Examiner Cassandra Cox
Grant ratio: 91.7% (92nd percentile in Art Unit 2816 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.24. Most common rejection type: §102.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 76948
- Primary art unit
- 2816
- Work group
- 2840
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 844
- Granted applications
- 774
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-1741
- Supervisor
- Menatoallah Youssef
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-3684
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 20 | 73.9% | 1.84 |
| Group | 231 | 68.9% | 1.60 |
| Tech Center | 2,413 | 62.4% | 1.69 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 682 | 80.8% |
| 2 OAs | 130 | 15.4% |
| 3 OAs | 25 | 3.0% |
| 4 OAs | 7 | 0.8% |
| 5+ OAs | 0 | 0.0% |
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 | 77 | 71 | 92.2% |
| 2009 | 80 | 76 | 95.0% |
| 2010 | 69 | 66 | 95.7% |
| 2011 | 42 | 38 | 90.5% |
| 2012 | 55 | 52 | 94.5% |
| 2013 | 51 | 48 | 94.1% |
| 2014 | 39 | 35 | 89.7% |
| 2015 | 46 | 42 | 91.3% |
| 2016 | 45 | 44 | 97.8% |
| 2017 | 40 | 39 | 97.5% |
| 2018 | 63 | 62 | 98.4% |
| 2019 | 35 | 32 | 91.4% |
| 2020 | 29 | 28 | 96.6% |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | 100.0% |
| 2022 | 37 | 35 | 94.6% |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 100.0% |
| 2024 | 25 | 24 | 96.0% |
| 2025 | 39 | 21 | 53.8% |
| 2026 | 11 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 844 | 1.5% | 41.0% | 24.4% | 21.6% |
| Action 2 | 162 | 0.6% | 29.6% | 40.1% | 16.0% |
| Action 3 | 32 | 0.0% | 34.4% | 46.9% | 12.5% |
| Action 4 | 7 | 0.0% | 57.1% | 42.9% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
1.6%
0.0%
0.0%
1.9%
3.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
1.7%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
8.3%
0.0%
3.0%
4.5%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
3.1%
2025: August memo
0.0%
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 Aug. 27, 2026.