Examiner Iriana Cruz

Grant ratio: 72.6% (55th percentile in Art Unit 2675 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.86. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 72.6%
Average office actions / grant 1.86
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
83716
Primary art unit
2675
Work group
2670
Technology center
2600
Applications
787
Granted applications
571
Examiner phone
(571) 270-3246
Supervisor
Akwasi M. Sarpong
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-3438

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 20 56.8% 1.82
Group 138 53.2% 1.79
Tech Center 1,754 57.4% 1.88
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.93 1,520 office actions across 787 applications
Applications with office actions 99.6% 784 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 3 0.4%
1 OA 387 49.2%
2 OAs 229 29.1%
3 OAs 86 10.9%
4 OAs 33 4.2%
5+ OAs 49 6.2%

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: 43.8% 2009 2010: 59.4% 2010 2011: 76.3% 2011 2012: 73.8% 2012 2013: 62.9% 2013 2014: 72.9% 2014 2015: 75.6% 2015 2016: 83.3% 2016 2017: 86.4% 2017 2018: 97.6% 2018 2019: 90.2% 2019 2020: 80.8% 2020 2021: 94.3% 2021 2022: 94.1% 2022 2023: 100.0% 2023 2024: 91.7% 2024 2025: 49.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200820525.0%
200916743.8%
2010321959.4%
2011382976.3%
2012423173.8%
2013352262.9%
2014483572.9%
2015413175.6%
2016484083.3%
2017443886.4%
2018414097.6%
2019413790.2%
2020524280.8%
2021353394.3%
2022343294.1%
20235353100.0%
2024484491.7%
2025673349.3%
20265200.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 784 2.0% 21.3% 72.6% 0.8%
Action 2 397 1.5% 9.6% 84.4% 3.0%
Action 3 168 0.6% 8.9% 86.3% 3.0%
Action 4 82 0.0% 3.7% 95.1% 1.2%
Action 5 49 0.0% 4.1% 95.9% 0.0%
Action 6 26 0.0% 7.7% 88.5% 3.8%
Action 7 10 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 5.6% 13 of 234 office actions
All years 1.5% 23 of 1,520 office actions
Change +4.0 pts Percentage points

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

By year

0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.3%
2014: Alice
1.1%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
1.5%
2019: PEG
1.4%
1.3%
2.0%
2.3%
3.2%
2024: AI examples
4.6%
2025: August memo
4.3%
10.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 8. Merits outcomes: 3 affirmed, 3 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
25.0% 2/8 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
62.5% 5/8 decisions
Median appeal duration
30.1 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 3, 2020 14/174,512 Affirmed in part §102 · §103 · §112
Sep. 13, 2016 13/698,559 Affirmed §102
Jul. 31, 2015 11/906,488 Affirmed in part N/A
May. 15, 2015 11/595,434 Affirmed N/A
Feb. 26, 2014 11/054,209 Reversed §103
Sep. 10, 2013 10/812,626 Reversed §103
Jul. 8, 2013 10/818,622 Affirmed in part §102 · §103
Feb. 6, 2012 10/652,533 Affirmed 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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