Examiner Josmalen M. Ramos-Lewis

Grant ratio: 26.7% (23rd percentile in Art Unit 1621 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.79. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 26.7%
Average office actions / grant 1.79
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
98042
Primary art unit
1621
Work group
1620
Technology center
1600
Applications
90
Granted applications
24
Examiner phone
(571) 272-0084
Supervisor
Clinton A. Brooks
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-7682

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 32 44.8% 1.73
Group 252 46.0% 1.76
Tech Center 1,373 38.0% 2.02
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.18 201 office actions across 92 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 92 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 34 37.0%
2 OAs 27 29.3%
3 OAs 16 17.4%
4 OAs 12 13.0%
5+ OAs 3 3.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2023: 14.3% 2023 2024: 48.3% 2024 2025: 40.9% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20237114.3%
2024291448.3%
202522940.9%
20263200.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 92 0.0% 12.0% 77.2% 4.3%
Action 2 58 0.0% 3.4% 94.8% 5.2%
Action 3 31 0.0% 9.7% 87.1% 0.0%
Action 4 15 0.0% 0.0% 86.7% 13.3%
Action 5 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 197 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 201 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

0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
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.

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