Examiner Abdallah Abulaban

Grant ratio: 43.4% (50th percentile in Art Unit 3645 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.44. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 43.4%
Average office actions / grant 2.44
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
95685
Primary art unit
3645
Work group
3640
Technology center
3600
Applications
265
Granted applications
115
Examiner phone
(571) 272-4755
Supervisor
Isam Alsomiri
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-6970

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 51 38.2% 1.62
Group 280 52.3% 1.75
Tech Center 2,394 45.5% 2.12
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.32 614 office actions across 265 applications
Applications with office actions 97.4% 258 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 7 2.6%
1 OA 90 34.0%
2 OAs 73 27.5%
3 OAs 43 16.2%
4 OAs 28 10.6%
5+ OAs 24 9.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2020: 33.3% 2020 2021: 41.0% 2021 2022: 87.0% 2022 2023: 76.3% 2023 2024: 73.9% 2024 2025: 30.4% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20206233.3%
2021391641.0%
2022232087.0%
2023382976.3%
2024463473.9%
2025461430.4%
20266700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 258 3.9% 6.2% 85.3% 2.3%
Action 2 168 4.8% 0.6% 76.8% 17.3%
Action 3 95 3.2% 1.1% 84.2% 10.5%
Action 4 52 0.0% 0.0% 96.2% 3.8%
Action 5 24 0.0% 0.0% 95.8% 4.2%
Action 6 13 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 3.0% 10 of 337 office actions
All years 3.4% 21 of 614 office actions
Change -0.5 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

14.3%
2.0%
6.0%
2.0%
2024: AI examples
0.9%
2025: August memo
3.6%
5.6%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 5. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 2 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
40.0% 2/5 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
80.0% 4/5 decisions
Median appeal duration
10.2 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 23, 2026 17/650,428 Reversed N/A
Nov. 5, 2025 17/704,268 Affirmed in part §103
May. 22, 2025 17/199,983 Affirmed §103
Mar. 20, 2025 16/197,940 Affirmed in part New ground of rejection §103
May. 23, 2023 16/139,305 Reversed §103

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 Oct. 30, 2026.

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