Examiner Alec Ankrum
Grant ratio: 0.0% (4th percentile in Art Unit 2434 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Most common rejection type: §103.
Recently active
Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 101867
- Primary art unit
- 2434
- Work group
- 2430
- Technology center
- 2400
- Applications
- 20
- Granted applications
- 0
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-9209
- Supervisor
- Ali Shayanfar
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-1050
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 33 | 64.4% | 1.70 |
| Group | 234 | 61.1% | 1.99 |
| Tech Center | 1,771 | 57.4% | 2.14 |
| USPTO | 16,620 | 51.8% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 17 | 85.0% |
| 2 OAs | 3 | 15.0% |
| 3 OAs | 0 | 0.0% |
| 4 OAs | 0 | 0.0% |
| 5+ OAs | 0 | 0.0% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 20 | 5.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 5.0% |
| Action 2 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
4.3%
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 Oct. 30, 2026.