Examiner Muhammad Awais
Grant ratio: 61.4% (26th percentile in Art Unit 3651 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.44. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 96228
- Primary art unit
- 3651
- Work group
- 3650
- Technology center
- 3600
- Applications
- 220
- Granted applications
- 135
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-4955
- Supervisor
- Gene Crawford
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-6911
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 27 | 65.5% | 1.67 |
| Group | 255 | 56.6% | 1.70 |
| Tech Center | 2,381 | 46.2% | 2.12 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 144 | 65.5% |
| 2 OAs | 54 | 24.5% |
| 3 OAs | 11 | 5.0% |
| 4 OAs | 8 | 3.6% |
| 5+ OAs | 3 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 10 | 9 | 90.0% |
| 2022 | 46 | 35 | 76.1% |
| 2023 | 40 | 35 | 87.5% |
| 2024 | 48 | 42 | 87.5% |
| 2025 | 45 | 14 | 31.1% |
| 2026 | 31 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 220 | 0.5% | 20.0% | 71.4% | 4.5% |
| Action 2 | 76 | 0.0% | 15.8% | 77.6% | 3.9% |
| Action 3 | 22 | 0.0% | 13.6% | 81.8% | 4.5% |
| Action 4 | 11 | 0.0% | 9.1% | 90.9% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 3 | 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
0.0%
0.0%
1.7%
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
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.