Examiner Mohamed Ibrahim

Grant ratio: 79.2% (90th percentile in Art Unit 2444 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.09. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 79.2%
Average office actions / grant 2.09
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
82187
Primary art unit
2444
Work group
2440
Technology center
2400
Applications
665
Granted applications
527
Examiner phone
(571) 270-1132
Supervisor
John Follansbee
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-3964

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 30 64.2% 2.35
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 2.08 1,381 office actions across 665 applications
Applications with office actions 98.0% 652 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 13 2.0%
1 OA 251 37.7%
2 OAs 236 35.5%
3 OAs 71 10.7%
4 OAs 56 8.4%
5+ OAs 38 5.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 54.5% 2008 2009: 59.4% 2009 2010: 79.4% 2010 2011: 85.4% 2011 2012: 91.8% 2012 2013: 87.2% 2013 2014: 80.0% 2014 2015: 83.3% 2015 2016: 87.5% 2016 2017: 92.3% 2017 2018: 84.2% 2018 2019: 82.9% 2019 2020: 100.0% 2020 2021: 90.3% 2021 2022: 100.0% 2022 2023: 81.5% 2023 2024: 84.4% 2024 2025: 41.4% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008221254.5%
2009321959.4%
2010342779.4%
2011484185.4%
2012615691.8%
2013393487.2%
2014403280.0%
2015302583.3%
2016322887.5%
2017393692.3%
2018383284.2%
2019413482.9%
20202929100.0%
2021312890.3%
20223333100.0%
2023272281.5%
2024322784.4%
2025291241.4%
20262800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 652 1.1% 19.9% 75.3% 0.2%
Action 2 401 0.7% 11.5% 81.5% 0.0%
Action 3 165 0.0% 5.5% 89.7% 0.6%
Action 4 94 0.0% 4.3% 92.6% 1.1%
Action 5 38 0.0% 2.6% 89.5% 2.6%
Action 6 19 0.0% 10.5% 84.2% 0.0%
Action 7 7 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 163 office actions
All years 0.7% 10 of 1,381 office actions
Change -0.7 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%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
3.1%
1.5%
2.7%
1.4%
2019: PEG
0.0%
1.9%
0.0%
4.3%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 23. Merits outcomes: 11 affirmed, 3 affirmed in part, and 8 reversed.

Full reversal rate
36.4% 8/22 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 11/22 decisions
Median appeal duration
30.2 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 17, 2026 18/270,710 Reversed §103
Apr. 26, 2023 16/724,282 Affirmed in part §103
Feb. 9, 2023 16/576,663 Affirmed §103
Dec. 21, 2021 15/436,951 Reversed §103
Oct. 21, 2021 15/516,726 Affirmed §103
Sep. 30, 2016 11/125,032 Affirmed §103 · §112
Jan. 7, 2016 12/578,048 Affirmed N/A
Sep. 30, 2015 11/403,596 Affirmed N/A
Mar. 27, 2015 11/856,808 Affirmed §103
Jan. 30, 2015 11/029,256 Reversed N/A
Oct. 9, 2014 12/575,254 Reversed §101 · §103
Aug. 20, 2014 10/453,260 Affirmed N/A

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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