Examiner Hamza Algibhah

Grant ratio: 71.6% (49th percentile in Art Unit 2454 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.38. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 71.6%
Average office actions / grant 2.38
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
85658
Primary art unit
2454
Work group
2440
Technology center
2400
Applications
760
Granted applications
544
Examiner phone
(571) 270-7212
Supervisor
Wing Chan
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7493

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 42 63.7% 2.14
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 2.41 1,828 office actions across 760 applications
Applications with office actions 99.2% 754 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 6 0.8%
1 OA 324 42.6%
2 OAs 170 22.4%
3 OAs 92 12.1%
4 OAs 64 8.4%
5+ OAs 104 13.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 0.0% 2008 2009: 50.0% 2009 2010: 52.9% 2010 2011: 59.5% 2011 2012: 73.2% 2012 2013: 77.6% 2013 2014: 74.4% 2014 2015: 82.1% 2015 2016: 78.7% 2016 2017: 90.0% 2017 2018: 82.9% 2018 2019: 72.5% 2019 2020: 87.8% 2020 2021: 97.7% 2021 2022: 80.0% 2022 2023: 90.5% 2023 2024: 89.1% 2024 2025: 41.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008100.0%
2009281450.0%
2010341852.9%
2011422559.5%
2012413073.2%
2013584577.6%
2014433274.4%
2015393282.1%
2016473778.7%
2017504590.0%
2018413482.9%
2019402972.5%
2020413687.8%
2021434297.7%
2022302480.0%
2023423890.5%
2024464189.1%
2025532241.5%
20264100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 754 3.3% 19.5% 70.3% 1.2%
Action 2 430 2.1% 13.0% 83.3% 0.5%
Action 3 260 0.8% 7.3% 90.8% 0.0%
Action 4 168 0.6% 3.6% 95.2% 0.0%
Action 5 104 1.0% 1.9% 94.2% 1.0%
Action 6 63 0.0% 1.6% 96.8% 0.0%
Action 7 26 0.0% 0.0% 96.2% 3.8%
Action 8 16 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 1.6% 4 of 247 office actions
All years 2.1% 38 of 1,828 office actions
Change -0.5 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%
0.6%
0.7%
3.8%
0.7%
2014: Alice
1.9%
2.3%
5.8%
4.4%
2.5%
2019: PEG
3.2%
0.0%
6.5%
3.6%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
4.1%
2025: August memo
1.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 17. Merits outcomes: 10 affirmed, 2 affirmed in part, and 5 reversed.

Full reversal rate
29.4% 5/17 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
41.2% 7/17 decisions
Median appeal duration
19.8 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Dec. 29, 2025 17/827,495 Affirmed in part §103
Nov. 20, 2025 18/322,340 Reversed §103
Dec. 31, 2024 16/864,000 Affirmed §102
Apr. 14, 2023 16/573,930 Reversed §102 · §103
Feb. 14, 2022 14/854,084 Affirmed §103
Dec. 29, 2021 14/537,699 Affirmed §103
Feb. 26, 2019 14/702,533 Reversed §102 · §103
Apr. 26, 2017 12/627,888 Reversed §103
Oct. 13, 2016 12/794,094 Reversed §102 · §112
Aug. 12, 2016 12/438,693 Affirmed §103
Apr. 18, 2016 12/277,562 Affirmed N/A
Mar. 11, 2015 11/874,574 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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