Examiner Kevin M. Picardat
Grant ratio: 88.6% (88th percentile in Art Unit 2822 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.36. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: January 2019
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 24 | 71.0% | 1.81 |
| Group | 208 | 70.3% | 1.64 |
| 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 | 451 | 70.9% |
| 2 OAs | 116 | 18.2% |
| 3 OAs | 38 | 6.0% |
| 4 OAs | 25 | 3.9% |
| 5+ OAs | 6 | 0.9% |
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 | 64 | 58 | 90.6% |
| 2009 | 62 | 55 | 88.7% |
| 2010 | 62 | 42 | 67.7% |
| 2011 | 57 | 51 | 89.5% |
| 2012 | 42 | 38 | 90.5% |
| 2013 | 34 | 30 | 88.2% |
| 2014 | 36 | 34 | 94.4% |
| 2015 | 35 | 31 | 88.6% |
| 2016 | 38 | 34 | 89.5% |
| 2017 | 51 | 48 | 94.1% |
| 2018 | 94 | 88 | 93.6% |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 636 | 0.6% | 34.0% | 46.4% | 1.1% |
| Action 2 | 185 | 0.5% | 16.8% | 59.5% | 1.6% |
| Action 3 | 69 | 0.0% | 7.2% | 84.1% | 1.4% |
| Action 4 | 31 | 0.0% | 6.5% | 83.9% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 6 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 66.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 2 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% | 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
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
3.3%
0.0%
2.6%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
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 Oct. 30, 2026.