Examiner Gita Faramarzi

Grant ratio: 32.3% (45th percentile in Art Unit 2496 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.81. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 32.3%
Average office actions / grant 2.81
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
89584
Primary art unit
2496
Work group
2490
Technology center
2400
Applications
130
Granted applications
42
Examiner phone
(571) 272-0248
Supervisor
Jorge L. Ortiz-Criado
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7624

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 15 43.8% 2.25
Group 202 60.0% 2.06
Tech Center 1,771 57.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 3.11 407 office actions across 131 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 131 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 34 26.0%
2 OAs 24 18.3%
3 OAs 18 13.7%
4 OAs 29 22.1%
5+ OAs 26 19.8%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2012: 100.0% 2012 2013: 85.7% 2013 2014: 88.9% 2014 2022: 33.3% 2022 2023: 47.8% 2023 2024: 40.0% 2024 2025: 7.1% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201211100.0%
2013141285.7%
20149888.9%
20223133.3%
2023231147.8%
202420840.0%
20251417.1%
20264600.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 131 1.5% 0.8% 96.2% 1.5%
Action 2 97 2.1% 1.0% 93.8% 2.1%
Action 3 73 1.4% 1.4% 97.3% 0.0%
Action 4 55 1.8% 0.0% 98.2% 0.0%
Action 5 26 0.0% 0.0% 96.2% 3.8%
Action 6 12 0.0% 8.3% 91.7% 0.0%
Action 7 7 0.0% 0.0% 85.7% 0.0%
Action 8 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 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 2.4% 5 of 211 office actions
All years 1.5% 6 of 407 office actions
Change +0.9 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
3.4%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
3.6%
2025: August memo
4.3%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 6. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 3 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 3/6 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
66.7% 4/6 decisions
Median appeal duration
6.9 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Oct. 30, 2026 17/525,093 Affirmed in part §103
Jul. 6, 2026 17/518,755 Reversed N/A
Dec. 23, 2025 16/936,229 Affirmed §103
Sep. 9, 2025 16/940,876 Reversed §103 · §112
Apr. 17, 2025 17/011,243 Affirmed §103 · §112
Jun. 25, 2024 17/035,173 Reversed §102 · §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 Oct. 30, 2026.

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