Examiner Yohanes Demiss Kelemework

Grant ratio: 68.1% (66th percentile in Art Unit 2164 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.50. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: December 2024
Grant ratio 68.1%
Average office actions / grant 3.50
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
94938
Primary art unit
2164
Work group
2160
Technology center
2100
Applications
91
Granted applications
62

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 17 58.9% 2.70
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 3.25 361 office actions across 111 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 111 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 17 15.3%
2 OAs 27 24.3%
3 OAs 19 17.1%
4 OAs 27 24.3%
5+ OAs 21 18.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2020: 0.0% 2020 2021: 80.0% 2021 2022: 68.4% 2022 2023: 44.4% 2023 2024: 70.0% 2024

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2020300.0%
2021302480.0%
2022191368.4%
20239444.4%
2024302170.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 111 0.0% 4.5% 94.6% 0.9%
Action 2 94 0.0% 1.1% 97.9% 0.0%
Action 3 67 0.0% 1.5% 97.0% 0.0%
Action 4 48 0.0% 2.1% 95.8% 0.0%
Action 5 21 0.0% 4.8% 90.5% 0.0%
Action 6 11 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 103 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 361 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

2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 1. Merits outcomes: 0 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
100.0% 1/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 1/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
10.3 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 15, 2023 16/360,273 Reversed §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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