Examiner Terressa M. Boykin
Grant ratio: 85.2% (98th percentile in Art Unit 1765 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.18. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 66928
- Primary art unit
- 1765
- Work group
- 1760
- Technology center
- 1700
- Applications
- 1,916
- Granted applications
- 1,633
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-1069
- Supervisor
- Heidi Kelley
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-1831
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 29 | 58.0% | 1.86 |
| Group | 170 | 51.2% | 2.03 |
| 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 | 1,648 | 86.0% |
| 2 OAs | 222 | 11.6% |
| 3 OAs | 35 | 1.8% |
| 4 OAs | 10 | 0.5% |
| 5+ OAs | 1 | 0.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 114 | 103 | 90.4% |
| 2009 | 122 | 104 | 85.2% |
| 2010 | 126 | 116 | 92.1% |
| 2011 | 112 | 97 | 86.6% |
| 2012 | 87 | 79 | 90.8% |
| 2013 | 84 | 80 | 95.2% |
| 2014 | 84 | 79 | 94.0% |
| 2015 | 108 | 95 | 88.0% |
| 2016 | 115 | 101 | 87.8% |
| 2017 | 85 | 76 | 89.4% |
| 2018 | 104 | 95 | 91.3% |
| 2019 | 106 | 97 | 91.5% |
| 2020 | 125 | 112 | 89.6% |
| 2021 | 95 | 91 | 95.8% |
| 2022 | 96 | 81 | 84.4% |
| 2023 | 109 | 98 | 89.9% |
| 2024 | 89 | 81 | 91.0% |
| 2025 | 98 | 48 | 49.0% |
| 2026 | 57 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 1,916 | 0.3% | 4.0% | 48.0% | 17.9% |
| Action 2 | 268 | 0.0% | 7.5% | 38.1% | 23.9% |
| Action 3 | 46 | 0.0% | 17.4% | 45.7% | 19.6% |
| Action 4 | 11 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 72.7% | 9.1% |
| Action 5 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 1 | 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
0.9%
1.1%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
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
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.