Examiner Shila Jalalzadeh Abyane

Grant ratio: 45.1% (22nd percentile in Art Unit 3784 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.30. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 45.1%
Average office actions / grant 2.30
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
85890
Primary art unit
3784
Work group
3780
Technology center
3700
Applications
630
Granted applications
284
Examiner phone
(571) 270-7403

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 25 63.4% 1.42
Group 297 41.7% 1.90
Tech Center 2,671 48.4% 2.01
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.15 1,354 office actions across 630 applications
Applications with office actions 99.8% 629 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 1 0.2%
1 OA 268 42.5%
2 OAs 193 30.6%
3 OAs 75 11.9%
4 OAs 49 7.8%
5+ OAs 44 7.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 50.0% 2008 2009: 25.0% 2009 2010: 0.0% 2010 2011: 46.2% 2011 2012: 44.1% 2012 2013: 30.6% 2013 2014: 43.5% 2014 2015: 28.1% 2015 2016: 25.0% 2016 2017: 62.9% 2017 2018: 63.9% 2018 2019: 70.4% 2019 2020: 63.9% 2020 2021: 81.8% 2021 2022: 58.3% 2022 2023: 38.5% 2023 2024: 73.7% 2024 2025: 18.8% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200816850.0%
20098225.0%
2010300.0%
2011261246.2%
2012341544.1%
2013491530.6%
2014462043.5%
201532928.1%
201628725.0%
2017352262.9%
2018362363.9%
2019271970.4%
2020362363.9%
2021443681.8%
2022362158.3%
2023391538.5%
2024382873.7%
202548918.8%
20264900.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 629 0.6% 4.6% 82.0% 11.4%
Action 2 361 1.9% 2.8% 79.8% 13.6%
Action 3 168 3.6% 3.6% 78.0% 13.7%
Action 4 93 5.4% 1.1% 79.6% 12.9%
Action 5 44 4.5% 2.3% 75.0% 18.2%
Action 6 31 6.5% 0.0% 71.0% 22.6%
Action 7 15 0.0% 0.0% 73.3% 20.0%
Action 8 8 0.0% 0.0% 75.0% 25.0%
Action 9 4 25.0% 0.0% 50.0% 25.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 7.3% 20 of 274 office actions
All years 2.0% 27 of 1,354 office actions
Change +5.3 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
2014: Alice
0.0%
1.0%
3.3%
1.3%
2.1%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.1%
2024: AI examples
5.4%
2025: August memo
12.0%
5.4%

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

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/4 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
25.0% 1/4 decisions
Median appeal duration
24.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Feb. 28, 2025 15/747,358 Affirmed §103
Mar. 21, 2017 13/341,987 Affirmed §102 · §103 · §112
Jun. 10, 2014 11/204,754 Affirmed in part §102 · §103
May. 31, 2013 12/173,586 Affirmed §103 · §112

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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