Examiner Andrés E. Behrens Jr

Grant ratio: 39.0% (14th percentile in Art Unit 1741 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.48. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 39.0%
Average office actions / grant 2.48
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
94615
Primary art unit
1741
Work group
1740
Technology center
1700
Applications
364
Granted applications
142
Examiner phone
(571) 272-9096
Supervisor
Jessica Han
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-2078

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 28 52.0% 2.01
Group 211 48.8% 2.05
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.62 955 office actions across 364 applications
Applications with office actions 97.3% 354 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 10 2.7%
1 OA 102 28.0%
2 OAs 101 27.7%
3 OAs 45 12.4%
4 OAs 54 14.8%
5+ OAs 52 14.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2019: 33.3% 2019 2020: 60.0% 2020 2021: 60.4% 2021 2022: 55.3% 2022 2023: 57.1% 2023 2024: 43.5% 2024 2025: 19.1% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201915533.3%
2020452760.0%
2021533260.4%
2022382155.3%
2023492857.1%
2024462043.5%
202547919.1%
20267100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 354 0.3% 2.3% 90.4% 4.5%
Action 2 252 0.0% 2.0% 94.8% 2.0%
Action 3 151 0.0% 0.7% 98.7% 0.7%
Action 4 106 0.0% 0.9% 99.1% 0.0%
Action 5 52 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 25 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 9 0.0% 0.0% 88.9% 11.1%
Action 8 4 0.0% 0.0% 75.0% 25.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.2% 1 of 407 office actions
All years 0.1% 1 of 955 office actions
Change +0.1 pts Percentage points

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

By year

2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
1.2%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 7. Merits outcomes: 3 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 4 reversed.

Full reversal rate
57.1% 4/7 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
57.1% 4/7 decisions
Median appeal duration
8.4 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Aug. 27, 2026 17/157,246 Reversed §103
Aug. 11, 2026 16/191,254 Affirmed §103
Apr. 14, 2026 16/753,461 Affirmed §103
Jan. 20, 2026 16/393,525 Reversed N/A
Apr. 28, 2025 16/800,418 Reversed §103 · §112
Feb. 26, 2025 16/674,047 Affirmed §103
Sep. 21, 2023 15/587,292 Reversed §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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