Examiner Devan Kapoor

Grant ratio: 0.0% (6th percentile in Art Unit 2126 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 0.0%
Average office actions / grant N/A
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
99216
Primary art unit
2126
Work group
2120
Technology center
2100
Applications
51
Granted applications
0
Examiner phone
(703) 756-1434
Supervisor
David Yi
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-7519

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 31 32.6% 2.14
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 2.37 121 office actions across 51 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 51 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 14 27.5%
2 OAs 18 35.3%
3 OAs 8 15.7%
4 OAs 8 15.7%
5+ OAs 3 5.9%

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

Grant history

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

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2024300.0%
20251100.0%
20263700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 51 2.0% 0.0% 98.0% 0.0%
Action 2 37 0.0% 0.0% 97.3% 0.0%
Action 3 19 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 4 11 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.8% 1 of 121 office actions
All years 0.8% 1 of 121 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

2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
2.0%

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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