Examiner Juan C Valencia
Grant ratio: 80.6% (97th percentile in Art Unit 1771 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.41. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 88785
- Primary art unit
- 1771
- Work group
- 1770
- Technology center
- 1700
- Applications
- 754
- Granted applications
- 608
- Examiner phone
- (571) 270-7709
- Supervisor
- Prem C Singh
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-6381
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 17 | 52.5% | 2.14 |
| Group | 178 | 50.9% | 1.94 |
| 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 | 537 | 71.2% |
| 2 OAs | 150 | 19.9% |
| 3 OAs | 41 | 5.4% |
| 4 OAs | 14 | 1.9% |
| 5+ OAs | 12 | 1.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 6 | 5 | 83.3% |
| 2013 | 59 | 43 | 72.9% |
| 2014 | 42 | 28 | 66.7% |
| 2015 | 49 | 41 | 83.7% |
| 2016 | 58 | 49 | 84.5% |
| 2017 | 68 | 60 | 88.2% |
| 2018 | 64 | 58 | 90.6% |
| 2019 | 55 | 50 | 90.9% |
| 2020 | 61 | 60 | 98.4% |
| 2021 | 49 | 45 | 91.8% |
| 2022 | 41 | 38 | 92.7% |
| 2023 | 58 | 55 | 94.8% |
| 2024 | 52 | 47 | 90.4% |
| 2025 | 55 | 29 | 52.7% |
| 2026 | 37 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 754 | 1.6% | 2.1% | 61.3% | 31.4% |
| Action 2 | 217 | 1.8% | 4.1% | 76.5% | 14.7% |
| Action 3 | 67 | 1.5% | 3.0% | 79.1% | 13.4% |
| Action 4 | 26 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 80.8% | 11.5% |
| Action 5 | 12 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 91.7% | 8.3% |
| Action 6 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 83.3% | 16.7% |
| 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
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.1%
2019: PEG
2.2%
0.0%
1.8%
8.5%
1.5%
2024: AI examples
8.3%
2025: August memo
1.5%
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.