Examiner Brent T Page

Grant ratio: 78.5% (81st percentile in Art Unit 1663 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.44. Most common rejection type: §112.

Recently active Last office action in data: September 2026
Grant ratio 78.5%
Average office actions / grant 1.44
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
81970
Primary art unit
1663
Work group
1660
Technology center
1600
Applications
1,523
Granted applications
1,195
Examiner phone
(571) 272-5914
Supervisor
Amjad Abraham
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-7058

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage 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

Average office actions per application 1.51 2,299 office actions across 1,523 applications
Applications with office actions 99.4% 1,514 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 9 0.6%
1 OA 1,060 69.6%
2 OAs 289 19.0%
3 OAs 82 5.4%
4 OAs 46 3.0%
5+ OAs 37 2.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 63.3% 2008 2009: 60.4% 2009 2010: 68.9% 2010 2011: 85.8% 2011 2012: 88.0% 2012 2013: 93.5% 2013 2014: 86.8% 2014 2015: 83.2% 2015 2016: 89.0% 2016 2017: 83.1% 2017 2018: 76.3% 2018 2019: 90.0% 2019 2020: 82.3% 2020 2021: 97.3% 2021 2022: 75.0% 2022 2023: 73.7% 2023 2024: 81.3% 2024 2025: 35.2% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008301963.3%
2009482960.4%
2010745168.9%
20111139785.8%
201215813988.0%
201312311593.5%
20141069286.8%
20151018483.2%
2016827389.0%
2017594983.1%
2018765876.3%
2019706390.0%
2020625182.3%
2021757397.3%
2022806075.0%
2023765673.7%
2024756181.3%
2025712535.2%
20264400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,514 1.7% 11.4% 18.2% 46.5%
Action 2 454 1.1% 12.8% 40.3% 26.0%
Action 3 165 1.2% 7.9% 50.9% 27.3%
Action 4 83 1.2% 6.0% 53.0% 25.3%
Action 5 37 5.4% 5.4% 45.9% 32.4%
Action 6 18 0.0% 0.0% 61.1% 27.8%
Action 7 9 0.0% 22.2% 77.8% 0.0%
Action 8 6 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0%
Action 9 4 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Action 10 3 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 66.7%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.6% 2 of 325 office actions
All years 1.6% 36 of 2,299 office actions
Change -1.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-02–2026-10-02. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

1.1%
0.0%
2.3%
3.8%
3.8%
3.3%
2014: Alice
2.1%
0.9%
0.0%
2.9%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2.4%
0.8%
2024: AI examples
0.8%
2025: August memo
0.0%
1.8%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 6. Merits outcomes: 3 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
20.0% 1/5 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
40.0% 2/5 decisions
Median appeal duration
18.0 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 20, 2017 12/357,622 Affirmed in part §101 · §103
Nov. 14, 2016 12/669,659 Affirmed §103 · §112
Aug. 27, 2013 10/371,078 Affirmed N/A
May. 10, 2013 10/979,542 Reversed §103
Sep. 19, 2011 11/489,234 Affirmed §103
Apr. 13, 2011 10/805,804 Rehearing Decision-Granted §102 · §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 Oct. 9, 2026.

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