Examiner Mikhail O'Donnel Robinson

Grant ratio: 20.9% (25th percentile in Art Unit 1627 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.06. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 20.9%
Average office actions / grant 2.06
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
98188
Primary art unit
1627
Work group
1620
Technology center
1600
Applications
172
Granted applications
36
Examiner phone
(571) 270-0777
Supervisor
Kortney Klinkel
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-5239

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage 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

Average office actions per application 1.81 311 office actions across 172 applications
Applications with office actions 98.3% 169 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 3 1.7%
1 OA 88 51.2%
2 OAs 42 24.4%
3 OAs 23 13.4%
4 OAs 11 6.4%
5+ OAs 5 2.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2023: 66.7% 2023 2024: 36.4% 2024 2025: 30.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20233266.7%
2024441636.4%
2025601830.0%
20266500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 169 3.0% 16.0% 50.3% 8.3%
Action 2 81 0.0% 3.7% 72.8% 4.9%
Action 3 39 0.0% 7.7% 84.6% 2.6%
Action 4 16 0.0% 12.5% 75.0% 12.5%
Action 5 5 0.0% 20.0% 60.0% 20.0%
Action 6 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 1.3% 4 of 308 office actions
All years 1.6% 5 of 311 office actions
Change -0.3 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-02–2026-10-02. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

14.3%
2024: AI examples
1.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
2.5%

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.

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