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Examiner Arezoo Sherkat

TECH CENTER 2400 · 3 ART UNITS · 230 DECIDED APPLICATIONS · LAST ACTION FEB 2024
ALLOWANCE RATE = SHARE OF DECIDED APPLICATIONS (ALLOWED + ABANDONED); PENDING EXCLUDED
OVERALL ALLOWANCE RATE · POOLED ACROSS 3 ART UNITS
87%vs 76% weighted peer average+11 pts

Examiner Arezoo Sherkat has allowed 201 of 230 decided applications.

201 allowed
No applications pending.
The weighted peer average (76%) is each art unit's average below, weighted by this examiner's applications in it (3 art units).
DATA UPDATED JULY 22, 2026
AU 2434 · 85%AU 2494 · 91%AU 2431 · 100%

What the data says.reading this examiner

Examiner Arezoo Sherkat maintains a pooled allowance rate of 87% across hundreds of decided applications in Technology Center 2400. Her record spans three art units: 2431, 2434, and 2494. The allowance rate ranges from 85% to 91% across these art units. This aggregate figure reflects the share of decided applications—those allowed or abandoned—in her pooled record. The range indicates variation in allowance rates among the individual art units within her examiner profile.

How to read these numbers.

This pooled record aggregates allowance data across multiple art units, presenting an overall picture of past dispositions rather than a prediction for any specific application. The aggregate allowance rate and its range describe what occurred historically and are correlational snapshots of the examiner's record. Individual applications vary in complexity, claim scope, and prior art, and outcomes depend on case-specific facts and prosecution history, not on historical aggregate statistics alone.

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 →

The record, art unit by art unit.3 art units

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 2434
148 APPS · 85% ALLOWANCE

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

85%
higher than about 61% of the 38 examiners with published rates in art unit 2434
AU avg 76%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 38 examiners with published rates in art unit 2434; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average, computed across all 41 examiners in the unit — a broader group than the 38 published marks, so it can sit apart from them.

Disposition148 decided applications

126 allowed
22 abandoned
No applications pending.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 17.8mo
disposed 31.3mo
0
36mo
Art-unit average: first action 26.5 mo, disposed 41.8 mo.

Rejection groundsexaminer ● vs art-unit average ○

REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility
AU 39
61%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)
no AU benchmark
73%
§103 — Obviousness
AU 86
97%
§112 — Written description & definiteness
no AU benchmark
66%

Interview benefit

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

without
59%
+37 pts
with
96%

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 104 decided applications with an interview and 44 without.

ART UNIT 2494
78 APPS · 91% ALLOWANCE

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

91%
higher than about 81% of the 31 examiners with published rates in art unit 2494
AU avg 76%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 31 examiners with published rates in art unit 2494; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average, computed across all 32 examiners in the unit — a broader group than the 31 published marks, so it can sit apart from them.

Disposition78 decided applications

71 allowed
No applications pending.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 19.8mo
disposed 33.6mo
0
36mo
Art-unit average: first action 21.1 mo, disposed 36.3 mo.

Rejection groundsexaminer ● vs art-unit average ○

REJECTION RATE = SHARE OF THIS EXAMINER'S APPLICATIONS THAT DREW ≥1 OFFICE-ACTION REJECTION IN WHICH THE GROUND APPEARS

Grounds can co-occur, so the four don't sum to 100%. The art-unit figure is the unweighted mean across examiners in the art unit; §102 and §112 carry no art-unit benchmark.

§101 — Subject-matter eligibility
AU 37
42%
§102 — Anticipation (novelty)
no AU benchmark
70%
§103 — Obviousness
AU 88
87%
§112 — Written description & definiteness
no AU benchmark
70%

Interview benefit

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

without
83%
+10 pts
with
93%

A correlation, not proof that interviews cause allowances. Based on 60 decided applications with an interview and 18 without.

ART UNIT 2431
4 APPS · 100% ALLOWANCE · LIMITED DATA

Allowance ratewhere this examiner sits among peers

100%
higher than about 72% of the 46 examiners with published rates in art unit 2431
AU avg 73%
0%
100%
Each short mark is one of the 46 examiners with published rates in art unit 2431; the dot is this examiner. The tick is the art-unit average, computed across all 52 examiners in the unit — a broader group than the 46 published marks, so it can sit apart from them.

Disposition4 decided applications

4 allowed
No applications pending.

Pendencymonths from filing

filed
first action 35.4mo
disposed 69.2mo
0
72mo
Art-unit average: first action 20.9 mo, disposed 35.1 mo.
// FAQ

Questions about Examiner Arezoo Sherkat

  • What is Examiner Sherkat's overall allowance rate?
    Her pooled allowance rate is 87% across hundreds of decided applications in TC 2400, meaning 87% of her decided applications (allowed or abandoned) resulted in allowance.
  • How many art units does this examiner cover?
    Examiner Sherkat's record spans three art units: 2431, 2434, and 2494, all within Technology Center 2400.
  • What is the range of allowance rates across her art units?
    Her allowance rate ranges from 85% to 91% across the art units in which she maintains a substantial record.
  • Does this allowance rate predict outcomes in my application?
    No. This pooled rate is a historical aggregate and is not a prediction of any specific application. Each application's outcome depends on its individual facts, claim language, prior art, and prosecution response.
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METHODOLOGY & DISCLOSURES

Methodology. This page pools every art unit in which Examiner Arezoo Sherkat has a public record within Technology Center 2400. Statistics are computed from publicly available USPTO records, refreshed on a recurring schedule. This page's data was last updated July 22, 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: 230 applications.

Rejection rates. Each §-rate is the share of this examiner's applications that drew at least one office-action rejection in which that statutory ground appears; applications with no rejection on record are excluded, and because grounds can co-occur the four do not sum to 100%. The art-unit figure beside each is the unweighted mean of the per-examiner rates across the art unit, published for §101 and §103 only. Beside the overall allowance rate we show a benchmark: for a single-art-unit examiner it is exactly that art unit's average, labeled “art-unit average”; for an examiner spanning several art units it is the “weighted peer average” — the per-art-unit averages, weighted by this examiner's application count in each — labeled distinctly because it is a blended figure, not any single art unit's average. Both are built from the same per-art-unit averages the panels show.

Lynch LLP is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Examiner statistics are derived from publicly available USPTO data.

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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