Examiner Callie Shosho

Grant ratio: 3.4% (2nd percentile in Art Unit 1787 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 5.00. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 3.4%
Average office actions / grant 5.00
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
75636
Primary art unit
1787
Work group
1780
Technology center
1700
Applications
87
Granted applications
3
Examiner phone
(571) 272-1123
Supervisor
Srilakshmi Kumar
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7769

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 24 31.6% 3.26
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 1.76 153 office actions across 87 applications
Applications with office actions 59.8% 52 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 35 40.2%
1 OA 14 16.1%
2 OAs 14 16.1%
3 OAs 10 11.5%
4 OAs 6 6.9%
5+ OAs 8 9.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2010: 0.0% 2010 2011: 0.0% 2011 2012: 0.0% 2012 2013: 0.0% 2013 2014: 0.0% 2014 2015: 0.0% 2015 2017: 0.0% 2017 2020: 9.1% 2020 2021: 0.0% 2021 2025: 16.7% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2010100.0%
20111300.0%
2012500.0%
2013200.0%
2014200.0%
2015100.0%
2017600.0%
20201119.1%
20212100.0%
202512216.7%
20261300.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 52 1.9% 7.7% 80.8% 0.0%
Action 2 38 0.0% 5.3% 81.6% 10.5%
Action 3 24 0.0% 4.2% 79.2% 16.7%
Action 4 14 0.0% 0.0% 85.7% 14.3%
Action 5 8 0.0% 12.5% 62.5% 12.5%
Action 6 4 0.0% 0.0% 75.0% 25.0%
Action 7 6 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 12 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 2.6% 1 of 39 office actions
All years 0.7% 1 of 153 office actions
Change +1.9 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%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2025: August memo
4.2%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/5 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/5 decisions
Median appeal duration
20.0 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Feb. 16, 2018 13/456,549 Affirmed §103
Jan. 4, 2018 12/209,366 Affirmed §112
Dec. 10, 2014 12/083,525 Affirmed §103 · §112
Mar. 19, 2014 11/648,494 Affirmed N/A
Apr. 22, 2013 11/758,765 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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