Examiner Sarah R. Anderson

Grant ratio: 30.8% (9th percentile in Art Unit 1712 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.00. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: December 2014
Grant ratio 30.8%
Average office actions / grant 2.00
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
88603
Primary art unit
1712
Work group
1710
Technology center
1700
Applications
52
Granted applications
16

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 20 33.9% 2.59
Group 162 46.9% 2.19
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.10 109 office actions across 52 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 52 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 15 28.8%
2 OAs 25 48.1%
3 OAs 6 11.5%
4 OAs 4 7.7%
5+ OAs 2 3.8%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2012: 28.6% 2012 2013: 32.0% 2013 2014: 30.0% 2014

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20127228.6%
201325832.0%
201420630.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 52 0.0% 0.0% 96.2% 1.9%
Action 2 37 0.0% 13.5% 83.8% 2.7%
Action 3 12 0.0% 0.0% 91.7% 8.3%
Action 4 6 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 33.3%
Action 5 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 109 office actions
Change N/A Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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