Examiner Bryan James Rego

Grant ratio: 51.0% (69th percentile in Art Unit 1612 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.19. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: February 2025
Grant ratio 51.0%
Average office actions / grant 3.19
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
98189
Primary art unit
1612
Work group
1610
Technology center
1600
Applications
51
Granted applications
26

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage 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

Average office actions per application 2.32 165 office actions across 71 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 71 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 19 26.8%
2 OAs 28 39.4%
3 OAs 14 19.7%
4 OAs 6 8.5%
5+ OAs 4 5.6%

Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2023: 33.3% 2023 2024: 50.0% 2024 2025: 62.5% 2025

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20233133.3%
2024402050.0%
20258562.5%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 71 1.4% 0.0% 43.7% 0.0%
Action 2 52 0.0% 3.8% 94.2% 0.0%
Action 3 24 0.0% 0.0% 95.8% 0.0%
Action 4 10 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 4 0.0% 0.0% 75.0% 25.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 11 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 12 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.6% 1 of 164 office actions
All years 0.6% 1 of 165 office actions
Change +0.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

3.7%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
8.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Feb. 17, 2026 18/064,628 Affirmed §103
Dec. 15, 2025 17/955,891 Reversed §103

The examiner match uses the last recorded office action before the decision. Reversal rates exclude rehearings, remands, dismissals, and other decisions that did not reach the merits. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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