Examiner Prabodh M. Dharia
Grant ratio: 82.2% (96th percentile in Art Unit 2693 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.76. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 79172
- Primary art unit
- 2693
- Work group
- 2690
- Technology center
- 2600
- Applications
- 1,277
- Granted applications
- 1,050
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-7668
- Supervisor
- Benjamin Lee
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-2963
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 15 | 64.8% | 2.05 |
| Group | 96 | 51.2% | 2.11 |
| 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 | 6 | 0.5% |
| 1 OA | 711 | 55.7% |
| 2 OAs | 361 | 28.3% |
| 3 OAs | 110 | 8.6% |
| 4 OAs | 48 | 3.8% |
| 5+ OAs | 41 | 3.2% |
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 | 73 | 43 | 58.9% |
| 2009 | 84 | 63 | 75.0% |
| 2010 | 79 | 65 | 82.3% |
| 2011 | 82 | 70 | 85.4% |
| 2012 | 98 | 78 | 79.6% |
| 2013 | 68 | 55 | 80.9% |
| 2014 | 73 | 61 | 83.6% |
| 2015 | 55 | 51 | 92.7% |
| 2016 | 61 | 54 | 88.5% |
| 2017 | 58 | 44 | 75.9% |
| 2018 | 60 | 54 | 90.0% |
| 2019 | 52 | 46 | 88.5% |
| 2020 | 75 | 68 | 90.7% |
| 2021 | 68 | 66 | 97.1% |
| 2022 | 73 | 71 | 97.3% |
| 2023 | 65 | 62 | 95.4% |
| 2024 | 71 | 67 | 94.4% |
| 2025 | 59 | 32 | 54.2% |
| 2026 | 23 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 1,271 | 1.5% | 10.5% | 67.3% | 1.8% |
| Action 2 | 560 | 0.4% | 17.0% | 67.0% | 2.1% |
| Action 3 | 199 | 0.5% | 13.1% | 73.4% | 3.0% |
| Action 4 | 89 | 1.1% | 11.2% | 79.8% | 2.2% |
| Action 5 | 41 | 0.0% | 7.3% | 80.5% | 4.9% |
| Action 6 | 21 | 0.0% | 4.8% | 81.0% | 14.3% |
| Action 7 | 8 | 12.5% | 12.5% | 75.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 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
0.6%
0.5%
0.0%
1.9%
1.3%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.7%
0.0%
2.1%
2.3%
1.0%
2019: PEG
1.1%
0.0%
2.5%
2.7%
1.4%
2024: AI examples
2.6%
2025: August memo
0.0%
4.3%
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.