Examiner Volvick Derose
Grant ratio: 84.8% (97th percentile in Art Unit 2187 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.52. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 76282
- Primary art unit
- 2187
- Work group
- 2180
- Technology center
- 2100
- Applications
- 650
- Granted applications
- 551
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-6260
- Supervisor
- Jaweed Abbaszadeh
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-1640
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 24 | 46.7% | 1.83 |
| Group | 178 | 52.5% | 1.89 |
| Tech Center | 1,781 | 52.8% | 2.19 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 2 | 0.3% |
| 1 OA | 458 | 70.5% |
| 2 OAs | 116 | 17.8% |
| 3 OAs | 38 | 5.8% |
| 4 OAs | 15 | 2.3% |
| 5+ OAs | 21 | 3.2% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 15 | 9 | 60.0% |
| 2015 | 49 | 42 | 85.7% |
| 2016 | 42 | 34 | 81.0% |
| 2017 | 39 | 29 | 74.4% |
| 2018 | 49 | 39 | 79.6% |
| 2019 | 62 | 56 | 90.3% |
| 2020 | 75 | 72 | 96.0% |
| 2021 | 65 | 62 | 95.4% |
| 2022 | 64 | 62 | 96.9% |
| 2023 | 57 | 54 | 94.7% |
| 2024 | 63 | 62 | 98.4% |
| 2025 | 42 | 30 | 71.4% |
| 2026 | 28 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 648 | 0.3% | 16.7% | 76.1% | 0.5% |
| Action 2 | 190 | 1.1% | 8.9% | 85.3% | 0.5% |
| Action 3 | 74 | 0.0% | 13.5% | 81.1% | 2.7% |
| Action 4 | 36 | 2.8% | 19.4% | 66.7% | 8.3% |
| Action 5 | 21 | 4.8% | 19.0% | 71.4% | 4.8% |
| Action 6 | 15 | 0.0% | 20.0% | 80.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 9 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2.6%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
2.1%
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.