Examiner Mahmoud M Kazimi

Grant ratio: 48.6% (45th percentile in Art Unit 3662 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.52. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 48.6%
Average office actions / grant 2.52
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
93822
Primary art unit
3662
Work group
3660
Technology center
3600
Applications
251
Granted applications
122
Examiner phone
(571) 272-3436
Supervisor
Erin Bishop
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-3713

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 50 55.2% 1.96
Group 454 54.1% 1.86
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.54 640 office actions across 252 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 252 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 74 29.4%
2 OAs 75 29.8%
3 OAs 44 17.5%
4 OAs 33 13.1%
5+ OAs 26 10.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2018: 88.9% 2018 2019: 60.7% 2019 2020: 58.3% 2020 2021: 71.4% 2021 2022: 54.2% 2022 2023: 75.0% 2023 2024: 66.7% 2024 2025: 30.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20189888.9%
2019281760.7%
2020241458.3%
2021282071.4%
2022241354.2%
2023241875.0%
2024302066.7%
2025401230.0%
20264400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 252 5.2% 4.0% 86.1% 3.2%
Action 2 178 4.5% 1.1% 93.3% 1.1%
Action 3 103 5.8% 0.0% 93.2% 1.0%
Action 4 59 18.6% 1.7% 81.4% 0.0%
Action 5 26 11.5% 0.0% 88.5% 0.0%
Action 6 12 8.3% 0.0% 83.3% 8.3%
Action 7 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 8.9% 25 of 280 office actions
All years 6.6% 42 of 640 office actions
Change +2.4 pts Percentage points

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

By year

8.3%
2019: PEG
1.4%
0.0%
1.4%
10.0%
6.5%
2024: AI examples
11.0%
2025: August memo
2.8%
20.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 6. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 4 reversed.

Full reversal rate
66.7% 4/6 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
66.7% 4/6 decisions
Median appeal duration
9.6 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Oct. 23, 2025 16/590,777 Affirmed §101
Sep. 11, 2025 16/664,452 Reversed §101
Jan. 28, 2025 16/419,128 Affirmed §101 · §102 · §103
Mar. 31, 2023 16/343,259 Reversed N/A
Mar. 11, 2021 15/736,145 Reversed New ground of rejection §103 · §112
Oct. 29, 2020 15/557,145 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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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