Examiner Padmaja S Rao
Grant ratio: 34.5% (44th percentile in Art Unit 1627 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.72. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 97564
- Primary art unit
- 1627
- Work group
- 1620
- Technology center
- 1600
- Applications
- 197
- Granted applications
- 68
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-9918
- Supervisor
- Kortney L Klinkel
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-5239
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 30 | 34.4% | 1.93 |
| Group | 256 | 45.0% | 1.76 |
| Tech Center | 1,380 | 37.5% | 2.02 |
| USPTO | 16,572 | 52.1% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 11 | 5.6% |
| 1 OA | 107 | 54.3% |
| 2 OAs | 49 | 24.9% |
| 3 OAs | 11 | 5.6% |
| 4 OAs | 8 | 4.1% |
| 5+ OAs | 11 | 5.6% |
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 | 5 | 3 | 60.0% |
| 2023 | 35 | 23 | 65.7% |
| 2024 | 41 | 27 | 65.9% |
| 2025 | 47 | 15 | 31.9% |
| 2026 | 69 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 186 | 2.2% | 11.3% | 31.7% | 12.9% |
| Action 2 | 79 | 0.0% | 10.1% | 34.2% | 7.6% |
| Action 3 | 30 | 0.0% | 3.3% | 53.3% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 19 | 5.3% | 0.0% | 47.4% | 5.3% |
| Action 5 | 11 | 0.0% | 18.2% | 36.4% | 27.3% |
| Action 6 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 40.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-10-02–2026-10-02. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
1.6%
2024: AI examples
2.3%
2025: August memo
1.1%
1.2%
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. 9, 2026.