Examiner Martti Kontkanen

Grant ratio: 33.3%. Average office actions per grant: 2.00. Most common rejection type: §102.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: April 2010
Grant ratio 33.3%
Average office actions / grant 2.00
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
86965
Primary art unit
2121
Work group
2120
Technology center
2100
Applications
3
Granted applications
1

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 38 39.5% 2.16
Group 333 45.2% 1.98
Tech Center 1,781 52.8% 2.19
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.33 4 office actions across 3 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 3 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 2 66.7%
2 OAs 1 33.3%
3 OAs 0 0.0%
4 OAs 0 0.0%
5+ OAs 0 0.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2009: 0.0% 2009 2010: 100.0% 2010

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2009200.0%
201011100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 3 0.0% 66.7% 33.3% 0.0%
Action 2 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 4 office actions
Change N/A 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%

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

PTAB appeals

No PTAB decisions could be matched to this examiner.

Older and transferred applications may not have a reliable examiner match. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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