Examiner Kayla E Clary

Grant ratio: 37.1% (35th percentile in Art Unit 1721 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.15. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 37.1%
Average office actions / grant 2.15
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
97147
Primary art unit
1721
Work group
1720
Technology center
1700
Applications
143
Granted applications
53
Examiner phone
(571) 272-2854
Supervisor
Allison Bourke
Supervisor phone
(303) 297-4684

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 37 47.6% 2.15
Group 274 44.1% 2.20
Tech Center 1,816 43.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.31 332 office actions across 144 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 144 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 46 31.9%
2 OAs 51 35.4%
3 OAs 21 14.6%
4 OAs 16 11.1%
5+ OAs 10 6.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2022: 33.3% 2022 2023: 66.7% 2023 2024: 66.7% 2024 2025: 45.7% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20223133.3%
2023332266.7%
2024211466.7%
2025351645.7%
20265100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 144 0.0% 9.7% 84.7% 0.7%
Action 2 98 1.0% 30.6% 52.0% 5.1%
Action 3 47 0.0% 12.8% 76.6% 2.1%
Action 4 26 0.0% 3.8% 84.6% 0.0%
Action 5 10 0.0% 20.0% 80.0% 0.0%
Action 6 6 0.0% 16.7% 83.3% 0.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.4% 1 of 233 office actions
All years 0.3% 1 of 332 office actions
Change +0.1 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
1.2%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 1. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
12.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Sep. 4, 2025 17/385,197 Affirmed §103 · §112

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. 30, 2026.

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