Examiner Aula Soroush

Potentially inactive Last observed office action: September 2025 (6 months ago).

Examiner Aula Soroush appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.4%, they average 1.42 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.42

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2015-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 652
Granted Applications: 635
Non-Granted Applications: 17
Avg OA / Grant: 1.42
Last OA Observed: September 2025 (6 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2915 , 2922
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.4%	1.42
Art Unit	29	95.1%	1.24
Group	461	95.1%	1.19
Tech Center	486	94.9%	1.20
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2015; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2015	8	8	100.0%
2016	56	55	98.2%
2017	43	40	93.0%
2018	57	56	98.2%
2019	103	101	98.1%
2020	90	88	97.8%
2021	79	75	94.9%
2022	77	76	98.7%
2023	74	74	100.0%
2024	59	57	96.6%
2025	6	5	83.3%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

635 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	652	0.0%	6.9%	1.7%	87.9%
2	196	0.0%	1.5%	3.1%	92.3%
3	57	0.0%	1.8%	0.0%	93.0%
4	14	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
5	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%