5+ OAs 54 5.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2007: 0.0% 2007 2008: 56.5% 2008 2009: 72.0% 2009 2010: 57.1% 2010 2011: 87.2% 2011 2012: 84.3% 2012 2013: 92.5% 2013 2014: 82.0% 2014 2015: 85.4% 2015 2016: 94.5% 2016 2017: 89.6% 2017 2018: 94.8% 2018 2019: 88.0% 2019 2020: 95.4% 2020 2021: 93.3% 2021 2022: 96.1% 2022 2023: 80.0% 2023 2024: 69.0% 2024 2025: 37.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2007100.0%
2008231356.5%
2009503672.0%
2010281657.1%
2011786887.2%
2012897584.3%
2013403792.5%
2014504182.0%
2015484185.4%
2016555294.5%
2017776989.6%
2018585594.8%
2019837388.0%
2020656295.4%
2021605693.3%
2022514996.1%
2023453680.0%
2024422969.0%
2025592237.3%
20265100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,059 4.2% 18.3% 54.9% 1.3%
Action 2 565 2.7% 15.2% 69.7% 1.8%
Action 3 248 4.4% 16.5% 71.0% 3.2%
Action 4 116 3.4% 20.7% 70.7% 2.6%
Action 5 54 3.7% 18.5% 75.9% 1.9%
Action 6 35 2.9% 14.3% 80.0% 0.0%
Action 7 18 0.0% 5.6% 88.9% 0.0%
Action 8 10 0.0% 10.0% 90.0% 0.0%
Action 9 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 11.1% 37 of 334 office actions
All years 3.6% 77 of 2,114 office actions
Change +7.4 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%
0.7%
2.2%
2.2%
1.2%
2.7%
2014: Alice
2.2%
3.7%
2.0%
3.5%
6.1%
2019: PEG
3.2%
1.2%
1.1%
2.7%
4.9%
2024: AI examples
1.8%
2025: August memo
16.0%
20.6%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 37. Merits outcomes: 5 affirmed, 5 affirmed in part, and 27 reversed.

Full reversal rate
73.0% 27/37 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
86.5% 32/37 decisions
Median appeal duration
24.0 months
New grounds of rejection
3
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 1, 2026 17/734,264 Reversed §103
Mar. 6, 2026 17/616,242 Affirmed in part §103
Aug. 25, 2022 15/288,002 Reversed §103
Mar. 21, 2022 13/788,363 Reversed §102
Apr. 2, 2021 15/008,818 Reversed §103 · §112
Sep. 14, 2020 14/709,587 Affirmed New ground of rejection §101 · §103 · §120
Mar. 20, 2020 13/042,375 Reversed §102 · §103 · §112
Oct. 16, 2019 13/381,270 Affirmed in part §102
Jul. 31, 2019 14/649,237 Reversed N/A
May. 24, 2019 13/925,166 Reversed §103
Sep. 25, 2018 13/748,147 Reversed §101 · §103
Sep. 17, 2018 14/729,168 Reversed §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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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