Examiner Rajnikant Patel
Grant ratio: 90.5% (97th percentile in Art Unit 2838 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.23. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: February 2020
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 60 | 64.3% | 1.59 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 673 | 82.2% |
| 2 OAs | 102 | 12.5% |
| 3 OAs | 32 | 3.9% |
| 4 OAs | 11 | 1.3% |
| 5+ OAs | 1 | 0.1% |
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 | 79 | 70 | 88.6% |
| 2009 | 101 | 91 | 90.1% |
| 2010 | 68 | 59 | 86.8% |
| 2011 | 60 | 55 | 91.7% |
| 2012 | 66 | 56 | 84.8% |
| 2013 | 74 | 65 | 87.8% |
| 2014 | 61 | 56 | 91.8% |
| 2015 | 73 | 64 | 87.7% |
| 2016 | 53 | 49 | 92.5% |
| 2017 | 70 | 65 | 92.9% |
| 2018 | 58 | 56 | 96.6% |
| 2019 | 50 | 49 | 98.0% |
| 2020 | 4 | 4 | 100.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 819 | 1.1% | 13.2% | 72.0% | 0.4% |
| Action 2 | 146 | 0.0% | 8.9% | 80.8% | 0.7% |
| Action 3 | 44 | 0.0% | 4.5% | 90.9% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 12 | 0.0% | 8.3% | 91.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 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
0.7%
0.0%
1.4%
1.5%
2.3%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
1.1%
0.0%
1.3%
1.5%
2019: PEG
0.0%
16.7%
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.