Examiner Sepideh Ghafari
Grant ratio: 46.2% (11th percentile in Art Unit 2626 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.22. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2016
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 26 | 59.6% | 2.20 |
| Group | 279 | 55.5% | 2.00 |
| Tech Center | 1,754 | 57.4% | 1.88 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 44 | 33.8% |
| 2 OAs | 41 | 31.5% |
| 3 OAs | 13 | 10.0% |
| 4 OAs | 16 | 12.3% |
| 5+ OAs | 16 | 12.3% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4 | 3 | 75.0% |
| 2011 | 20 | 11 | 55.0% |
| 2012 | 29 | 16 | 55.2% |
| 2013 | 17 | 8 | 47.1% |
| 2014 | 22 | 10 | 45.5% |
| 2015 | 23 | 7 | 30.4% |
| 2016 | 15 | 5 | 33.3% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 130 | 0.8% | 21.5% | 58.5% | 2.3% |
| Action 2 | 86 | 0.0% | 17.4% | 70.9% | 2.3% |
| Action 3 | 45 | 0.0% | 13.3% | 68.9% | 2.2% |
| Action 4 | 32 | 0.0% | 3.1% | 84.4% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 16 | 0.0% | 6.3% | 93.8% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 7 | 0.0% | 14.3% | 85.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 4 | 0.0% | 25.0% | 75.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 2 | 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% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
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%
0.0%
1.9%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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.