Examiner Jeffrey Chalhoub

Grant ratio: 45.1% (42nd percentile in Art Unit 3667 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.28. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 45.1%
Average office actions / grant 2.28
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
96323
Primary art unit
3667
Work group
3660
Technology center
3600
Applications
175
Granted applications
79
Examiner phone
(571) 272-9754

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage 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

Average office actions per application 2.05 358 office actions across 175 applications
Applications with office actions 90.9% 159 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 16 9.1%
1 OA 48 27.4%
2 OAs 70 40.0%
3 OAs 9 5.1%
4 OAs 20 11.4%
5+ OAs 12 6.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2021: 100.0% 2021 2022: 56.3% 2022 2023: 64.9% 2023 2024: 65.6% 2024 2025: 28.6% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202144100.0%
2022321856.3%
2023372464.9%
2024322165.6%
2025421228.6%
20262800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 159 9.4% 6.3% 77.4% 8.2%
Action 2 111 8.1% 4.5% 82.9% 6.3%
Action 3 41 7.3% 0.0% 90.2% 2.4%
Action 4 32 6.3% 0.0% 93.8% 0.0%
Action 5 12 8.3% 0.0% 91.7% 0.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 14.6% 30 of 205 office actions
All years 8.4% 30 of 358 office actions
Change +6.3 pts Percentage points

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%
1.3%
2024: AI examples
21.8%
2025: August memo
11.8%
12.1%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 4. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 3 reversed.

Full reversal rate
75.0% 3/4 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
75.0% 3/4 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jan. 16, 2026 17/778,866 Affirmed §101 · §102 · §103 · §112
Aug. 21, 2025 16/669,159 Reversed §103
May. 28, 2025 17/115,890 Reversed §103
Nov. 26, 2024 16/949,808 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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