Examiner Omar S. Ismail
Grant ratio: 82.9% (77th percentile in Art Unit 2637 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.33. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 90869
- Primary art unit
- 2637
- Work group
- 2630
- Technology center
- 2600
- Applications
- 840
- Granted applications
- 696
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-9799
- Supervisor
- David Payne
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-3024
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 15 | 70.8% | 1.54 |
| Group | 104 | 68.1% | 1.65 |
| 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 | 666 | 79.3% |
| 2 OAs | 122 | 14.5% |
| 3 OAs | 31 | 3.7% |
| 4 OAs | 13 | 1.5% |
| 5+ OAs | 8 | 1.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 36 | 29 | 80.6% |
| 2015 | 46 | 39 | 84.8% |
| 2016 | 58 | 51 | 87.9% |
| 2017 | 65 | 56 | 86.2% |
| 2018 | 67 | 61 | 91.0% |
| 2019 | 74 | 68 | 91.9% |
| 2020 | 88 | 82 | 93.2% |
| 2021 | 68 | 67 | 98.5% |
| 2022 | 77 | 72 | 93.5% |
| 2023 | 69 | 65 | 94.2% |
| 2024 | 71 | 69 | 97.2% |
| 2025 | 79 | 37 | 46.8% |
| 2026 | 42 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 840 | 1.1% | 3.3% | 59.3% | 9.6% |
| Action 2 | 174 | 2.3% | 5.2% | 43.7% | 20.7% |
| Action 3 | 52 | 3.8% | 7.7% | 40.4% | 19.2% |
| Action 4 | 21 | 0.0% | 9.5% | 57.1% | 9.5% |
| Action 5 | 8 | 0.0% | 12.5% | 50.0% | 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
2014: Alice
0.0%
3.4%
3.8%
6.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.2%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
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.