Examiner Nashmiya Fayyaz

Grant ratio: 63.0% (16th percentile in Art Unit 2856 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.45. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 63.0%
Average office actions / grant 2.45
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
70757
Primary art unit
2856
Work group
2850
Technology center
2800
Applications
438
Granted applications
276
Examiner phone
(571) 272-2192
Supervisor
Laura Martin
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-2160

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 42 70.4% 1.54
Group 384 59.8% 1.65
Tech Center 2,435 61.3% 1.69
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.37 1,040 office actions across 438 applications
Applications with office actions 99.3% 435 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 3 0.7%
1 OA 160 36.5%
2 OAs 127 29.0%
3 OAs 60 13.7%
4 OAs 41 9.4%
5+ OAs 47 10.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 77.3% 2008 2009: 63.4% 2009 2010: 54.3% 2010 2011: 82.6% 2011 2012: 61.8% 2012 2013: 69.0% 2013 2014: 52.0% 2014 2015: 60.0% 2015 2016: 67.9% 2016 2017: 88.0% 2017 2018: 48.0% 2018 2019: 70.0% 2019 2020: 82.4% 2020 2021: 66.7% 2021 2022: 66.7% 2022 2023: 63.2% 2023 2024: 94.1% 2024 2025: 55.6% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008221777.3%
2009412663.4%
2010351954.3%
2011231982.6%
2012342161.8%
2013292069.0%
2014251352.0%
201515960.0%
2016281967.9%
2017252288.0%
2018251248.0%
2019201470.0%
2020171482.4%
2021151066.7%
202212866.7%
2023191263.2%
2024171694.1%
20259555.6%
20262700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 435 0.7% 3.0% 55.9% 36.3%
Action 2 275 0.0% 1.1% 60.0% 34.9%
Action 3 148 0.7% 0.7% 58.1% 35.8%
Action 4 88 0.0% 1.1% 64.8% 34.1%
Action 5 47 0.0% 2.1% 53.2% 40.4%
Action 6 23 0.0% 4.3% 52.2% 39.1%
Action 7 15 0.0% 0.0% 60.0% 40.0%
Action 8 6 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 33.3%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.9% 1 of 107 office actions
All years 0.4% 4 of 1,040 office actions
Change +0.5 pts Percentage points

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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
1.6%
2.7%
0.0%
1.6%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
3.1%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 9. Merits outcomes: 6 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
22.2% 2/9 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
33.3% 3/9 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.2 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 15, 2025 16/330,455 Affirmed N/A
Feb. 24, 2022 15/435,407 Reversed N/A
Sep. 26, 2019 13/418,016 Affirmed in part §103
Dec. 28, 2017 14/189,043 Reversed §103
Feb. 27, 2017 13/358,612 Affirmed §103
Dec. 29, 2016 12/598,108 Affirmed §103
Oct. 31, 2016 12/009,175 Affirmed §103
Jun. 15, 2015 12/543,458 Affirmed N/A
Nov. 4, 2014 12/756,585 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 Oct. 30, 2026.

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