Examiner Alexandra Connors

Grant ratio: 13.8% (26th percentile in Art Unit 1634 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.14. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 13.8%
Average office actions / grant 3.14
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
95208
Primary art unit
1634
Work group
1630
Technology center
1600
Applications
159
Granted applications
22
Examiner phone
(571) 272-7010
Supervisor
Maria Leavitt
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-1085

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 32 34.1% 2.44
Group 245 37.4% 2.18
Tech Center 1,373 38.0% 2.02
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 3.40 540 office actions across 159 applications
Applications with office actions 98.1% 156 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 3 1.9%
1 OA 27 17.0%
2 OAs 39 24.5%
3 OAs 21 13.2%
4 OAs 29 18.2%
5+ OAs 40 25.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2020: 0.0% 2020 2021: 40.0% 2021 2022: 23.8% 2022 2023: 20.0% 2023 2024: 20.0% 2024 2025: 6.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2020400.0%
202120840.0%
202221523.8%
202315320.0%
202420420.0%
20253126.5%
20264800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 156 1.3% 9.6% 72.4% 3.2%
Action 2 129 0.0% 6.2% 79.1% 6.2%
Action 3 90 0.0% 4.4% 71.1% 11.1%
Action 4 69 0.0% 0.0% 78.3% 10.1%
Action 5 40 0.0% 0.0% 62.5% 17.5%
Action 6 27 0.0% 0.0% 59.3% 25.9%
Action 7 15 0.0% 0.0% 60.0% 20.0%
Action 8 8 0.0% 0.0% 75.0% 25.0%
Action 9 5 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 20.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 276 office actions
All years 0.4% 2 of 540 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

2.8%
1.1%
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: 2. Merits outcomes: 0 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
100.0% 2/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 2/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
11.6 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 21, 2025 16/043,520 Reversed §103
Mar. 13, 2023 15/773,520 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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