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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Farhad Agharahimi, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as AGHARAHIMI, FARHAD

Tech Center 2100 • Art Units: 2156 2161

This examiner grants 70% of resolved cases

Analysis

AGHARAHIMI, FARHAD is an examiner in Tech Center 2100 and Art Unit 2156. The profile records 278 resolved cases, a 70.5% allowance rate, and a median of 1210 days to allowance. Interviews correspond to a 14.3% lift in allowance outcomes, which supports giving interview planning a defined role in prosecution before the application reaches a late stage.

Palantir Technologies Inc., International Business Machines Corporation, and Robert Bosch GmbH are the listed company matters. The listed firms are Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP - Palantir, Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear, LLP, and Newport IP, LLC. The combination of the allowance result and the extended median timeline suggests that claim development and persistence through examination may be important for matters in this docket.

Written from this page's own data; every figure is computed from USPTO records and verified before publication.

Performance Statistics

70.5%
Allow Rate
+15.5% vs TC avg
318
Total Applications
+14.3%
Interview Lift
1210
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 278 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

13.4%
§101 Eligibility
8.4%
§102 Novelty
66.0%
§103 Obviousness
8.4%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18621787 NAN REDUCTION FOR LEARNING MODELS Non-Final OA Robert Bosch GmbH
18596124 Data Pre-Processing for Search Indexes and Machine Learning Pipelines With a Common Specification Final Rejection Google LLC
18970694 SCALING DATABASE QUERY PROCESSING USING ADDITIONAL PROCESSING CLUSTERS Final Rejection Amazon Technologies, Inc.
17829012 OPTIMIZATIONS FOR DATA DEDUPLICATION OPERATIONS Final Rejection MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
19235124 STRING COMPARISON DEVICE AND METHOD Final Rejection International Business Machines Corporation
18155786 ADAPTIVE PARAMETERIZATION OF PARALLELIZED FILE SYSTEM OPERATIONS Final Rejection INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
18343959 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A DATA PIPELINE BASED ON DATA UNAVAILABILITY Final Rejection Dell Products L.P.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Farhad Agharahimi's allowance rate?

70.5% of resolved applications examined by Farhad Agharahimi were allowed (278 resolved cases), compared with 57.7% across Art Unit 2156 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Farhad Agharahimi?

This examiner's interview lift is +14.3 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Farhad Agharahimi take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Farhad Agharahimi took 1,210 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Farhad Agharahimi work in?

Farhad Agharahimi examines applications in Art Unit 2156 in Tech Center 2100 (Computing & Software).

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