Examiner Nilufa Rahim
Grant ratio: 68.3% (59th percentile in Art Unit 2893 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.02. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 91257
- Primary art unit
- 2893
- Work group
- 2890
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 499
- Granted applications
- 341
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-8926
- Supervisor
- Yara J. Green
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-3035
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 46 | 50.2% | 1.68 |
| Group | 288 | 53.7% | 1.76 |
| 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 | 1 | 0.2% |
| 1 OA | 200 | 40.1% |
| 2 OAs | 160 | 32.1% |
| 3 OAs | 86 | 17.2% |
| 4 OAs | 33 | 6.6% |
| 5+ OAs | 19 | 3.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 8 | 6 | 75.0% |
| 2015 | 33 | 22 | 66.7% |
| 2016 | 28 | 21 | 75.0% |
| 2017 | 35 | 23 | 65.7% |
| 2018 | 53 | 39 | 73.6% |
| 2019 | 57 | 51 | 89.5% |
| 2020 | 48 | 41 | 85.4% |
| 2021 | 47 | 40 | 85.1% |
| 2022 | 39 | 36 | 92.3% |
| 2023 | 22 | 19 | 86.4% |
| 2024 | 15 | 14 | 93.3% |
| 2025 | 60 | 29 | 48.3% |
| 2026 | 54 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 498 | 0.6% | 9.6% | 85.1% | 2.8% |
| Action 2 | 298 | 0.0% | 9.7% | 84.2% | 3.4% |
| Action 3 | 138 | 0.0% | 7.2% | 87.0% | 5.8% |
| Action 4 | 52 | 0.0% | 3.8% | 90.4% | 3.8% |
| Action 5 | 19 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 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
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.2%
2024: AI examples
2.3%
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 Aug. 27, 2026.