Examiner Shafiq Mian
Grant ratio: 73.0% (87th percentile in Art Unit 3746 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.48. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 89018
- Primary art unit
- 3746
- Work group
- 3740
- Technology center
- 3700
- Applications
- 842
- Granted applications
- 615
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-4925
- Supervisor
- Mark Laurenzi
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-7878
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 43 | 50.0% | 2.10 |
| Group | 444 | 57.6% | 1.86 |
| Tech Center | 2,671 | 48.4% | 2.01 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 2 | 0.2% |
| 1 OA | 591 | 70.2% |
| 2 OAs | 165 | 19.6% |
| 3 OAs | 44 | 5.2% |
| 4 OAs | 21 | 2.5% |
| 5+ OAs | 19 | 2.3% |
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 | 8 | 5 | 62.5% |
| 2013 | 54 | 32 | 59.3% |
| 2014 | 53 | 32 | 60.4% |
| 2015 | 48 | 30 | 62.5% |
| 2016 | 71 | 52 | 73.2% |
| 2017 | 56 | 50 | 89.3% |
| 2018 | 66 | 49 | 74.2% |
| 2019 | 58 | 48 | 82.8% |
| 2020 | 80 | 66 | 82.5% |
| 2021 | 77 | 67 | 87.0% |
| 2022 | 58 | 53 | 91.4% |
| 2023 | 60 | 48 | 80.0% |
| 2024 | 61 | 53 | 86.9% |
| 2025 | 55 | 30 | 54.5% |
| 2026 | 37 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 840 | 1.1% | 8.3% | 71.3% | 17.6% |
| Action 2 | 249 | 0.8% | 12.9% | 73.9% | 12.4% |
| Action 3 | 84 | 1.2% | 7.1% | 72.6% | 16.7% |
| Action 4 | 40 | 2.5% | 12.5% | 70.0% | 15.0% |
| Action 5 | 19 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 84.2% | 5.3% |
| Action 6 | 10 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Action 9 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 10 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
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%
0.0%
2014: Alice
2.4%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
1.1%
2019: PEG
1.4%
2.2%
2.2%
0.0%
3.0%
2024: AI examples
1.4%
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.