Examiner Rachid Bendidi
Grant ratio: 77.8% (77th percentile in Art Unit 3667 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.80. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: July 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 89124
- Primary art unit
- 3667
- Work group
- 3660
- Technology center
- 3600
- Applications
- 486
- Granted applications
- 378
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-4896
- Supervisor
- Faris Almatrahi
- Supervisor phone
- (313) 446-4821
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 50 | 51.3% | 1.86 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 282 | 56.9% |
| 2 OAs | 108 | 21.8% |
| 3 OAs | 62 | 12.5% |
| 4 OAs | 29 | 5.8% |
| 5+ OAs | 15 | 3.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 18 | 12 | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 32 | 22 | 68.8% |
| 2014 | 40 | 26 | 65.0% |
| 2015 | 44 | 33 | 75.0% |
| 2016 | 51 | 40 | 78.4% |
| 2017 | 55 | 49 | 89.1% |
| 2018 | 51 | 46 | 90.2% |
| 2019 | 40 | 31 | 77.5% |
| 2020 | 34 | 23 | 67.6% |
| 2021 | 31 | 27 | 87.1% |
| 2022 | 30 | 26 | 86.7% |
| 2023 | 28 | 25 | 89.3% |
| 2024 | 23 | 18 | 78.3% |
| 2025 | 6 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2026 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 496 | 2.4% | 3.0% | 84.7% | 8.7% |
| Action 2 | 214 | 4.2% | 0.5% | 93.0% | 2.3% |
| Action 3 | 106 | 1.9% | 0.0% | 98.1% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 44 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 95.5% | 2.3% |
| Action 5 | 15 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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%
2.4%
2014: Alice
7.7%
0.0%
1.1%
1.3%
0.0%
2019: PEG
1.3%
0.0%
2.9%
6.7%
8.5%
2024: AI examples
4.5%
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.