Examiner Ahmed Alkirsh

Grant ratio: 18.8% (9th percentile in Art Unit 3668 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.73. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 18.8%
Average office actions / grant 1.73
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
98084
Primary art unit
3668
Work group
3660
Technology center
3600
Applications
117
Granted applications
22
Examiner phone
(703) 756-4503

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 46 57.9% 1.80
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 2.38 279 office actions across 117 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 117 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 32 27.4%
2 OAs 44 37.6%
3 OAs 19 16.2%
4 OAs 12 10.3%
5+ OAs 10 8.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 61.8% 2024 2025: 2.7% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2024342161.8%
20253712.7%
20264600.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 117 0.9% 18.8% 79.5% 0.0%
Action 2 85 0.0% 10.6% 87.1% 0.0%
Action 3 41 0.0% 7.3% 92.7% 0.0%
Action 4 22 0.0% 0.0% 95.5% 0.0%
Action 5 10 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 3 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 0.4% 1 of 278 office actions
All years 0.4% 1 of 279 office actions
Change +0.0 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%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
1.8%

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

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
100.0% 1/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 1/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
4.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 22, 2026 17/493,566 Reversed §102 · §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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