Examiner Jelitza M Perez

Grant ratio: 66.8% (57th percentile in Art Unit 1774 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.59. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 66.8%
Average office actions / grant 1.59
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
89386
Primary art unit
1774
Work group
1770
Technology center
1700
Applications
632
Granted applications
422
Examiner phone
(571) 272-8139
Supervisor
Claire Wang
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-1051

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 23 56.3% 1.86
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

Average office actions per application 1.60 1,010 office actions across 632 applications
Applications with office actions 99.4% 628 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 4 0.6%
1 OA 394 62.3%
2 OAs 149 23.6%
3 OAs 51 8.1%
4 OAs 18 2.8%
5+ OAs 16 2.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2012: 33.3% 2012 2013: 71.9% 2013 2014: 87.2% 2014 2015: 78.1% 2015 2016: 59.2% 2016 2017: 69.6% 2017 2018: 74.4% 2018 2019: 87.2% 2019 2020: 80.3% 2020 2021: 74.4% 2021 2022: 71.0% 2022 2023: 73.0% 2023 2024: 77.2% 2024 2025: 35.9% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20123133.3%
2013322371.9%
2014393487.2%
2015322578.1%
2016492959.2%
2017563969.6%
2018392974.4%
2019474187.2%
2020665380.3%
2021433274.4%
2022312271.0%
2023372773.0%
2024574477.2%
2025642335.9%
20263700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 628 0.2% 6.4% 78.5% 11.8%
Action 2 234 0.0% 6.4% 84.2% 8.5%
Action 3 85 0.0% 2.4% 89.4% 5.9%
Action 4 34 0.0% 0.0% 88.2% 11.8%
Action 5 16 0.0% 0.0% 93.8% 6.3%
Action 6 8 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 2 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.4% 1 of 227 office actions
All years 0.1% 1 of 1,010 office actions
Change +0.3 pts Percentage points

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%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
1.2%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
14.8 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Oct. 25, 2023 16/914,591 Affirmed §112
Sep. 24, 2020 13/383,887 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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