Examiner Robert N Day

Grant ratio: 3.0% (31st percentile in Art Unit 2122 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.50. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 3.0%
Average office actions / grant 2.50
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
98702
Primary art unit
2122
Work group
2120
Technology center
2100
Applications
66
Granted applications
2
Examiner phone
(703) 756-1519
Supervisor
Kakali Chaki
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-3719

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 35 37.0% 2.00
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 2.48 164 office actions across 66 applications
Applications with office actions 97.0% 64 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 3.0%
1 OA 15 22.7%
2 OAs 22 33.3%
3 OAs 10 15.2%
4 OAs 12 18.2%
5+ OAs 5 7.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 12.5% 2024 2025: 4.8% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20248112.5%
20252114.8%
20263700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 64 3.1% 10.9% 85.9% 0.0%
Action 2 49 4.1% 6.1% 89.8% 0.0%
Action 3 27 3.7% 11.1% 85.2% 0.0%
Action 4 17 0.0% 17.6% 82.4% 0.0%
Action 5 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 3.0% 5 of 164 office actions
All years 3.0% 5 of 164 office actions
Change 0.0 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%
2024: AI examples
4.7%
2025: August memo
2.7%
2.3%

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

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
100.0% 1/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 1/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
6.4 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 27, 2026 17/190,372 Reversed New ground of rejection §101 · §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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