Examiner Ahmed Elnakib
Grant ratio: 69.5% (76th percentile in Art Unit 2834 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.56. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 92026
- Primary art unit
- 2834
- Work group
- 2830
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 616
- Granted applications
- 428
- Examiner phone
- (571) 270-0638
- Supervisor
- Tulsidas Patel
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-2098
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 56 | 56.4% | 1.54 |
| Group | 354 | 67.0% | 1.58 |
| Tech Center | 2,413 | 62.4% | 1.69 |
| 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 | 413 | 67.0% |
| 2 OAs | 122 | 19.8% |
| 3 OAs | 35 | 5.7% |
| 4 OAs | 26 | 4.2% |
| 5+ OAs | 20 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2015 | 18 | 10 | 55.6% |
| 2016 | 45 | 32 | 71.1% |
| 2017 | 44 | 21 | 47.7% |
| 2018 | 50 | 28 | 56.0% |
| 2019 | 61 | 45 | 73.8% |
| 2020 | 65 | 51 | 78.5% |
| 2021 | 68 | 63 | 92.6% |
| 2022 | 51 | 47 | 92.2% |
| 2023 | 58 | 51 | 87.9% |
| 2024 | 43 | 41 | 95.3% |
| 2025 | 70 | 39 | 55.7% |
| 2026 | 42 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 616 | 0.3% | 6.0% | 73.2% | 18.8% |
| Action 2 | 203 | 0.5% | 3.9% | 89.2% | 6.4% |
| Action 3 | 81 | 0.0% | 2.5% | 96.3% | 1.2% |
| Action 4 | 46 | 0.0% | 2.2% | 95.7% | 2.2% |
| Action 5 | 20 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 9 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 9 | 2 | 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
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
2.5%
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.