Examiner Dawanna S White
Grant ratio: 25.5% (29th percentile in Art Unit 1627 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.90. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 98412
- Primary art unit
- 1627
- Work group
- 1620
- Technology center
- 1600
- Applications
- 192
- Granted applications
- 49
- Examiner phone
- (703) 756-4687
- Supervisor
- Kortney 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 | 16 | 8.3% |
| 1 OA | 111 | 57.8% |
| 2 OAs | 37 | 19.3% |
| 3 OAs | 11 | 5.7% |
| 4 OAs | 6 | 3.1% |
| 5+ OAs | 11 | 5.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10 | 5 | 50.0% |
| 2024 | 46 | 28 | 60.9% |
| 2025 | 48 | 16 | 33.3% |
| 2026 | 88 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 176 | 1.7% | 4.0% | 28.4% | 8.5% |
| Action 2 | 65 | 0.0% | 6.2% | 29.2% | 12.3% |
| Action 3 | 28 | 3.6% | 3.6% | 25.0% | 3.6% |
| Action 4 | 17 | 5.9% | 0.0% | 52.9% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 11 | 9.1% | 9.1% | 27.3% | 9.1% |
| Action 6 | 7 | 28.6% | 0.0% | 14.3% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 9 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
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%
2024: AI examples
2.2%
2025: August memo
2.2%
3.7%
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.