Examiner Pratiksha J Lohakare

Grant ratio: 44.6% (40th percentile in Art Unit 2818 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.56. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 44.6%
Average office actions / grant 2.56
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
97485
Primary art unit
2818
Work group
2810
Technology center
2800
Applications
121
Granted applications
54
Examiner phone
(571) 270-1920
Supervisor
Eva Montalvo
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-3829

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 48 48.7% 1.60
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 2.24 271 office actions across 121 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 121 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 46 38.0%
2 OAs 33 27.3%
3 OAs 19 15.7%
4 OAs 17 14.0%
5+ OAs 6 5.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2023: 78.9% 2023 2024: 77.8% 2024 2025: 46.2% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2023191578.9%
2024272177.8%
2025391846.2%
20263600.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 121 0.0% 3.3% 90.9% 2.5%
Action 2 75 0.0% 5.3% 84.0% 4.0%
Action 3 42 0.0% 0.0% 90.5% 2.4%
Action 4 23 0.0% 0.0% 91.3% 0.0%
Action 5 6 0.0% 0.0% 83.3% 0.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 232 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 271 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

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

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.

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