Examiner Herve-Louis Y Assouman
Grant ratio: 80.1% (58th percentile in Art Unit 2826 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.57. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 90618
- Primary art unit
- 2826
- Work group
- 2820
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 710
- Granted applications
- 569
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-2606
- Supervisor
- Davienne Monbleau
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-1945
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 22 | 81.0% | 1.71 |
| Group | 207 | 71.2% | 1.64 |
| 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 | 12 | 1.7% |
| 1 OA | 450 | 63.4% |
| 2 OAs | 151 | 21.3% |
| 3 OAs | 53 | 7.5% |
| 4 OAs | 27 | 3.8% |
| 5+ OAs | 17 | 2.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 2014 | 42 | 35 | 83.3% |
| 2015 | 51 | 47 | 92.2% |
| 2016 | 47 | 40 | 85.1% |
| 2017 | 33 | 27 | 81.8% |
| 2018 | 56 | 50 | 89.3% |
| 2019 | 59 | 55 | 93.2% |
| 2020 | 67 | 60 | 89.6% |
| 2021 | 57 | 51 | 89.5% |
| 2022 | 44 | 38 | 86.4% |
| 2023 | 63 | 62 | 98.4% |
| 2024 | 68 | 66 | 97.1% |
| 2025 | 62 | 37 | 59.7% |
| 2026 | 60 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 698 | 0.3% | 5.2% | 80.9% | 0.1% |
| Action 2 | 248 | 0.4% | 4.0% | 89.5% | 0.4% |
| Action 3 | 97 | 3.1% | 2.1% | 91.8% | 1.0% |
| Action 4 | 44 | 4.5% | 2.3% | 90.9% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 17 | 11.8% | 0.0% | 88.2% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 85.7% | 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
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
5.2%
2019: PEG
3.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.2%
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.