Examiner Mariela D. Reyes

Grant ratio: 59.2% (19th percentile in Art Unit 2167 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.75. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 59.2%
Average office actions / grant 3.75
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
82131
Primary art unit
2167
Work group
2160
Technology center
2100
Applications
311
Granted applications
184
Examiner phone
(571) 270-1006
Supervisor
David Wiley
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-3923

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 20 63.0% 2.40
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 3.31 1,030 office actions across 311 applications
Applications with office actions 94.9% 295 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 16 5.1%
1 OA 46 14.8%
2 OAs 61 19.6%
3 OAs 57 18.3%
4 OAs 60 19.3%
5+ OAs 71 22.8%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 38.9% 2008 2009: 58.1% 2009 2010: 75.0% 2010 2011: 66.7% 2011 2012: 75.0% 2012 2013: 66.0% 2013 2014: 50.0% 2014 2015: 0.0% 2015 2016: 0.0% 2016 2020: 100.0% 2020 2021: 60.0% 2021 2023: 100.0% 2023 2025: 25.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200818738.9%
2009432558.1%
2010403075.0%
2011362466.7%
2012564275.0%
2013503366.0%
2014321650.0%
2015400.0%
2016700.0%
202022100.0%
20215360.0%
202311100.0%
20254125.0%
20261300.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 295 5.4% 21.4% 69.2% 1.4%
Action 2 249 18.9% 9.6% 69.5% 1.6%
Action 3 188 4.3% 4.8% 87.2% 2.1%
Action 4 131 1.5% 3.8% 88.5% 5.3%
Action 5 71 0.0% 1.4% 91.5% 5.6%
Action 6 44 0.0% 0.0% 93.2% 2.3%
Action 7 25 8.0% 0.0% 84.0% 8.0%
Action 8 14 7.1% 0.0% 85.7% 0.0%
Action 9 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 31.0% 9 of 29 office actions
All years 7.4% 76 of 1,030 office actions
Change +23.7 pts Percentage points

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

By year

5.9%
6.5%
3.4%
6.0%
11.9%
9.2%
2014: Alice
2.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2025: August memo
33.3%
31.3%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 20. Merits outcomes: 10 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 10 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 10/20 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 10/20 decisions
Median appeal duration
30.7 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Sep. 22, 2016 12/840,864 Affirmed §103
May. 25, 2016 12/961,506 Affirmed §102
May. 29, 2015 12/122,421 Affirmed N/A
May. 11, 2015 12/210,047 Affirmed N/A
May. 1, 2015 12/043,017 Reversed N/A
Mar. 27, 2015 12/111,447 Affirmed N/A
Mar. 27, 2015 12/111,438 Affirmed N/A
Mar. 25, 2014 10/832,094 Reversed New ground of rejection N/A
Mar. 14, 2014 11/365,198 Affirmed N/A
Jun. 28, 2013 11/108,204 Reversed N/A
Apr. 29, 2013 10/852,596 Reversed N/A
Apr. 25, 2013 10/943,090 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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