Examiner Alicia Antoine

Grant ratio: 58.7% (17th percentile in Art Unit 2162 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.27. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: July 2021
Grant ratio 58.7%
Average office actions / grant 3.27
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
92531
Primary art unit
2162
Work group
2160
Technology center
2100
Applications
126
Granted applications
74

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 20 70.0% 2.07
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 3.35 445 office actions across 133 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 133 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 23 17.3%
2 OAs 31 23.3%
3 OAs 22 16.5%
4 OAs 19 14.3%
5+ OAs 38 28.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2015: 40.0% 2015 2016: 50.0% 2016 2017: 40.0% 2017 2018: 58.1% 2018 2019: 62.5% 2019 2020: 82.1% 2020 2021: 20.0% 2021

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20155240.0%
201618950.0%
201715640.0%
2018311858.1%
2019241562.5%
2020282382.1%
20215120.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 133 0.8% 21.8% 77.4% 0.0%
Action 2 110 0.9% 12.7% 85.5% 0.9%
Action 3 79 0.0% 3.8% 93.7% 2.5%
Action 4 57 3.5% 1.8% 94.7% 0.0%
Action 5 38 7.9% 0.0% 86.8% 5.3%
Action 6 17 0.0% 0.0% 94.1% 5.9%
Action 7 8 0.0% 12.5% 87.5% 0.0%
Action 8 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 1.6% 7 of 445 office actions
Change N/A 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%
0.0%
0.0%
5.9%
2019: PEG
0.0%
2.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
100.0% 2/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 2/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
23.9 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 25, 2021 14/487,520 Reversed §103 · §112
Mar. 22, 2019 14/214,700 Reversed §102 · §103

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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