Examiner Alexander Polyansky

Grant ratio: 62.9% (76th percentile in Art Unit 1735 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.43. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: October 2017
Grant ratio 62.9%
Average office actions / grant 2.43
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
85944
Primary art unit
1735
Work group
1730
Technology center
1700
Applications
447
Granted applications
281

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 22 42.2% 2.34
Group 191 48.8% 1.97
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.43 1,085 office actions across 447 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 447 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 114 25.5%
2 OAs 172 38.5%
3 OAs 79 17.7%
4 OAs 43 9.6%
5+ OAs 39 8.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 33.3% 2008 2009: 44.4% 2009 2010: 49.0% 2010 2011: 65.0% 2011 2012: 63.0% 2012 2013: 67.6% 2013 2014: 66.7% 2014 2015: 78.0% 2015 2016: 63.6% 2016 2017: 87.0% 2017

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20086233.3%
2009542444.4%
2010512549.0%
2011603965.0%
2012543463.0%
2013372567.6%
2014573866.7%
2015503978.0%
2016553563.6%
2017232087.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 447 0.2% 4.3% 72.3% 5.1%
Action 2 333 0.3% 3.6% 80.2% 3.3%
Action 3 161 0.6% 5.6% 76.4% 4.3%
Action 4 82 1.2% 2.4% 84.1% 4.9%
Action 5 39 0.0% 0.0% 89.7% 2.6%
Action 6 16 0.0% 6.3% 93.8% 0.0%
Action 7 6 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.4% 4 of 1,085 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.8%
1.0%
2.2%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 4. Merits outcomes: 4 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/4 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/4 decisions
Median appeal duration
17.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Aug. 8, 2017 12/345,100 Affirmed N/A
Feb. 21, 2017 12/734,746 Affirmed §103
Feb. 23, 2015 12/249,530 Affirmed N/A
Dec. 27, 2011 11/703,505 Affirmed §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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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