Examiner Aqeel Bukhari
Grant ratio: 77.7% (69th percentile in Art Unit 2836 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.31. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 89820
- Primary art unit
- 2836
- Work group
- 2830
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 678
- Granted applications
- 527
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-4382
- Supervisor
- Rexford Barnie
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-7492
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 54 | 69.4% | 1.68 |
| Group | 358 | 65.8% | 1.58 |
| Tech Center | 2,435 | 61.3% | 1.69 |
| USPTO | 16,620 | 51.8% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 1 | 0.1% |
| 1 OA | 514 | 75.8% |
| 2 OAs | 122 | 18.0% |
| 3 OAs | 29 | 4.3% |
| 4 OAs | 8 | 1.2% |
| 5+ OAs | 4 | 0.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 49 | 30 | 61.2% |
| 2014 | 42 | 34 | 81.0% |
| 2015 | 64 | 57 | 89.1% |
| 2016 | 69 | 57 | 82.6% |
| 2017 | 77 | 66 | 85.7% |
| 2018 | 45 | 39 | 86.7% |
| 2019 | 39 | 33 | 84.6% |
| 2020 | 35 | 30 | 85.7% |
| 2021 | 35 | 34 | 97.1% |
| 2022 | 49 | 46 | 93.9% |
| 2023 | 41 | 38 | 92.7% |
| 2024 | 54 | 47 | 87.0% |
| 2025 | 38 | 16 | 42.1% |
| 2026 | 41 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 677 | 0.3% | 31.9% | 61.2% | 2.5% |
| Action 2 | 163 | 0.0% | 14.1% | 79.8% | 3.1% |
| Action 3 | 41 | 0.0% | 7.3% | 90.2% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 12 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 75.0% | 8.3% |
| Action 5 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
2.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
1.7%
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 Oct. 30, 2026.