Examiner Kurt Nicholas Pressly
Grant ratio: 7.0% (21st percentile in Art Unit 2125 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.00. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 98463
- Primary art unit
- 2125
- Work group
- 2120
- Technology center
- 2100
- Applications
- 71
- Granted applications
- 5
- Examiner phone
- (703) 756-4639
- Supervisor
- Kamran Afshar
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-7796
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 34 | 42.5% | 1.84 |
| Group | 338 | 44.1% | 1.98 |
| Tech Center | 1,817 | 51.4% | 2.19 |
| USPTO | 16,620 | 51.8% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 1 | 1.4% |
| 1 OA | 17 | 23.9% |
| 2 OAs | 20 | 28.2% |
| 3 OAs | 4 | 5.6% |
| 4 OAs | 17 | 23.9% |
| 5+ OAs | 12 | 16.9% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2025 | 20 | 5 | 25.0% |
| 2026 | 44 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 70 | 2.9% | 5.7% | 88.6% | 0.0% |
| Action 2 | 53 | 20.8% | 32.1% | 49.1% | 0.0% |
| Action 3 | 33 | 12.1% | 27.3% | 60.6% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 29 | 27.6% | 20.7% | 48.3% | 3.4% |
| Action 5 | 12 | 33.3% | 8.3% | 58.3% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 83.3% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
2024: AI examples
14.1%
2025: August memo
11.1%
18.6%
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 Oct. 30, 2026.