Examiner Joshua A Atkinson
Grant ratio: 23.7% (31st percentile in Art Unit 1612 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.03. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 98150
- Primary art unit
- 1612
- Work group
- 1610
- Technology center
- 1600
- Applications
- 135
- Granted applications
- 32
- Examiner phone
- (571) 270-0877
- Supervisor
- Frederick Krass
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-0580
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 33 | 31.9% | 2.35 |
| Group | 217 | 31.1% | 2.42 |
| Tech Center | 1,373 | 38.0% | 2.02 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 9 | 6.7% |
| 1 OA | 46 | 34.1% |
| 2 OAs | 35 | 25.9% |
| 3 OAs | 24 | 17.8% |
| 4 OAs | 13 | 9.6% |
| 5+ OAs | 8 | 5.9% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | 3 | 60.0% |
| 2024 | 35 | 19 | 54.3% |
| 2025 | 34 | 10 | 29.4% |
| 2026 | 61 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 126 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 38.9% | 1.6% |
| Action 2 | 80 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 70.0% | 3.8% |
| Action 3 | 45 | 2.2% | 0.0% | 51.1% | 4.4% |
| Action 4 | 21 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 81.0% | 4.8% |
| Action 5 | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 62.5% | 25.0% |
| Action 6 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 75.0% | 25.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 9 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 0.0% |
| Action 10 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
2024: AI examples
1.1%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%
Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.
PTAB appeals
No PTAB decisions could be matched to this examiner.
Older and transferred applications may not have a reliable examiner match. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.