Examiner Gillian A Hutter
Grant ratio: 32.1% (28th percentile in Art Unit 1625 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.88. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 96722
- Primary art unit
- 1625
- Work group
- 1620
- Technology center
- 1600
- Applications
- 184
- Granted applications
- 59
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-6323
- Supervisor
- Andrew Kosar
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-0913
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 31 | 53.5% | 1.54 |
| Group | 256 | 44.8% | 1.76 |
| Tech Center | 1,383 | 37.4% | 2.02 |
| USPTO | 16,620 | 51.8% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 82 | 44.1% |
| 2 OAs | 54 | 29.0% |
| 3 OAs | 19 | 10.2% |
| 4 OAs | 18 | 9.7% |
| 5+ OAs | 13 | 7.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 29 | 18 | 62.1% |
| 2023 | 32 | 16 | 50.0% |
| 2024 | 31 | 18 | 58.1% |
| 2025 | 29 | 7 | 24.1% |
| 2026 | 63 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 186 | 0.5% | 13.4% | 50.0% | 6.5% |
| Action 2 | 104 | 1.0% | 10.6% | 57.7% | 6.7% |
| Action 3 | 50 | 0.0% | 18.0% | 56.0% | 10.0% |
| Action 4 | 31 | 0.0% | 6.5% | 61.3% | 16.1% |
| Action 5 | 13 | 0.0% | 15.4% | 61.5% | 15.4% |
| Action 6 | 5 | 0.0% | 40.0% | 40.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 2 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
1.7%
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 Oct. 30, 2026.