Examiner Jonathan Bortoli

Grant ratio: 55.5% (53rd percentile in Art Unit 1797 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.82. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 55.5%
Average office actions / grant 1.82
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
95381
Primary art unit
1797
Work group
1790
Technology center
1700
Applications
265
Granted applications
147
Examiner phone
(571) 270-3179
Supervisor
Lyle Alexander
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-1254

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 41 48.0% 1.93
Group 303 36.3% 2.12
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.71 452 office actions across 265 applications
Applications with office actions 99.6% 264 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 1 0.4%
1 OA 168 63.4%
2 OAs 54 20.4%
3 OAs 18 6.8%
4 OAs 10 3.8%
5+ OAs 14 5.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2020: 81.8% 2020 2021: 85.3% 2021 2022: 52.4% 2022 2023: 70.9% 2023 2024: 74.1% 2024 2025: 28.6% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202011981.8%
2021342985.3%
2022211152.4%
2023553970.9%
2024584374.1%
2025561628.6%
20263000.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 264 0.8% 5.7% 78.4% 14.4%
Action 2 96 0.0% 3.1% 86.5% 7.3%
Action 3 42 0.0% 4.8% 90.5% 2.4%
Action 4 24 0.0% 0.0% 95.8% 4.2%
Action 5 14 0.0% 0.0% 92.9% 0.0%
Action 6 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 3 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 33.3%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 11 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.9% 2 of 234 office actions
All years 0.4% 2 of 452 office actions
Change +0.4 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%
2024: AI examples
1.1%
2025: August memo
1.3%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.0 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Dec. 26, 2024 16/997,137 Reversed §103
Sep. 28, 2023 16/603,460 Affirmed §102 · §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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