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Examiner Ramsey Refai

TECH CENTER 2100 · 3 ART UNITS · 74 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION OCT 2012
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS

Examiner Ramsey Refai has allowed 33 of 74 decided applications (45%) in Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security.

45% pooled allowance · benchmarked per art unit below
DATA UPDATED JUNE 25, 2026
AU 2152 · 36%AU 2141 · 100%AU 2154 · 33%
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What the data says.

Ramsey Refai maintains a public record spanning three art units in Technology Center 2100 (Computer Architecture, Software, and Information Security). Over 74 disposed applications, the examiner issued allowances in 33 cases, resulting in a 45% allowance rate. The remaining 41 applications were abandoned. This pooled figure aggregates outcomes across art units 2141, 2152, and 2154, and reflects the examiner's historical dispositions without reference to any individual application or pending matter.

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How to read these numbers.

This record aggregates decisions from multiple art units within TC 2100 and represents past outcomes only. The allowance rate is computed from decided applications (allowed plus abandoned), excluding pending cases. Pooled figures describe the examiner's historical record and are not predictions about any specific application's prosecution or outcome. Individual art units may show different patterns; consult per-unit data for finer detail.

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 2152
58 APPS · 36% ALLOWANCE

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

36% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 49%
DISPOSITION21 / 37 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION39.7 moart unit avg 28.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY58.8 moart unit avg 42.9 mo
// INTERVIEW SPLIT

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

WITH INTERVIEW50%allowance share
WITHOUT INTERVIEW31%+19 pt difference

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 16 decided applications with an interview and 42 without.

ART UNIT 2141
10 APPS · 100% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines artificial-intelligence and machine-learning methods.

100% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 55%
DISPOSITION10 / 0 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION15.8 moart unit avg 28.8 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY31.3 moart unit avg 47.1 mo
// REJECTION PROFILE
§101 — Subject-matter eligibility60% · art unit 49%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)60%
§103 — Obviousness20% · art unit 91%
§112 — Written description & definiteness60%

Based on 10 applications — too small a sample to characterize the rejection mix reliably; shown for completeness.

ART UNIT 2154
6 APPS · 33% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Primarily examines information retrieval and database structures.

33% allowance (of decided)▏ art-unit average 58%
DISPOSITION2 / 4 / 0allowed / abandoned / pending
FIRST ACTION40 moart unit avg 27.1 mo
TOTAL PENDENCY46 moart unit avg 41.9 mo
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Questions about Examiner Ramsey Refai

  • What is Ramsey Refai's overall allowance rate?
    The examiner's allowance rate is 45%, calculated from 33 allowed applications out of 74 total disposed applications in this pooled record.
  • How many art units does this record cover?
    This record spans three art units: 2141, 2152, and 2154, all within TC 2100.
  • Does this pooled rate apply to my specific application?
    No. The pooled allowance rate describes past outcomes across multiple art units and is not a prediction of any specific application's result. Individual art units and specific application facts may vary significantly.
  • What do 'disposed' and 'abandoned' mean in this record?
    Disposed applications are those with a final decision (allowed or abandoned). Abandoned applications are those where prosecution ended without allowance. Of 74 disposed applications, 33 were allowed and 41 were abandoned.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Ramsey Refai 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: 74 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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