Examiner Ebrahim Golabbakhsh

Grant ratio: 79.9% (91st percentile in Art Unit 2452 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.18. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: November 2015
Grant ratio 79.9%
Average office actions / grant 2.18
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
85641
Primary art unit
2452
Work group
2450
Technology center
2400
Applications
268
Granted applications
214

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 20 64.1% 2.20
Group 210 57.4% 2.41
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.16 580 office actions across 268 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 268 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 118 44.0%
2 OAs 72 26.9%
3 OAs 34 12.7%
4 OAs 26 9.7%
5+ OAs 18 6.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 33.3% 2008 2009: 47.4% 2009 2010: 80.0% 2010 2011: 73.5% 2011 2012: 82.9% 2012 2013: 78.0% 2013 2014: 88.9% 2014 2015: 91.9% 2015

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20083133.3%
200919947.4%
2010302480.0%
2011342573.5%
2012413482.9%
2013503978.0%
2014544888.9%
2015373491.9%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 268 1.9% 11.2% 82.5% 1.5%
Action 2 150 0.7% 8.7% 86.7% 2.7%
Action 3 78 0.0% 2.6% 97.4% 0.0%
Action 4 44 2.3% 2.3% 93.2% 0.0%
Action 5 18 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 11 0.0% 0.0% 90.9% 9.1%
Action 7 6 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 1.2% 7 of 580 office actions
Change N/A 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%
2.3%
1.1%
0.0%
2014: Alice
3.8%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 8. Merits outcomes: 5 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
25.0% 2/8 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
37.5% 3/8 decisions
Median appeal duration
31.0 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 23, 2015 12/050,811 Affirmed N/A
May. 1, 2015 11/115,335 Affirmed N/A
Apr. 23, 2015 12/334,202 Affirmed N/A
Jan. 22, 2015 11/742,126 Reversed N/A
Jun. 10, 2014 12/114,295 Affirmed §103
May. 13, 2014 11/777,353 Affirmed in part §103
Apr. 10, 2014 11/776,216 Reversed §102
Jan. 22, 2014 11/483,347 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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