Examiner Olukorede Esan

Grant ratio: 58.6% (58th percentile in Art Unit 1741 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.15. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: May 2023
Grant ratio 58.6%
Average office actions / grant 2.15
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
94944
Primary art unit
1741
Work group
1740
Technology center
1700
Applications
157
Granted applications
92

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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 2.10 373 office actions across 178 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 178 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 72 40.4%
2 OAs 60 33.7%
3 OAs 21 11.8%
4 OAs 15 8.4%
5+ OAs 10 5.6%

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: 33.3% 2020 2021: 74.0% 2021 2022: 67.4% 2022 2023: 52.0% 2023

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20193133.3%
2020361233.3%
2021503774.0%
2022432967.4%
2023251352.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 178 0.6% 3.4% 95.5% 0.6%
Action 2 106 0.0% 2.8% 96.2% 0.9%
Action 3 46 0.0% 4.3% 93.5% 2.2%
Action 4 25 0.0% 4.0% 96.0% 0.0%
Action 5 10 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 6 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.3% 1 of 373 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

2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.1%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
7.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 25, 2025 16/346,044 Reversed §103
Jan. 26, 2023 16/273,548 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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