Examiner Jean Cornet

Grant ratio: 38.6% (40th percentile in Art Unit 1628 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.46. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 38.6%
Average office actions / grant 2.46
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
86478
Primary art unit
1628
Work group
1620
Technology center
1600
Applications
1,260
Granted applications
486
Examiner phone
(571) 270-7669
Supervisor
Amy L Clark
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-1310

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 28 39.2% 1.96
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 2.46 3,097 office actions across 1,260 applications
Applications with office actions 97.7% 1,231 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 29 2.3%
1 OA 435 34.5%
2 OAs 355 28.2%
3 OAs 170 13.5%
4 OAs 121 9.6%
5+ OAs 150 11.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2009: 6.7% 2009 2010: 28.6% 2010 2011: 38.1% 2011 2012: 49.5% 2012 2013: 51.2% 2013 2014: 50.0% 2014 2015: 46.2% 2015 2016: 49.4% 2016 2017: 44.2% 2017 2018: 35.4% 2018 2019: 30.0% 2019 2020: 44.7% 2020 2021: 35.9% 2021 2022: 47.5% 2022 2023: 38.6% 2023 2024: 47.6% 2024 2025: 19.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20093026.7%
2010491428.6%
2011632438.1%
20121095449.5%
2013844351.2%
2014884450.0%
2015653046.2%
2016874349.4%
2017773444.2%
2018652335.4%
2019702130.0%
2020763444.7%
2021782835.9%
2022592847.5%
2023572238.6%
2024633047.6%
2025631219.0%
20267700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,231 0.5% 6.6% 49.6% 3.5%
Action 2 796 0.3% 5.3% 63.6% 3.5%
Action 3 441 0.5% 5.9% 67.1% 2.7%
Action 4 271 0.4% 4.4% 73.8% 1.5%
Action 5 150 0.0% 4.7% 72.7% 0.7%
Action 6 92 0.0% 5.4% 73.9% 2.2%
Action 7 50 0.0% 2.0% 76.0% 6.0%
Action 8 31 0.0% 3.2% 80.6% 0.0%
Action 9 18 0.0% 0.0% 94.4% 0.0%
Action 10 7 0.0% 28.6% 42.9% 14.3%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 426 office actions
All years 0.4% 11 of 3,097 office actions
Change -0.4 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%
0.0%
1.1%
0.0%
1.4%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.6%
0.5%
0.5%
0.6%
2019: PEG
0.6%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
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

Matched decisions: 20. Merits outcomes: 13 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 6 reversed.

Full reversal rate
30.0% 6/20 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
35.0% 7/20 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 13, 2026 17/314,903 Affirmed §102 · §103 · §112
Jul. 22, 2025 15/426,798 Reversed §103
Mar. 19, 2025 17/550,802 Affirmed §102 · §103
Jun. 21, 2024 15/629,302 Affirmed §103
Dec. 22, 2023 15/548,829 Reversed §103
Feb. 16, 2023 16/014,607 Reversed §103
Oct. 14, 2021 15/686,919 Affirmed in part §102 · §103
Mar. 16, 2021 14/749,966 Affirmed N/A
Dec. 22, 2020 15/520,756 Reversed §102 · §103
Mar. 12, 2019 12/245,927 Affirmed §103
Nov. 13, 2018 13/133,071 Affirmed §103
May. 9, 2018 12/793,607 Reversed §103

The examiner match uses the last recorded office action before the decision. Reversal rates exclude rehearings, remands, dismissals, and other decisions that did not reach the merits. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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