Examiner Farid Seyedvosoghi

Grant ratio: 75.9% (53rd percentile in Art Unit 2645 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.60. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 75.9%
Average office actions / grant 1.60
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
92267
Primary art unit
2645
Work group
2640
Technology center
2600
Applications
477
Granted applications
362
Examiner phone
(571) 272-9679
Supervisor
Anthony S. Addy
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7795

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 34 62.4% 2.16
Group 226 57.7% 2.06
Tech Center 1,754 57.4% 1.88
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.65 785 office actions across 477 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 477 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 324 67.9%
2 OAs 71 14.9%
3 OAs 41 8.6%
4 OAs 20 4.2%
5+ OAs 21 4.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2015: 64.3% 2015 2016: 66.7% 2016 2017: 66.7% 2017 2018: 72.5% 2018 2019: 73.9% 2019 2020: 85.7% 2020 2021: 94.4% 2021 2022: 86.0% 2022 2023: 94.6% 2023 2024: 96.7% 2024 2025: 47.9% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201514964.3%
2016332266.7%
2017302066.7%
2018402972.5%
2019231773.9%
2020635485.7%
2021363494.4%
2022504386.0%
2023565394.6%
2024605896.7%
2025482347.9%
20262400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 477 2.7% 4.0% 86.2% 1.5%
Action 2 153 0.0% 3.3% 90.8% 0.7%
Action 3 82 0.0% 0.0% 97.6% 0.0%
Action 4 41 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 21 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 9 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 3.1% 5 of 162 office actions
All years 1.7% 13 of 785 office actions
Change +1.4 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
2.2%
0.0%
6.8%
3.0%
2024: AI examples
4.6%
2025: August memo
4.1%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 3. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
66.7% 2/3 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
66.7% 2/3 decisions
Median appeal duration
14.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 7, 2020 13/529,088 Reversed §103
Nov. 4, 2019 15/237,690 Reversed §103
Aug. 8, 2018 14/448,863 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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