Examiner Mohammed S Adam

Grant ratio: 48.4% (32nd percentile in Art Unit 3771 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.35. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 48.4%
Average office actions / grant 2.35
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
94745
Primary art unit
3771
Work group
3770
Technology center
3700
Applications
248
Granted applications
120
Examiner phone
(571) 272-8981
Supervisor
Jackie Ho
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-4696

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 72 53.8% 1.94
Group 269 49.0% 2.08
Tech Center 2,671 48.4% 2.01
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.50 621 office actions across 248 applications
Applications with office actions 99.2% 246 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 0.8%
1 OA 85 34.3%
2 OAs 70 28.2%
3 OAs 36 14.5%
4 OAs 24 9.7%
5+ OAs 31 12.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2019: 66.7% 2019 2020: 84.8% 2020 2021: 77.4% 2021 2022: 55.6% 2022 2023: 69.2% 2023 2024: 32.4% 2024 2025: 42.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20193266.7%
2020332884.8%
2021312477.4%
2022271555.6%
2023261869.2%
2024371232.4%
2025502142.0%
20264100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 246 0.8% 8.5% 76.0% 7.3%
Action 2 161 0.0% 6.2% 85.7% 3.7%
Action 3 91 0.0% 4.4% 89.0% 1.1%
Action 4 55 0.0% 3.6% 94.5% 0.0%
Action 5 31 0.0% 3.2% 90.3% 3.2%
Action 6 17 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 9 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.6% 2 of 318 office actions
All years 0.3% 2 of 621 office actions
Change +0.3 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
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
1.9%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
6.8 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 29, 2026 17/275,050 Affirmed §102 · §103 · §112
Dec. 12, 2025 17/536,496 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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