Examiner William A Jerez Lora
Grant ratio: 76.2% (68th percentile in Art Unit 2654 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.63. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: September 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 89858
- Primary art unit
- 2654
- Work group
- 2650
- Technology center
- 2600
- Applications
- 652
- Granted applications
- 497
- Examiner phone
- (571) 270-5519
- Supervisor
- Vivian Chin
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-7848
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 22 | 49.3% | 1.87 |
| Group | 210 | 59.0% | 1.87 |
| Tech Center | 1,759 | 56.9% | 1.88 |
| USPTO | 16,572 | 52.1% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 399 | 60.9% |
| 2 OAs | 166 | 25.3% |
| 3 OAs | 46 | 7.0% |
| 4 OAs | 28 | 4.3% |
| 5+ OAs | 16 | 2.4% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% |
| 2013 | 25 | 10 | 40.0% |
| 2014 | 38 | 24 | 63.2% |
| 2015 | 38 | 27 | 71.1% |
| 2016 | 49 | 32 | 65.3% |
| 2017 | 65 | 57 | 87.7% |
| 2018 | 61 | 57 | 93.4% |
| 2019 | 42 | 34 | 81.0% |
| 2020 | 49 | 41 | 83.7% |
| 2021 | 48 | 46 | 95.8% |
| 2022 | 59 | 55 | 93.2% |
| 2023 | 51 | 48 | 94.1% |
| 2024 | 35 | 35 | 100.0% |
| 2025 | 52 | 30 | 57.7% |
| 2026 | 38 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 655 | 0.9% | 0.3% | 86.3% | 4.3% |
| Action 2 | 256 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 92.2% | 2.7% |
| Action 3 | 90 | 1.1% | 1.1% | 91.1% | 5.6% |
| Action 4 | 44 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 95.5% | 2.3% |
| Action 5 | 16 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
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%
2014: Alice
0.0%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2.2%
2019: PEG
0.0%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
4.8%
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.