Examiner Justin Bova
Grant ratio: 63.4% (42nd percentile in Art Unit 1736 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.36. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: September 2015
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 25 | 58.6% | 1.70 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 56 | 34.8% |
| 2 OAs | 47 | 29.2% |
| 3 OAs | 27 | 16.8% |
| 4 OAs | 19 | 11.8% |
| 5+ OAs | 12 | 7.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2011 | 25 | 15 | 60.0% |
| 2012 | 35 | 22 | 62.9% |
| 2013 | 41 | 28 | 68.3% |
| 2014 | 41 | 25 | 61.0% |
| 2015 | 18 | 12 | 66.7% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 161 | 0.0% | 5.0% | 64.0% | 11.8% |
| Action 2 | 105 | 0.0% | 5.7% | 75.2% | 7.6% |
| Action 3 | 58 | 0.0% | 3.4% | 62.1% | 10.3% |
| Action 4 | 31 | 0.0% | 6.5% | 67.7% | 12.9% |
| Action 5 | 12 | 0.0% | 8.3% | 50.0% | 25.0% |
| Action 6 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 66.7% | 33.3% |
| Action 7 | 2 | 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
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2014: Alice
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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.