Examiner Sayeda Salma Nahar

Grant ratio: 23.8% (2nd percentile in Art Unit 2491 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.40. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 23.8%
Average office actions / grant 2.40
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
98465
Primary art unit
2491
Work group
2490
Technology center
2400
Applications
63
Granted applications
15
Examiner phone
(703) 756-4609

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 27 61.2% 2.40
Group 198 61.4% 2.06
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.54 160 office actions across 63 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 63 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 16 25.4%
2 OAs 18 28.6%
3 OAs 15 23.8%
4 OAs 8 12.7%
5+ OAs 6 9.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2023: 100.0% 2023 2024: 69.2% 2024 2025: 21.7% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202311100.0%
202413969.2%
202523521.7%
20262600.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 63 1.6% 1.6% 92.1% 1.6%
Action 2 47 0.0% 0.0% 97.9% 0.0%
Action 3 29 3.4% 0.0% 96.6% 0.0%
Action 4 14 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 6 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 1.3% 2 of 159 office actions
All years 1.3% 2 of 160 office actions
Change +0.0 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%
2024: AI examples
1.7%
2025: August memo
0.0%
3.2%

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.

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