Examiner Danaya L Middleton
Grant ratio: 22.7% (75th percentile in Art Unit 1674 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.87. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 97574
- Primary art unit
- 1674
- Work group
- 1670
- Technology center
- 1600
- Applications
- 132
- Granted applications
- 30
- Examiner phone
- (571) 270-5479
- Supervisor
- Vanessa Ford
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-0857
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 5 | 17.9% | 1.43 |
| Group | 84 | 29.7% | 1.91 |
| 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 | 1 | 0.8% |
| 1 OA | 46 | 34.8% |
| 2 OAs | 40 | 30.3% |
| 3 OAs | 23 | 17.4% |
| 4 OAs | 9 | 6.8% |
| 5+ OAs | 13 | 9.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 26 | 13 | 50.0% |
| 2024 | 29 | 10 | 34.5% |
| 2025 | 29 | 5 | 17.2% |
| 2026 | 46 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 131 | 3.8% | 3.8% | 31.3% | 13.0% |
| Action 2 | 85 | 4.7% | 7.1% | 15.3% | 45.9% |
| Action 3 | 45 | 4.4% | 2.2% | 22.2% | 24.4% |
| Action 4 | 22 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 31.8% | 22.7% |
| Action 5 | 13 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 30.8% | 30.8% |
| Action 6 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| 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%
1.4%
2024: AI examples
3.6%
2025: August memo
1.4%
9.5%
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.