Examiner Polina Peach

Grant ratio: 43.4% (13th percentile in Art Unit 2165 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.36. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 43.4%
Average office actions / grant 3.36
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
86402
Primary art unit
2165
Work group
2160
Technology center
2100
Applications
509
Granted applications
221
Examiner phone
(571) 270-7646
Supervisor
Aleksandr Kerzhner
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-1760

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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 3.39 1,726 office actions across 509 applications
Applications with office actions 97.2% 495 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 14 2.8%
1 OA 85 16.7%
2 OAs 130 25.5%
3 OAs 63 12.4%
4 OAs 98 19.3%
5+ OAs 119 23.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2009: 42.9% 2009 2010: 61.5% 2010 2011: 34.5% 2011 2012: 57.7% 2012 2013: 62.1% 2013 2014: 44.0% 2014 2015: 29.0% 2015 2016: 47.1% 2016 2017: 20.0% 2017 2018: 30.0% 2018 2019: 60.0% 2019 2020: 51.7% 2020 2021: 73.3% 2021 2022: 61.8% 2022 2023: 51.4% 2023 2024: 55.6% 2024 2025: 27.8% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200921942.9%
201013861.5%
2011291034.5%
2012261557.7%
2013291862.1%
2014251144.0%
201531929.0%
201617847.1%
201725520.0%
201830930.0%
2019301860.0%
2020291551.7%
2021302273.3%
2022342161.8%
2023351851.4%
2024271555.6%
2025361027.8%
20264200.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 495 6.5% 12.1% 75.6% 0.2%
Action 2 410 25.1% 8.3% 51.5% 5.6%
Action 3 280 14.3% 5.7% 66.1% 7.9%
Action 4 217 10.1% 3.7% 70.5% 10.6%
Action 5 119 7.6% 2.5% 71.4% 12.6%
Action 6 92 14.1% 1.1% 68.5% 9.8%
Action 7 37 13.5% 0.0% 67.6% 8.1%
Action 8 24 20.8% 0.0% 54.2% 20.8%
Action 9 15 26.7% 0.0% 66.7% 0.0%
Action 10 11 18.2% 0.0% 54.5% 18.2%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 23.6% 62 of 263 office actions
All years 14.0% 242 of 1,726 office actions
Change +9.6 pts 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%
28.4%
3.5%
0.0%
4.2%
12.8%
2014: Alice
5.5%
10.1%
8.6%
22.5%
40.5%
2019: PEG
23.6%
4.5%
11.8%
10.7%
14.0%
2024: AI examples
20.0%
2025: August memo
31.8%
20.3%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 30. Merits outcomes: 18 affirmed, 2 affirmed in part, and 10 reversed.

Full reversal rate
33.3% 10/30 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
40.0% 12/30 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.7 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 27, 2026 15/974,338 Affirmed §101 · §103 · §112
Aug. 19, 2025 17/262,697 Reversed §102 · §103
Jan. 29, 2024 16/139,832 Reversed §103
Oct. 27, 2023 15/823,638 Affirmed §103
Apr. 26, 2023 16/504,903 Reversed New ground of rejection §101 · §103
Feb. 3, 2023 15/489,059 Affirmed §103
Jun. 8, 2022 15/612,242 Reversed §103
May. 3, 2022 15/473,479 Affirmed §103
Aug. 27, 2021 15/153,935 Reversed §103
Jan. 21, 2021 15/204,931 Reversed §101 · §103
Sep. 18, 2020 14/481,392 Affirmed §101 · §103
Jan. 28, 2019 13/706,071 Affirmed 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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