Examiner Joshua Kiel Miguel Rodriguez

Grant ratio: 45.1% (33rd percentile in Art Unit 2834 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.48. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 45.1%
Average office actions / grant 1.48
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
97316
Primary art unit
2834
Work group
2830
Technology center
2800
Applications
204
Granted applications
92
Examiner phone
(571) 272-9881
Supervisor
Tulsidas Patel
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-2098

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 56 56.4% 1.54
Group 354 67.0% 1.58
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.58 322 office actions across 204 applications
Applications with office actions 98.5% 201 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 3 1.5%
1 OA 116 56.9%
2 OAs 57 27.9%
3 OAs 20 9.8%
4 OAs 8 3.9%
5+ OAs 0 0.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2022: 66.7% 2022 2023: 81.8% 2023 2024: 75.0% 2024 2025: 26.8% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20223266.7%
2023443681.8%
2024523975.0%
2025561526.8%
20264900.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 201 0.0% 1.5% 95.5% 1.5%
Action 2 85 0.0% 1.2% 92.9% 1.2%
Action 3 28 0.0% 3.6% 92.9% 0.0%
Action 4 8 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 12.5%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 263 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 322 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

Matched decisions: 1. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
9.1 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Dec. 5, 2025 17/792,166 Affirmed §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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