Examiner Ranodhi Serrao

Grant ratio: 80.4% (94th percentile in Art Unit 2444 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.12. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 80.4%
Average office actions / grant 2.12
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
79542
Primary art unit
2444
Work group
2440
Technology center
2400
Applications
546
Granted applications
439
Examiner phone
(571) 272-7967

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 30 64.2% 2.35
Group 208 56.0% 2.42
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.09 1,141 office actions across 546 applications
Applications with office actions 96.9% 529 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 17 3.1%
1 OA 193 35.3%
2 OAs 202 37.0%
3 OAs 60 11.0%
4 OAs 40 7.3%
5+ OAs 34 6.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 80.0% 2008 2009: 66.7% 2009 2010: 86.0% 2010 2011: 89.2% 2011 2012: 92.0% 2012 2013: 88.9% 2013 2014: 93.3% 2014 2015: 86.7% 2015 2016: 86.4% 2016 2017: 95.7% 2017 2018: 86.7% 2018 2019: 77.8% 2019 2020: 84.2% 2020 2021: 91.3% 2021 2022: 100.0% 2022 2023: 96.0% 2023 2024: 86.2% 2024 2025: 46.9% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008302480.0%
2009332266.7%
2010504386.0%
2011373389.2%
2012252392.0%
2013454088.9%
2014454293.3%
2015302686.7%
2016221986.4%
2017232295.7%
2018151386.7%
2019181477.8%
2020191684.2%
2021232191.3%
20221717100.0%
2023252496.0%
2024292586.2%
2025321546.9%
20262800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 529 0.4% 45.6% 49.7% 1.5%
Action 2 336 1.5% 31.8% 65.5% 0.0%
Action 3 134 1.5% 26.9% 68.7% 2.2%
Action 4 74 1.4% 23.0% 74.3% 0.0%
Action 5 34 2.9% 20.6% 76.5% 0.0%
Action 6 20 0.0% 30.0% 65.0% 0.0%
Action 7 9 0.0% 11.1% 77.8% 0.0%
Action 8 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 2 50.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 1.2% 2 of 173 office actions
All years 1.1% 12 of 1,141 office actions
Change +0.1 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%
2.4%
0.0%
0.0%
1.7%
4.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
3.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
3.4%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 21. Merits outcomes: 5 affirmed, 5 affirmed in part, and 10 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 10/20 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
75.0% 15/20 decisions
Median appeal duration
31.3 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 31, 2023 17/317,712 Reversed §103
May. 30, 2023 16/711,702 Reversed §103
Sep. 29, 2021 15/933,192 Affirmed §103
Jan. 25, 2021 15/376,075 Affirmed in part §102 · §103
Aug. 30, 2018 13/893,414 Affirmed §101
Sep. 6, 2016 12/082,737 Reversed §103 · §112
Oct. 30, 2014 12/424,679 Reversed N/A
Oct. 14, 2014 11/623,278 Affirmed §103
Mar. 27, 2014 11/258,524 Reversed N/A
Jan. 31, 2014 10/908,060 Reversed §102 · §103
Jan. 27, 2014 11/733,829 Granted §103
Jul. 30, 2013 11/129,987 Affirmed in part §101 · §103 · §112

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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