Examiner Jonathan M Skrzycki

Grant ratio: 53.2% (20th percentile in Art Unit 2116 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.33. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 53.2%
Average office actions / grant 2.33
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
94029
Primary art unit
2116
Work group
2110
Technology center
2100
Applications
252
Granted applications
134
Examiner phone
(571) 272-0933
Supervisor
Kamini Shah
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-2279

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 35 64.4% 1.81
Group 214 64.2% 1.69
Tech Center 1,781 52.8% 2.19
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.24 565 office actions across 252 applications
Applications with office actions 96.4% 243 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 9 3.6%
1 OA 84 33.3%
2 OAs 76 30.2%
3 OAs 36 14.3%
4 OAs 30 11.9%
5+ OAs 17 6.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2018: 28.6% 2018 2019: 50.0% 2019 2020: 54.5% 2020 2021: 78.6% 2021 2022: 70.6% 2022 2023: 56.3% 2023 2024: 77.4% 2024 2025: 41.9% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20187228.6%
2019261350.0%
2020331854.5%
2021282278.6%
2022342470.6%
2023321856.3%
2024312477.4%
2025311341.9%
20263000.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 243 1.6% 6.2% 87.7% 4.5%
Action 2 159 0.6% 3.8% 91.2% 4.4%
Action 3 83 0.0% 1.2% 96.4% 2.4%
Action 4 47 0.0% 2.1% 95.7% 2.1%
Action 5 17 0.0% 5.9% 94.1% 0.0%
Action 6 9 0.0% 11.1% 88.9% 0.0%
Action 7 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 2.4% 4 of 166 office actions
All years 0.9% 5 of 565 office actions
Change +1.5 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%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.4%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
1.9%
8.1%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 3. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
33.3% 1/3 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
33.3% 1/3 decisions
Median appeal duration
7.4 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Feb. 21, 2024 16/449,422 Affirmed §101 · §103 · §112 · §120
Oct. 5, 2021 15/596,269 Reversed §103
May. 12, 2021 15/726,738 Affirmed §103 · §112

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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