Examiner Jamie Jo Atala

Grant ratio: 44.5% (9th percentile in Art Unit 2484 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.72. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 44.5%
Average office actions / grant 2.72
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
80042
Primary art unit
2484
Work group
2480
Technology center
2400
Applications
218
Granted applications
97
Examiner phone
(571) 272-7384
Supervisor
Moo R. Jeong
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-9617

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 16 61.9% 2.09
Group 174 59.1% 2.00
Tech Center 1,763 57.8% 2.14
USPTO 16,572 52.1% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.12 463 office actions across 218 applications
Applications with office actions 99.1% 216 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 0.9%
1 OA 90 41.3%
2 OAs 66 30.3%
3 OAs 25 11.5%
4 OAs 17 7.8%
5+ OAs 18 8.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 31.3% 2008 2009: 41.9% 2009 2010: 46.7% 2010 2011: 65.0% 2011 2012: 58.8% 2012 2015: 0.0% 2015 2016: 0.0% 2016 2025: 0.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200816531.3%
2009311341.9%
2010924346.7%
2011402665.0%
2012171058.8%
2015100.0%
2016300.0%
2025700.0%
20261100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 216 3.2% 25.0% 70.8% 0.5%
Action 2 126 0.0% 3.2% 96.8% 0.0%
Action 3 60 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 4 35 2.9% 0.0% 97.1% 0.0%
Action 5 18 11.1% 0.0% 88.9% 0.0%
Action 6 8 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 23 office actions
All years 2.2% 10 of 463 office actions
Change -2.2 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-02–2026-10-02. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
0.0%
2.0%
9.6%
11.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
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 Oct. 9, 2026.

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