Examiner Abolfazl Tabatabai
Grant ratio: 91.8% (96th percentile in Art Unit 2666 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.11. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: April 2020
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 38 | 64.4% | 1.71 |
| Group | 289 | 63.2% | 1.66 |
| 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 | 692 | 89.5% |
| 2 OAs | 76 | 9.8% |
| 3 OAs | 5 | 0.6% |
| 4 OAs | 0 | 0.0% |
| 5+ OAs | 0 | 0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 36 | 31 | 86.1% |
| 2009 | 74 | 64 | 86.5% |
| 2010 | 66 | 56 | 84.8% |
| 2011 | 63 | 56 | 88.9% |
| 2012 | 89 | 84 | 94.4% |
| 2013 | 88 | 84 | 95.5% |
| 2014 | 63 | 60 | 95.2% |
| 2015 | 64 | 61 | 95.3% |
| 2016 | 67 | 66 | 98.5% |
| 2017 | 67 | 58 | 86.6% |
| 2018 | 59 | 55 | 93.2% |
| 2019 | 31 | 29 | 93.5% |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 100.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 773 | 15.5% | 21.6% | 44.4% | 2.6% |
| Action 2 | 81 | 7.4% | 22.2% | 48.1% | 2.5% |
| Action 3 | 5 | 0.0% | 40.0% | 40.0% | 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
15.6%
12.6%
10.0%
9.7%
19.0%
8.1%
2014: Alice
4.3%
11.1%
6.8%
26.0%
38.3%
2019: PEG
16.1%
66.7%
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.