Examiner Kretelia Graham

Grant ratio: 81.4% (34th percentile in Art Unit 2827 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.06. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: August 2025
Grant ratio 81.4%
Average office actions / grant 2.06
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
81565
Primary art unit
2827
Work group
2820
Technology center
2800
Applications
547
Granted applications
445

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 26 76.2% 1.39
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

Average office actions per application 2.12 1,247 office actions across 587 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 587 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 232 39.5%
2 OAs 203 34.6%
3 OAs 74 12.6%
4 OAs 44 7.5%
5+ OAs 34 5.8%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 72.1% 2008 2009: 90.2% 2009 2010: 88.1% 2010 2011: 80.8% 2011 2012: 73.1% 2012 2013: 77.1% 2013 2014: 84.3% 2014 2015: 79.1% 2015 2016: 80.5% 2016 2017: 75.0% 2017 2018: 88.9% 2018 2020: 100.0% 2020 2021: 100.0% 2021 2022: 100.0% 2022 2023: 87.8% 2023 2024: 66.7% 2024 2025: 50.0% 2025

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008433172.1%
2009514690.2%
2010423788.1%
2011524280.8%
2012523873.1%
2013483777.1%
2014514384.3%
2015433479.1%
2016413380.5%
2017322475.0%
2018272488.9%
202011100.0%
202111100.0%
20221313100.0%
2023413687.8%
20243266.7%
20256350.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 587 1.4% 18.7% 54.5% 18.6%
Action 2 355 0.8% 20.0% 66.5% 11.3%
Action 3 152 0.0% 18.4% 71.7% 5.9%
Action 4 78 0.0% 14.1% 80.8% 5.1%
Action 5 34 0.0% 2.9% 82.4% 11.8%
Action 6 19 0.0% 21.1% 63.2% 10.5%
Action 7 8 0.0% 12.5% 87.5% 0.0%
Action 8 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 30 office actions
All years 0.9% 11 of 1,247 office actions
Change -0.9 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%
1.2%
2.2%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.9%
5.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.1%
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: 2. Merits outcomes: 0 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
100.0% 2/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 2/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.6 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 1, 2020 14/759,519 Reversed §103
Dec. 9, 2016 13/137,252 Reversed §102 · §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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