Examiner Eileen B. O’Hara
Grant ratio: 91.5% (98th percentile in Art Unit 1663 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.18. Most common rejection type: §112.
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Last office action in data: February 2020
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 25 | 52.2% | 1.49 |
| Group | 57 | 59.1% | 1.46 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 611 | 84.0% |
| 2 OAs | 95 | 13.1% |
| 3 OAs | 11 | 1.5% |
| 4 OAs | 5 | 0.7% |
| 5+ OAs | 5 | 0.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 24 | 20 | 83.3% |
| 2010 | 58 | 49 | 84.5% |
| 2011 | 75 | 73 | 97.3% |
| 2012 | 95 | 93 | 97.9% |
| 2013 | 85 | 80 | 94.1% |
| 2014 | 60 | 47 | 78.3% |
| 2015 | 63 | 59 | 93.7% |
| 2016 | 76 | 70 | 92.1% |
| 2017 | 65 | 61 | 93.8% |
| 2018 | 71 | 68 | 95.8% |
| 2019 | 35 | 33 | 94.3% |
| 2020 | 10 | 3 | 30.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 727 | 1.5% | 17.7% | 16.4% | 50.3% |
| Action 2 | 116 | 2.6% | 18.1% | 24.1% | 26.7% |
| Action 3 | 21 | 9.5% | 4.8% | 38.1% | 23.8% |
| Action 4 | 10 | 0.0% | 10.0% | 40.0% | 30.0% |
| Action 5 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 40.0% | 40.0% |
| Action 6 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 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%
0.0%
4.1%
0.0%
0.8%
2.0%
2014: Alice
5.2%
1.4%
3.4%
2.7%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
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.