Examiner Ramesh B Patel
Grant ratio: 90.5% (96th percentile in Art Unit 2127 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.04. Most common rejection type: §102.
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Last office action in data: January 2025
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 29 | 47.2% | 1.95 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 903 | 96.4% |
| 2 OAs | 31 | 3.3% |
| 3 OAs | 1 | 0.1% |
| 4 OAs | 2 | 0.2% |
| 5+ OAs | 0 | 0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 72 | 60 | 83.3% |
| 2010 | 46 | 46 | 100.0% |
| 2011 | 58 | 58 | 100.0% |
| 2012 | 31 | 25 | 80.6% |
| 2013 | 69 | 65 | 94.2% |
| 2014 | 59 | 54 | 91.5% |
| 2015 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% |
| 2016 | 61 | 53 | 86.9% |
| 2017 | 65 | 57 | 87.7% |
| 2018 | 74 | 70 | 94.6% |
| 2019 | 69 | 61 | 88.4% |
| 2020 | 56 | 54 | 96.4% |
| 2021 | 52 | 50 | 96.2% |
| 2022 | 61 | 59 | 96.7% |
| 2023 | 57 | 50 | 87.7% |
| 2024 | 54 | 43 | 79.6% |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 937 | 8.2% | 60.5% | 4.7% | 10.7% |
| Action 2 | 34 | 0.0% | 73.5% | 8.8% | 0.0% |
| Action 3 | 3 | 0.0% | 33.3% | 33.3% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
2.7%
1.9%
3.2%
2.7%
4.1%
2014: Alice
6.7%
1.8%
1.6%
2.9%
2.7%
2019: PEG
0.0%
3.6%
13.5%
37.7%
24.6%
2024: AI examples
20.4%
2025: August memo
25.0%
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.