Examiner Peter C. Mehravari

Grant ratio: 57.8% (35th percentile in Art Unit 2612 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.93. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: July 2013
Grant ratio 57.8%
Average office actions / grant 1.93
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
87059
Primary art unit
2612
Work group
2610
Technology center
2600
Applications
128
Granted applications
74

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 45 52.0% 1.75
Group 291 49.1% 1.92
Tech Center 1,754 57.4% 1.88
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.90 243 office actions across 128 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 128 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 62 48.4%
2 OAs 42 32.8%
3 OAs 11 8.6%
4 OAs 6 4.7%
5+ OAs 7 5.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2010: 47.6% 2010 2011: 70.0% 2011 2012: 60.5% 2012 2013: 21.4% 2013

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2010211047.6%
2011503570.0%
2012432660.5%
201314321.4%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 128 2.3% 3.9% 71.1% 14.8%
Action 2 66 0.0% 3.0% 77.3% 9.1%
Action 3 24 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 4 13 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 7 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 5 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 20.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 1.2% 3 of 243 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%
3.1%
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 1. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
32.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 11, 2014 11/633,751 Affirmed §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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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