Examiner Chanceity Robinson

Grant ratio: 65.5% (50th percentile in Art Unit 1722 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.34. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 65.5%
Average office actions / grant 2.34
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
84780
Primary art unit
1722
Work group
1720
Technology center
1700
Applications
1,127
Granted applications
738
Examiner phone
(571) 270-3786
Supervisor
Mark Huff
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-1385

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 28 54.5% 2.03
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 2.19 2,468 office actions across 1,127 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 1,127 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 389 34.5%
2 OAs 381 33.8%
3 OAs 197 17.5%
4 OAs 108 9.6%
5+ OAs 52 4.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2007: 0.0% 2007 2008: 16.1% 2008 2009: 65.7% 2009 2010: 67.9% 2010 2011: 67.1% 2011 2012: 61.4% 2012 2013: 68.4% 2013 2014: 70.1% 2014 2015: 87.3% 2015 2016: 86.3% 2016 2017: 87.3% 2017 2018: 81.5% 2018 2019: 78.0% 2019 2020: 47.5% 2020 2021: 69.8% 2021 2022: 73.1% 2022 2023: 87.8% 2023 2024: 72.5% 2024 2025: 42.2% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2007100.0%
200831516.1%
2009352365.7%
2010533667.9%
2011704767.1%
2012573561.4%
2013765268.4%
2014775470.1%
2015635587.3%
2016736386.3%
2017554887.3%
2018655381.5%
2019826478.0%
2020612947.5%
2021634469.8%
2022523873.1%
2023413687.8%
2024402972.5%
2025642742.2%
20266800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,127 0.0% 20.1% 62.9% 5.0%
Action 2 738 0.0% 16.9% 66.9% 6.6%
Action 3 357 0.0% 14.3% 68.6% 8.4%
Action 4 160 0.0% 8.8% 65.0% 13.1%
Action 5 52 0.0% 15.4% 63.5% 7.7%
Action 6 21 0.0% 14.3% 76.2% 4.8%
Action 7 9 0.0% 22.2% 55.6% 22.2%
Action 8 3 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 282 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 2,468 office actions
Change 0.0 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 15. Merits outcomes: 4 affirmed, 2 affirmed in part, and 9 reversed.

Full reversal rate
60.0% 9/15 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
73.3% 11/15 decisions
Median appeal duration
16.2 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 24, 2021 15/575,238 Reversed §103
Feb. 7, 2020 15/221,996 Reversed §103 · §112
Apr. 25, 2018 14/449,165 Reversed §112
Apr. 25, 2018 14/449,166 Reversed §112
Oct. 20, 2017 14/160,799 Reversed §102 · §103 · §112
Sep. 18, 2017 14/145,378 Reversed §103
Sep. 1, 2016 12/305,817 Affirmed §103 · §112 · §120
May. 27, 2016 12/697,536 Affirmed §103 · §112
May. 26, 2016 12/970,208 Affirmed in part N/A
Nov. 24, 2015 12/508,690 Affirmed N/A
Nov. 24, 2014 12/267,642 Affirmed New ground of rejection §103
Aug. 14, 2013 10/599,657 Reversed N/A

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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