Examiner William Addison Geisbert

Grant ratio: 0.0% (7th percentile in Art Unit 1779 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 0.0%
Average office actions / grant N/A
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
99620
Primary art unit
1779
Work group
1770
Technology center
1700
Applications
63
Granted applications
0
Examiner phone
(703) 756-5497
Supervisor
Bobby Ramdhanie
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-3240

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 21 34.7% 2.44
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 2.22 140 office actions across 63 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 63 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 23 36.5%
2 OAs 19 30.2%
3 OAs 8 12.7%
4 OAs 10 15.9%
5+ OAs 3 4.8%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 0.0% 2024 2025: 0.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2024500.0%
20252100.0%
20263700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 63 0.0% 4.8% 90.5% 0.0%
Action 2 40 0.0% 2.5% 85.0% 2.5%
Action 3 21 0.0% 0.0% 85.7% 4.8%
Action 4 13 0.0% 0.0% 69.2% 15.4%
Action 5 3 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 140 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 140 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

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

By year

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.

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