Examiner Alicia Chevalier

Grant ratio: 18.1% (31st percentile in Art Unit 1788 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.81. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: September 2026
Grant ratio 18.1%
Average office actions / grant 2.81
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
76947
Primary art unit
1788
Work group
1780
Technology center
1700
Applications
177
Granted applications
32
Examiner phone
(571) 272-1490
Supervisor
Srilakshmi Kumar
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7769

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 19 32.3% 2.81
Group 212 36.3% 2.71
Tech Center 1,816 43.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.33 413 office actions across 177 applications
Applications with office actions 88.1% 156 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 21 11.9%
1 OA 50 28.2%
2 OAs 43 24.3%
3 OAs 22 12.4%
4 OAs 24 13.6%
5+ OAs 17 9.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2007: 0.0% 2007 2008: 20.6% 2008 2009: 21.1% 2009 2010: 39.3% 2010 2011: 0.0% 2011 2013: 0.0% 2013 2014: 8.3% 2014 2015: 7.7% 2015 2016: 0.0% 2016 2019: 100.0% 2019 2020: 9.1% 2020 2023: 0.0% 2023 2024: 25.0% 2024 2025: 14.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2007200.0%
200834720.6%
200938821.1%
2010281139.3%
2011100.0%
2013600.0%
20141218.3%
20151317.7%
2016900.0%
201911100.0%
20201119.1%
2023100.0%
20244125.0%
20257114.3%
20261000.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 156 0.0% 21.2% 71.8% 2.6%
Action 2 106 0.0% 10.4% 79.2% 4.7%
Action 3 63 0.0% 6.3% 74.6% 14.3%
Action 4 41 0.0% 4.9% 82.9% 7.3%
Action 5 17 0.0% 0.0% 94.1% 0.0%
Action 6 10 0.0% 0.0% 90.0% 0.0%
Action 7 8 0.0% 0.0% 87.5% 0.0%
Action 8 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 35 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 413 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
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: 16. Merits outcomes: 9 affirmed, 2 affirmed in part, and 5 reversed.

Full reversal rate
31.3% 5/16 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
43.8% 7/16 decisions
Median appeal duration
19.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Apr. 25, 2017 12/048,941 Affirmed in part §103
Apr. 25, 2017 12/500,413 Affirmed §103
Apr. 18, 2017 11/627,291 Reversed §103
Nov. 30, 2016 11/043,676 Affirmed §102
Sep. 1, 2016 12/023,575 Affirmed §103
Jun. 2, 2016 11/918,880 Affirmed N/A
Apr. 30, 2013 11/610,405 Affirmed N/A
Aug. 21, 2012 11/017,659 Affirmed N/A
Jul. 9, 2012 11/112,684 Affirmed N/A
Jun. 25, 2012 11/041,274 Affirmed §103
May. 30, 2012 10/535,242 Reversed §103
Apr. 30, 2012 11/061,327 Affirmed N/A

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 Oct. 30, 2026.

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