Examiner Dara J. Glasser

Grant ratio: 53.8% (39th percentile in Art Unit 2161 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 53.8%
Average office actions / grant 2.55
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
88500
Primary art unit
2161
Work group
2160
Technology center
2100
Applications
186
Granted applications
100
Examiner phone
(571) 270-3666
Supervisor
Apu Mofiz
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-4080

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 20 57.0% 2.44
Group 196 60.2% 2.52
Tech Center 1,781 52.8% 2.19
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.81 562 office actions across 200 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 200 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 54 27.0%
2 OAs 61 30.5%
3 OAs 33 16.5%
4 OAs 24 12.0%
5+ OAs 28 14.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2012: 87.5% 2012 2013: 42.9% 2013 2014: 57.1% 2014 2015: 46.2% 2015 2016: 50.0% 2016 2017: 76.7% 2017 2018: 33.3% 2018 2019: 50.0% 2019 2020: 62.5% 2020 2021: 100.0% 2021 2022: 60.0% 2022 2023: 71.4% 2023 2024: 100.0% 2024 2025: 18.2% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20128787.5%
201321942.9%
2014211257.1%
201513646.2%
2016221150.0%
2017302376.7%
20186233.3%
201910550.0%
20208562.5%
202111100.0%
202210660.0%
20237571.4%
202466100.0%
202511218.2%
20261200.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 200 0.5% 4.0% 95.0% 0.0%
Action 2 146 4.1% 4.8% 90.4% 0.0%
Action 3 85 2.4% 4.7% 90.6% 2.4%
Action 4 52 3.8% 3.8% 88.5% 3.8%
Action 5 28 0.0% 0.0% 96.4% 0.0%
Action 6 20 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 12 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 8 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 5 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 20.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 60 office actions
All years 2.0% 11 of 562 office actions
Change -2.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

2.3%
3.8%
2014: Alice
5.0%
1.7%
0.0%
1.2%
25.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 5. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 3 reversed.

Full reversal rate
60.0% 3/5 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
60.0% 3/5 decisions
Median appeal duration
26.3 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 21, 2018 13/401,697 Affirmed §103 · §112
Sep. 30, 2016 13/033,598 Reversed §103 · §112
Feb. 24, 2016 13/034,111 Reversed §103
Feb. 10, 2016 13/034,786 Affirmed §101 · §103
Oct. 29, 2015 13/035,641 Reversed N/A

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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