Examiner Greg A. Borsetti

Grant ratio: 52.9% (25th percentile in Art Unit 2626 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.12. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: February 2013
Grant ratio 52.9%
Average office actions / grant 3.12
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
84839
Primary art unit
2626
Work group
2620
Technology center
2600
Applications
210
Granted applications
111

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 26 59.6% 2.20
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 2.71 570 office actions across 210 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 210 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 69 32.9%
2 OAs 51 24.3%
3 OAs 36 17.1%
4 OAs 16 7.6%
5+ OAs 38 18.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 29.2% 2008 2009: 33.3% 2009 2010: 69.6% 2010 2011: 62.5% 2011 2012: 62.1% 2012 2013: 20.0% 2013

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200824729.2%
2009481633.3%
2010563969.6%
2011483062.5%
2012291862.1%
20135120.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 210 1.4% 6.2% 88.1% 3.8%
Action 2 141 4.3% 5.0% 90.1% 0.7%
Action 3 90 3.3% 3.3% 85.6% 5.6%
Action 4 54 0.0% 1.9% 96.3% 1.9%
Action 5 38 7.9% 0.0% 86.8% 2.6%
Action 6 21 0.0% 0.0% 90.5% 9.5%
Action 7 10 0.0% 0.0% 90.0% 10.0%
Action 8 5 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 20.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 2.6% 15 of 570 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%
2.1%
2.5%
2.8%
4.7%
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 3. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/3 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
33.3% 1/3 decisions
Median appeal duration
32.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 12, 2013 12/132,013 Affirmed N/A
Mar. 7, 2013 11/870,505 Affirmed §103
Dec. 26, 2012 10/686,127 Affirmed in part §103

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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