Examiner Herbert L. Hagemeier

Grant ratio: 43.9% (8th percentile in Art Unit 2624 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.06. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: December 2015
Grant ratio 43.9%
Average office actions / grant 3.06
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
90227
Primary art unit
2624
Work group
2620
Technology center
2600
Applications
41
Granted applications
18

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 34 60.5% 2.04
Group 279 55.5% 2.00
Tech Center 1,754 57.4% 1.88
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.63 108 office actions across 41 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 41 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 6 14.6%
2 OAs 19 46.3%
3 OAs 8 19.5%
4 OAs 5 12.2%
5+ OAs 3 7.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2013: 33.3% 2013 2014: 40.9% 2014 2015: 50.0% 2015

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20133133.3%
201422940.9%
201516850.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 41 0.0% 7.3% 87.8% 2.4%
Action 2 35 0.0% 0.0% 94.3% 0.0%
Action 3 16 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 4 8 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 108 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

0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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