Examiner Fatima Farokhrooz

Grant ratio: 43.3% (8th percentile in Art Unit 2875 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.55. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 43.3%
Average office actions / grant 2.55
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
83594
Primary art unit
2875
Work group
2870
Technology center
2800
Applications
909
Granted applications
394
Examiner phone
(571) 272-6043

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 63 60.1% 1.81
Group 351 61.2% 1.71
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.66 2,417 office actions across 909 applications
Applications with office actions 99.9% 908 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 1 0.1%
1 OA 298 32.8%
2 OAs 252 27.7%
3 OAs 122 13.4%
4 OAs 111 12.2%
5+ OAs 125 13.8%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 20.0% 2008 2009: 29.3% 2009 2010: 39.5% 2010 2011: 55.6% 2011 2012: 44.7% 2012 2013: 38.9% 2013 2014: 39.1% 2014 2015: 34.3% 2015 2016: 59.3% 2016 2017: 42.9% 2017 2018: 56.7% 2018 2019: 61.7% 2019 2020: 58.9% 2020 2021: 60.5% 2021 2022: 60.9% 2022 2023: 55.6% 2023 2024: 41.7% 2024 2025: 20.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200830620.0%
2009581729.3%
2010431739.5%
2011452555.6%
2012472144.7%
2013542138.9%
2014461839.1%
2015351234.3%
2016543259.3%
2017421842.9%
2018673856.7%
2019472961.7%
2020563358.9%
2021432660.5%
2022462860.9%
2023452555.6%
2024482041.7%
202539820.5%
20266400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 908 0.1% 3.6% 94.1% 0.3%
Action 2 610 0.2% 2.8% 96.1% 0.5%
Action 3 358 0.0% 1.1% 97.5% 0.3%
Action 4 236 0.0% 0.8% 98.3% 0.4%
Action 5 125 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 80 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 43 0.0% 2.3% 95.3% 0.0%
Action 8 28 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 13 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 8 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 366 office actions
All years 0.1% 2 of 2,417 office actions
Change -0.1 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
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: 4 affirmed, 3 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
22.2% 2/9 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
55.6% 5/9 decisions
Median appeal duration
14.4 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Feb. 7, 2025 16/398,331 Affirmed in part §103 · §112 · §120
Jun. 14, 2024 16/757,439 Reversed §103
Mar. 13, 2023 16/983,031 Affirmed in part §103 · §112
Jun. 7, 2022 16/633,222 Affirmed §103
May. 15, 2019 13/022,142 Affirmed §103 · §112
Oct. 4, 2017 12/759,744 Affirmed §103
May. 30, 2017 12/845,408 Affirmed in part §102 · §103 · §112
Sep. 8, 2016 12/729,788 Reversed §103
Jul. 2, 2013 11/175,808 Affirmed N/A

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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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