Examiner Jesse P. Samluk

Grant ratio: 18.5% (3rd percentile in Art Unit 2411 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.95. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 18.5%
Average office actions / grant 1.95
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
97883
Primary art unit
2411
Work group
2410
Technology center
2400
Applications
108
Granted applications
20
Examiner phone
(571) 270-5607
Supervisor
Derrick Ferris
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-3123

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 20 63.4% 2.20
Group 166 51.7% 1.94
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.72 294 office actions across 108 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 108 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 33 30.6%
2 OAs 28 25.9%
3 OAs 15 13.9%
4 OAs 13 12.0%
5+ OAs 19 17.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2023: 44.4% 2023 2024: 51.9% 2024 2025: 8.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20239444.4%
2024271451.9%
20252528.0%
20264700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 108 0.0% 3.7% 95.4% 0.9%
Action 2 75 0.0% 4.0% 86.7% 8.0%
Action 3 47 0.0% 2.1% 95.7% 0.0%
Action 4 32 0.0% 0.0% 96.9% 3.1%
Action 5 19 0.0% 0.0% 89.5% 5.3%
Action 6 10 0.0% 0.0% 90.0% 10.0%
Action 7 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 282 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 294 office actions
Change 0.0 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%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 1. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
7.4 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 8, 2026 17/598,485 Affirmed §103

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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