Examiner Sadia Kousar
Grant ratio: 39.5% (29th percentile in Art Unit 2859 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.97. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 96924
- Primary art unit
- 2859
- Work group
- 2850
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 162
- Granted applications
- 64
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-3386
- Supervisor
- Julian Huffman
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-2147
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 56 | 45.9% | 1.72 |
| Group | 380 | 61.0% | 1.65 |
| 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 | 3 | 1.9% |
| 1 OA | 67 | 41.4% |
| 2 OAs | 37 | 22.8% |
| 3 OAs | 29 | 17.9% |
| 4 OAs | 11 | 6.8% |
| 5+ OAs | 15 | 9.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 16 | 12 | 75.0% |
| 2023 | 24 | 17 | 70.8% |
| 2024 | 37 | 23 | 62.2% |
| 2025 | 41 | 12 | 29.3% |
| 2026 | 44 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 159 | 1.3% | 10.7% | 81.8% | 4.4% |
| Action 2 | 92 | 4.3% | 5.4% | 88.0% | 2.2% |
| Action 3 | 55 | 1.8% | 5.5% | 90.9% | 1.8% |
| Action 4 | 26 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 96.2% | 3.8% |
| Action 5 | 15 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 10 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 6 | 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% |
| Action 10 | 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
0.0%
4.9%
2024: AI examples
2.1%
2025: August memo
1.8%
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.