Examiner Alexandria Bromell

Grant ratio: 71.8% (53rd percentile in Art Unit 2167 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.46. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 71.8%
Average office actions / grant 2.46
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
83228
Primary art unit
2167
Work group
2160
Technology center
2100
Applications
556
Granted applications
399
Examiner phone
(571) 270-3034
Supervisor
Robert Beausoliel
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-3645

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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 2.52 1,399 office actions across 556 applications
Applications with office actions 99.5% 553 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 3 0.5%
1 OA 202 36.3%
2 OAs 148 26.6%
3 OAs 71 12.8%
4 OAs 64 11.5%
5+ OAs 68 12.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 50.0% 2008 2009: 54.2% 2009 2010: 63.6% 2010 2011: 48.3% 2011 2012: 51.9% 2012 2013: 78.8% 2013 2014: 78.6% 2014 2015: 60.0% 2015 2016: 75.0% 2016 2017: 77.8% 2017 2018: 67.7% 2018 2019: 86.7% 2019 2020: 83.3% 2020 2021: 79.5% 2021 2022: 95.5% 2022 2023: 97.0% 2023 2024: 84.8% 2024 2025: 66.7% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008201050.0%
2009241354.2%
2010221463.6%
2011291448.3%
2012271451.9%
2013524178.8%
2014282278.6%
2015301860.0%
2016201575.0%
2017272177.8%
2018312167.7%
2019302686.7%
2020302583.3%
2021393179.5%
2022444295.5%
2023333297.0%
2024332884.8%
2025181266.7%
20261900.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 553 5.8% 52.1% 36.7% 1.4%
Action 2 351 7.7% 35.9% 52.4% 2.3%
Action 3 203 6.9% 21.7% 65.5% 3.0%
Action 4 132 4.5% 18.2% 73.5% 3.0%
Action 5 68 11.8% 17.6% 67.6% 2.9%
Action 6 43 11.6% 16.3% 62.8% 9.3%
Action 7 25 16.0% 16.0% 60.0% 8.0%
Action 8 13 23.1% 15.4% 53.8% 7.7%
Action 9 4 0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 25.0%
Action 10 2 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 21.4% 24 of 112 office actions
All years 7.1% 100 of 1,399 office actions
Change +14.3 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%
3.8%
0.0%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
1.6%
4.5%
4.5%
18.8%
42.9%
2019: PEG
1.9%
4.9%
2.9%
1.7%
9.6%
2024: AI examples
19.1%
2025: August memo
32.0%
31.8%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 18. Merits outcomes: 6 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 12 reversed.

Full reversal rate
66.7% 12/18 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
66.7% 12/18 decisions
Median appeal duration
29.4 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 1, 2022 14/527,926 Reversed §103
Dec. 9, 2019 14/171,674 Affirmed §101
Feb. 7, 2018 12/503,265 Reversed §103
Sep. 26, 2017 14/082,753 Reversed §103
Apr. 13, 2017 13/415,177 Affirmed §102 · §103
Aug. 29, 2016 10/526,287 Reversed §102 · §103
Jun. 22, 2016 11/842,711 Reversed §103
Jan. 12, 2016 12/099,076 Reversed §103
Dec. 15, 2015 13/895,019 Reversed §102 · §103
Apr. 13, 2015 12/171,714 Reversed N/A
Mar. 9, 2015 11/090,417 Affirmed N/A
Feb. 24, 2015 11/406,738 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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