Examiner Robert H Bejcek Ii

Grant ratio: 56.0% (47th percentile in Art Unit 2123 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.55. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 56.0%
Average office actions / grant 2.55
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
90158
Primary art unit
2123
Work group
2120
Technology center
2100
Applications
282
Granted applications
158
Examiner phone
(571) 270-3610
Supervisor
Michelle T. Bechtold
Supervisor phone
(571) 431-0762

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 50 45.1% 1.86
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 2.66 750 office actions across 282 applications
Applications with office actions 95.4% 269 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 13 4.6%
1 OA 81 28.7%
2 OAs 68 24.1%
3 OAs 40 14.2%
4 OAs 37 13.1%
5+ OAs 43 15.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2013: 37.5% 2013 2014: 77.3% 2014 2015: 78.6% 2015 2016: 61.9% 2016 2017: 50.0% 2017 2018: 69.2% 2018 2019: 80.6% 2019 2020: 65.0% 2020 2021: 70.6% 2021 2022: 41.7% 2022 2023: 70.8% 2023 2024: 50.0% 2024 2025: 15.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20138337.5%
2014221777.3%
2015141178.6%
2016211361.9%
2017241250.0%
2018261869.2%
2019312580.6%
2020201365.0%
2021171270.6%
202212541.7%
2023241770.8%
202418950.0%
202520315.0%
20262500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 269 5.9% 10.0% 77.7% 6.7%
Action 2 188 3.7% 10.6% 79.8% 5.3%
Action 3 120 8.3% 6.7% 83.3% 2.5%
Action 4 80 10.0% 6.3% 82.5% 1.3%
Action 5 43 9.3% 9.3% 81.4% 4.7%
Action 6 29 6.9% 3.4% 89.7% 0.0%
Action 7 12 25.0% 8.3% 66.7% 0.0%
Action 8 5 20.0% 0.0% 80.0% 0.0%
Action 9 2 50.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Action 10 2 50.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 11.6% 17 of 147 office actions
All years 7.1% 53 of 750 office actions
Change +4.5 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%
2014: Alice
6.9%
2.2%
3.6%
6.3%
12.5%
2019: PEG
3.3%
0.0%
8.5%
11.1%
11.0%
2024: AI examples
12.7%
2025: August memo
9.5%
10.3%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 9. Merits outcomes: 5 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 3 reversed.

Full reversal rate
33.3% 3/9 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
44.4% 4/9 decisions
Median appeal duration
17.1 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 12, 2023 14/549,655 Reversed §101
May. 25, 2023 17/210,132 Reversed §101 · §103
Nov. 15, 2022 15/604,542 Affirmed §103
Nov. 29, 2021 14/779,240 Affirmed §101 · §103
Nov. 5, 2020 13/620,181 Reversed §101 · §102 · §112
Jul. 1, 2020 13/743,989 Affirmed §103
Feb. 28, 2018 13/465,287 Affirmed §103 · §112
Sep. 22, 2016 13/157,009 Affirmed §103
Jun. 14, 2016 13/174,441 Affirmed in part §102 · §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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