Examiner Joseph Spangler
Grant ratio: 15.9% (8th percentile in Art Unit 1656 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.41. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 98245
- Primary art unit
- 1656
- Work group
- 1650
- Technology center
- 1600
- Applications
- 107
- Granted applications
- 17
- Examiner phone
- (571) 270-0314
- Supervisor
- Manjunath Rao
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-0939
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 28 | 45.8% | 1.73 |
| Group | 208 | 40.4% | 2.00 |
| Tech Center | 1,373 | 38.0% | 2.02 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 4 | 3.7% |
| 1 OA | 35 | 32.7% |
| 2 OAs | 19 | 17.8% |
| 3 OAs | 17 | 15.9% |
| 4 OAs | 22 | 20.6% |
| 5+ OAs | 10 | 9.3% |
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 | 7 | 2 | 28.6% |
| 2024 | 21 | 11 | 52.4% |
| 2025 | 31 | 4 | 12.9% |
| 2026 | 48 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 103 | 1.9% | 3.9% | 43.7% | 4.9% |
| Action 2 | 68 | 1.5% | 16.2% | 64.7% | 4.4% |
| Action 3 | 49 | 0.0% | 12.2% | 69.4% | 8.2% |
| Action 4 | 32 | 0.0% | 3.1% | 87.5% | 3.1% |
| Action 5 | 10 | 10.0% | 10.0% | 70.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 66.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
2024: AI examples
1.1%
2025: August memo
1.9%
1.8%
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 Aug. 27, 2026.