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Examiner Faezeh Forouharnejad

TECH CENTER 2100 · 1 ART UNIT · 108 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 Faezeh Forouharnejad has allowed 73 of 108 decided applications (68%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

68% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
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What the data says.

Faezeh Forouharnejad maintains a public record in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Across 134 total applications, 108 applications have been disposed (decided). Of those 108 disposed applications, 73 were allowed and 35 were abandoned, yielding an allowance rate of 68% over the decided count. The examiner's record spans a single art unit. This pooled figure represents historical outcomes across all applications in the examiner's jurisdiction and does not constitute a prediction for any individual application.

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This record is pooled across all of the examiner's art units. Aggregate allowance rates describe past outcomes and do not predict the disposition of any specific application. The 68% allowance rate reflects decided applications only (allowed plus abandoned); pending applications are excluded. When reviewing an examiner's record, distinguish between the overall rate and art-unit-specific rates, which appear separately. Aggregate figures provide context for historical performance but remain correlational, not causal.

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 2166
134 APPS · 68% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

68% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 63%
DISPOSITION73 / 35 / 26allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION23.5 moart unit avg 23.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY45.3 moart unit avg 45 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility41% · art unit 44%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)60%
§103 — Obviousness100% · art unit 81%
§112 — Written description & definiteness48%
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW76%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW53%+23 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 68 decided applications with an interview and 40 without.

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Questions about Examiner Faezeh Forouharnejad

  • What is Faezeh Forouharnejad's overall allowance rate?
    The allowance rate is 68%, based on 73 allowed applications out of 108 disposed applications in the examiner's pooled record.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    The examiner's public record spans one art unit (Art Unit 2166) within TC 2100.
  • What does the allowance rate include and exclude?
    The 68% rate reflects only decided applications (allowed and abandoned combined). Pending applications are excluded from the calculation.
  • Is the pooled allowance rate a prediction for my application?
    No. The pooled rate describes past outcomes and is not a prediction of any specific application's disposition.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Faezeh Forouharnejad 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: 134 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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