Examiner Mohammed H Mustafa

Grant ratio: 29.2% (43rd percentile in Art Unit 3693 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.64. Most common rejection type: §101.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 29.2%
Average office actions / grant 2.64
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
94401
Primary art unit
3693
Work group
3690
Technology center
3600
Applications
209
Granted applications
61
Examiner phone
(571) 270-7978

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 27 31.0% 2.44
Group 163 34.3% 2.69
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.86 597 office actions across 209 applications
Applications with office actions 97.1% 203 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 6 2.9%
1 OA 49 23.4%
2 OAs 54 25.8%
3 OAs 36 17.2%
4 OAs 31 14.8%
5+ OAs 33 15.8%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2019: 0.0% 2019 2020: 14.3% 2020 2021: 14.3% 2021 2022: 59.3% 2022 2023: 52.4% 2023 2024: 50.0% 2024 2025: 16.1% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2019800.0%
202014214.3%
202128414.3%
2022271659.3%
2023422252.4%
2024241250.0%
202531516.1%
20263500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 203 14.8% 14.8% 66.0% 0.5%
Action 2 154 72.1% 1.3% 25.3% 0.0%
Action 3 100 77.0% 0.0% 22.0% 0.0%
Action 4 64 85.9% 0.0% 12.5% 0.0%
Action 5 33 87.9% 0.0% 12.1% 0.0%
Action 6 21 95.2% 0.0% 4.8% 0.0%
Action 7 9 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Action 8 8 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Action 9 3 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Action 10 2 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 53.3% 137 of 257 office actions
All years 57.6% 344 of 597 office actions
Change -4.3 pts Percentage points

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

By year

2019: PEG
4.8%
81.4%
76.4%
55.1%
48.8%
2024: AI examples
50.0%
2025: August memo
66.3%
52.2%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 10. Merits outcomes: 10 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/10 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/10 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.0 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 18, 2025 15/828,169 Affirmed §101
Feb. 20, 2025 16/458,052 Affirmed §101
Jun. 28, 2024 16/532,009 Affirmed §101
May. 31, 2024 16/363,757 Affirmed §101
May. 30, 2024 15/585,367 Affirmed §101
Feb. 15, 2024 15/687,257 Affirmed §101
Jan. 29, 2024 15/404,836 Affirmed §101
Aug. 9, 2023 16/253,628 Affirmed §101
Jul. 31, 2023 15/485,014 Affirmed §101 · §103
Apr. 28, 2022 15/971,943 Affirmed §101

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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