Examiner James M. Mitchell
Grant ratio: 69.9% (57th percentile in Art Unit 2813 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.06. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: May 2014
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 31 | 58.5% | 1.75 |
| Group | 308 | 53.2% | 1.79 |
| Tech Center | 2,435 | 61.3% | 1.69 |
| USPTO | 16,620 | 51.8% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 139 | 38.7% |
| 2 OAs | 121 | 33.7% |
| 3 OAs | 49 | 13.6% |
| 4 OAs | 27 | 7.5% |
| 5+ OAs | 23 | 6.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 38 | 13 | 34.2% |
| 2009 | 58 | 33 | 56.9% |
| 2010 | 74 | 60 | 81.1% |
| 2011 | 54 | 45 | 83.3% |
| 2012 | 63 | 43 | 68.3% |
| 2013 | 61 | 50 | 82.0% |
| 2014 | 11 | 7 | 63.6% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 359 | 0.0% | 12.5% | 82.2% | 3.3% |
| Action 2 | 220 | 0.0% | 11.4% | 81.8% | 4.1% |
| Action 3 | 99 | 0.0% | 7.1% | 87.9% | 2.0% |
| Action 4 | 50 | 0.0% | 10.0% | 86.0% | 4.0% |
| Action 5 | 23 | 0.0% | 8.7% | 87.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
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2014: Alice
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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. 30, 2026.