Examiner Jordan M Elliott

Grant ratio: 9.6% (4th percentile in Art Unit 2666 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.14. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 9.6%
Average office actions / grant 1.14
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
99514
Primary art unit
2666
Work group
2660
Technology center
2600
Applications
73
Granted applications
7
Examiner phone
(703) 756-5463
Supervisor
Emily Terrell
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-3717

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 38 64.4% 1.71
Group 289 63.2% 1.66
Tech Center 1,754 57.4% 1.88
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.11 154 office actions across 73 applications
Applications with office actions 97.3% 71 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 2.7%
1 OA 26 35.6%
2 OAs 24 32.9%
3 OAs 11 15.1%
4 OAs 4 5.5%
5+ OAs 6 8.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 66.7% 2024 2025: 18.8% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20246466.7%
202516318.8%
20265100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 71 2.8% 12.7% 85.9% 2.8%
Action 2 45 0.0% 11.1% 86.7% 4.4%
Action 3 21 0.0% 14.3% 85.7% 0.0%
Action 4 10 0.0% 0.0% 70.0% 0.0%
Action 5 6 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 1.3% 2 of 154 office actions
All years 1.3% 2 of 154 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

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

By year

2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
2.9%

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

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
100.0% 1/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 1/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
5.4 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 11, 2026 17/956,022 Reversed §102 · §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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