Examiner Mary I Omori

Grant ratio: 39.3% (9th percentile in Art Unit 1784 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.67. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 39.3%
Average office actions / grant 2.67
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
93604
Primary art unit
1784
Work group
1780
Technology center
1700
Applications
364
Granted applications
143
Examiner phone
(571) 270-1203
Supervisor
Humera Sheikh
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-0604

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 32 53.4% 2.07
Group 208 37.3% 2.71
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.81 1,022 office actions across 364 applications
Applications with office actions 98.1% 357 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 7 1.9%
1 OA 89 24.5%
2 OAs 98 26.9%
3 OAs 64 17.6%
4 OAs 56 15.4%
5+ OAs 50 13.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2017: 36.8% 2017 2018: 55.8% 2018 2019: 46.7% 2019 2020: 55.0% 2020 2021: 51.3% 2021 2022: 57.9% 2022 2023: 43.3% 2023 2024: 39.4% 2024 2025: 25.8% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201719736.8%
2018432455.8%
2019301446.7%
2020402255.0%
2021392051.3%
2022382257.9%
2023301343.3%
2024331339.4%
202531825.8%
20266100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 357 0.0% 2.2% 92.2% 3.6%
Action 2 268 0.0% 2.6% 94.0% 2.6%
Action 3 170 0.0% 1.8% 95.3% 2.9%
Action 4 106 0.0% 3.8% 93.4% 1.9%
Action 5 50 0.0% 0.0% 96.0% 4.0%
Action 6 35 0.0% 2.9% 97.1% 0.0%
Action 7 16 0.0% 0.0% 93.8% 6.3%
Action 8 10 0.0% 0.0% 90.0% 0.0%
Action 9 4 0.0% 0.0% 75.0% 0.0%
Action 10 3 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 324 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 1,022 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

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

Matched decisions: 7. Merits outcomes: 5 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
28.6% 2/7 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
28.6% 2/7 decisions
Median appeal duration
14.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 30, 2025 16/651,606 Affirmed §103
Jun. 18, 2025 17/304,889 Affirmed §103
May. 2, 2025 17/086,883 Reversed N/A
Mar. 27, 2025 17/297,123 Affirmed §103
Jul. 25, 2022 15/420,593 Reversed §103 · §112
Jun. 17, 2020 15/361,570 Affirmed §103 · §112
Feb. 18, 2020 15/038,958 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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