Examiner Jason Plotkin

Grant ratio: 76.4% (64th percentile in Art Unit 2492 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.12. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: October 2014
Grant ratio 76.4%
Average office actions / grant 2.12
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
88921
Primary art unit
2492
Work group
2490
Technology center
2400
Applications
55
Granted applications
42

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 28 58.7% 2.15
Group 198 61.4% 2.06
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.22 122 office actions across 55 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 55 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 18 32.7%
2 OAs 20 36.4%
3 OAs 11 20.0%
4 OAs 3 5.5%
5+ OAs 3 5.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2010: 100.0% 2010 2011: 100.0% 2011 2012: 60.0% 2012 2013: 65.0% 2013 2014: 84.0% 2014

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201011100.0%
201144100.0%
20125360.0%
2013201365.0%
2014252184.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 55 0.0% 9.1% 90.9% 0.0%
Action 2 37 0.0% 18.9% 81.1% 0.0%
Action 3 17 5.9% 5.9% 88.2% 0.0%
Action 4 6 0.0% 16.7% 83.3% 0.0%
Action 5 3 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0%
Action 6 3 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.8% 1 of 122 office actions
Change N/A Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

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2014: Alice
3.8%

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.

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