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Last updated: October 26, 2026

Sepehr Azari, USPTO Patent Examiner

Listed by the USPTO as AZARI, SEPEHR

Tech Center 2600 • Art Units: 2621 2691 2699

This examiner grants 67% of resolved cases

Analysis

Sepehr Azari is a patent examiner in Tech Center 2600 and Art Unit 2621. He has overseen 413 resolved cases. The allowance rate for these cases is 66.8%. The median days to allowance for these cases is 868. An interview lift of 7.8% is also present in the data.

Practitioners can use the 413 resolved cases to understand the examiner's experience level. The 66.8% allowance rate provides a probability for success in this art unit. The 868 median days to allowance offers a timeline for planning prosecution cycles. The 7.8% interview lift shows the increase in the probability of allowance after an interview.

Top companies like Samsung Display Co., Ltd., LG Display Co., Ltd., and BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd. appear in the records. Firms like Womble Bond Dickinson US LLP and BIRCH STEWART KOLASCH & BIRCH, LLP have handled these 413 resolved cases. JCIPRNET is also a top firm in this examiner's history. These entities interact with the 66.8% allowance rate and the 868-day median pendency. The 7.8% interview lift suggests that practitioners should evaluate the impact of interviews on the 66.8% allowance rate.

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

Performance Statistics

66.8%
Allow Rate
+4.8% vs TC avg
447
Total Applications
+7.8%
Interview Lift
868
Avg Prosecution Days
Based on 413 resolved cases, 2023–2026

Rejection Statute Breakdown

1.9%
§101 Eligibility
22.0%
§102 Novelty
59.3%
§103 Obviousness
10.7%
§112 Clarity

Currently Pending Office Actions

App #TitleStatusAssignee
18742431 PROJECTOR AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING TOUCH INPUT THEREOF Non-Final OA SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
19249086 DISPAY DEVICE Final Rejection LG Display Co., Ltd.
18777200 DISPLAY APPARATUS AND DRIVING METHOD THEREOF Final Rejection LG Display Co., Ltd.
19211610 DISPLAY APPARATUS, METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
19017018 PIXEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18975907 DISPLAY APPARATUS AND VEHICLE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
18970322 DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF OPERATING A DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18740299 GATE DRIVER AND DISPLAY DEVICE INCLUDING THE SAME Non-Final OA Samsung Display Co., LTD.
17979975 PIXEL OF DISPLAY APPARATUS Final Rejection Samsung Display Co., LTD.
18997053 DRIVING CIRCUIT, DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY DEVICE Final Rejection BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18687988 DISPLAY PANEL, DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL Non-Final OA BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
18560109 Pixel Circuit and Driving Method Thereof, Display Panel and Display Apparatus Final Rejection BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
19185914 TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE, TOUCH PANEL DEVICE, AND TOUCH DETECTION DEVICE CALIBRATION METHOD Final Rejection ALPS ALPINE CO., LTD.
18743969 Display Method and Electronic Device Non-Final OA Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
18738798 POWER OPTIMIZED MULTI-REGIONAL UPDATE DISPLAY Final Rejection Intel Corporation
19401385 System that Causes Sharer to Detect Identity During Screen Sharing and System that Causes Sharer to Detect Information Regarding Inputted Answer Section Final Rejection INTERACTIVE SOLUTIONS CORP.
18617151 METHOD FOR DRIVING DISPLAY PANEL AND DISPLAY DEVICE Non-Final OA TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is examiner Sepehr Azari's allowance rate?

66.8% of resolved applications examined by Sepehr Azari were allowed (413 resolved cases), compared with 64.2% across Art Unit 2621 over the last five years.

Does an interview help with examiner Sepehr Azari?

This examiner's interview lift is +7.8 percentage points: the difference in allowance rate between resolved applications that had an examiner interview and those that did not.

How long does examiner Sepehr Azari take to allow a patent?

Applications allowed by Sepehr Azari took 868 days on average from filing to allowance.

Which art unit does examiner Sepehr Azari work in?

Sepehr Azari examines applications in Art Unit 2621 in Tech Center 2600 (Communications).

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