Examiner Neel D Shah
Grant ratio: 78.0% (88th percentile in Art Unit 2868 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: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 90397
- Primary art unit
- 2868
- Work group
- 2860
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 654
- Granted applications
- 510
- Examiner phone
- (571) 270-3766
- Supervisor
- Judy Nguyen
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-2258
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 14 | 73.3% | 1.72 |
| Group | 130 | 66.9% | 1.82 |
| 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 | 2 | 0.3% |
| 1 OA | 426 | 65.1% |
| 2 OAs | 144 | 22.0% |
| 3 OAs | 52 | 8.0% |
| 4 OAs | 21 | 3.2% |
| 5+ OAs | 9 | 1.4% |
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 | 7 | 4 | 57.1% |
| 2014 | 45 | 37 | 82.2% |
| 2015 | 37 | 31 | 83.8% |
| 2016 | 46 | 38 | 82.6% |
| 2017 | 46 | 36 | 78.3% |
| 2018 | 68 | 51 | 75.0% |
| 2019 | 55 | 48 | 87.3% |
| 2020 | 49 | 46 | 93.9% |
| 2021 | 41 | 39 | 95.1% |
| 2022 | 66 | 60 | 90.9% |
| 2023 | 48 | 45 | 93.8% |
| 2024 | 57 | 53 | 93.0% |
| 2025 | 52 | 22 | 42.3% |
| 2026 | 37 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 652 | 5.2% | 22.1% | 69.3% | 1.7% |
| Action 2 | 226 | 8.4% | 8.0% | 77.4% | 3.5% |
| Action 3 | 82 | 8.5% | 9.8% | 79.3% | 2.4% |
| Action 4 | 30 | 13.3% | 10.0% | 76.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 9 | 0.0% | 11.1% | 88.9% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 1 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
2.1%
0.0%
11.1%
2019: PEG
4.9%
1.6%
1.8%
2.6%
6.6%
2024: AI examples
30.3%
2025: August memo
14.5%
18.4%
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.