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Examiner Abu Z Ghaffari

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 698 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION JUN 2026
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 1 ART UNIT

Examiner Abu Z Ghaffari has allowed 554 of 698 decided applications (79%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

79% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Abu Z Ghaffari maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). The examiner's pooled allowance rate is 79% across 698 disposed applications. This rate reflects the share of allowed applications among all decided cases (allowed plus abandoned). The record spans one art unit. Of 750 total applications in the public record, 554 were allowed and 144 were abandoned. The figures describe the examiner's historical dispositions and do not constitute predictions for any individual application.

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This pooled record aggregates examination activity across the examiner's assigned art units within TC 2100. The allowance rate and other aggregate figures describe past dispositions only and reflect the composition of cases decided during the measurement period. Aggregate statistics do not predict outcomes on any specific application, nor do they account for variations in application complexity, claim scope, or prior art by case.

These are aggregate statistics from this examiner's past public record — not predictions about any specific application. The per-art-unit figures below show how the record varies across art units. Our approach to patent prosecution →

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Each section benchmarks this examiner against that art unit's average. Figures are this examiner's own public record within the art unit; the overall rate above pools them.

◈ PRIMARY · ART UNIT 2195
750 APPS · 79% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines program control and execution.

79% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 73%
DISPOSITION554 / 144 / 52allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION23.4 moart unit avg 33.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY40.1 moart unit avg 48.3 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility68% · art unit 49%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)27%
§103 — Obviousness98% · art unit 93%
§112 — Written description & definiteness99%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

Allowance rate for applications with an examiner interview versus without one.

WITH INTERVIEW89%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW52%+37 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 514 decided applications with an interview and 184 without.

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Questions about Examiner Abu Z Ghaffari

  • What is Abu Z Ghaffari's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 79%, measured across 698 disposed applications (allowed and abandoned cases combined). This rate describes the examiner's historical record and is not a prediction for any specific application.
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    The record spans one art unit (Art Unit 2195) within TC 2100. The pooled figures aggregate all activity across that unit.
  • What do these statistics mean for my application?
    These figures describe the examiner's past dispositions and do not predict the outcome of any individual application. Outcomes depend on claim scope, prior art, and examination history specific to each case.
  • How many applications has this examiner decided?
    The examiner has disposed of 698 applications in the public record: 554 allowed and 144 abandoned. Total applications on file number 750, which includes pending cases excluded from the allowance-rate calculation.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Abu Z Ghaffari has a public record within Technology Center 2100. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated June 25, 2026. The overall allowance rate is total allowed divided by total decided applications (allowed plus abandoned) across all art units — not an average of the per-art-unit rates; pending applications are excluded. Figures are rounded for display. Pooled sample: 750 applications.

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These statistics describe past examiner behavior and do not predict the outcome of any particular application. Past results do not guarantee future outcomes. Where this page compares an examiner's allowance rate to an art-unit average, that comparison is a factual description of the public record, not a characterization of any individual examiner's conduct or competence.

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