Examiner Fatimat O. Olaniran

Grant ratio: 38.0% (36th percentile in Art Unit 2614 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.94. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: February 2013
Grant ratio 38.0%
Average office actions / grant 2.94
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
84256
Primary art unit
2614
Work group
2610
Technology center
2600
Applications
171
Granted applications
65

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 29 39.4% 2.09
Group 291 49.1% 1.92
Tech Center 1,754 57.4% 1.88
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.35 402 office actions across 171 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 171 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 64 37.4%
2 OAs 51 29.8%
3 OAs 23 13.5%
4 OAs 16 9.4%
5+ OAs 17 9.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 25.0% 2008 2009: 29.7% 2009 2010: 32.4% 2010 2011: 42.9% 2011 2012: 50.0% 2012 2013: 100.0% 2013

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200820525.0%
2009371129.7%
2010341132.4%
2011421842.9%
2012361850.0%
201322100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 171 0.0% 7.6% 88.9% 2.3%
Action 2 107 0.0% 3.7% 91.6% 1.9%
Action 3 56 0.0% 3.6% 87.5% 5.4%
Action 4 33 0.0% 0.0% 93.9% 6.1%
Action 5 17 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 13 0.0% 0.0% 76.9% 23.1%
Action 7 4 0.0% 0.0% 75.0% 25.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 402 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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Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
32.2 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Apr. 16, 2013 10/797,507 Affirmed §103
Mar. 23, 2013 10/886,853 Reversed N/A

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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