Examiner Jacques Veillard

Grant ratio: 50.9% (31st percentile in Art Unit 2165 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.75. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: July 2013
Grant ratio 50.9%
Average office actions / grant 2.75
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
77600
Primary art unit
2165
Work group
2160
Technology center
2100
Applications
55
Granted applications
28

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 30 55.5% 2.59
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 2.40 132 office actions across 55 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 55 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 26 47.3%
2 OAs 8 14.5%
3 OAs 6 10.9%
4 OAs 7 12.7%
5+ OAs 8 14.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 62.5% 2008 2009: 21.4% 2009 2010: 76.9% 2010 2011: 58.3% 2011 2012: 40.0% 2012 2013: 33.3% 2013

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20088562.5%
200914321.4%
2010131076.9%
201112758.3%
20125240.0%
20133133.3%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 55 3.6% 29.1% 63.6% 0.0%
Action 2 29 0.0% 17.2% 82.8% 0.0%
Action 3 21 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 4 15 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 8 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 1.5% 2 of 132 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

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0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

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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