Examiner Andre’ Stevenson

Grant ratio: 82.6% (71st percentile in Art Unit 2816 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.76. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 82.6%
Average office actions / grant 1.76
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
77805
Primary art unit
2816
Work group
2810
Technology center
2800
Applications
908
Granted applications
750
Examiner phone
(571) 272-1683

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 20 73.9% 1.84
Group 305 54.6% 1.79
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.82 1,649 office actions across 908 applications
Applications with office actions 99.2% 901 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 7 0.8%
1 OA 482 53.1%
2 OAs 253 27.9%
3 OAs 72 7.9%
4 OAs 61 6.7%
5+ OAs 33 3.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 88.9% 2008 2009: 87.5% 2009 2010: 87.5% 2010 2011: 88.6% 2011 2012: 85.4% 2012 2013: 79.6% 2013 2014: 82.1% 2014 2015: 84.1% 2015 2016: 90.9% 2016 2017: 95.1% 2017 2018: 94.5% 2018 2019: 90.6% 2019 2020: 94.7% 2020 2021: 92.7% 2021 2022: 85.0% 2022 2023: 95.5% 2023 2024: 97.8% 2024 2025: 43.2% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008363288.9%
2009564987.5%
2010403587.5%
2011443988.6%
2012484185.4%
2013544379.6%
2014564682.1%
2015443784.1%
2016444090.9%
2017413995.1%
2018555294.5%
2019534890.6%
2020575494.7%
2021413892.7%
2022403485.0%
2023666395.5%
2024454497.8%
2025371643.2%
20265100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 901 0.7% 10.2% 77.2% 1.3%
Action 2 419 0.2% 8.6% 87.4% 1.0%
Action 3 166 0.0% 6.6% 92.2% 0.0%
Action 4 94 0.0% 4.3% 90.4% 3.2%
Action 5 33 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 18 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 10 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 268 office actions
All years 0.4% 7 of 1,649 office actions
Change -0.4 pts Percentage points

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

By year

1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.1%
1.7%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

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
16.8 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Oct. 31, 2016 13/071,841 Reversed §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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