Examiner Lorena Bruner
Grant ratio: 75.7% (38th percentile in Art Unit 2838 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.53. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: May 2021
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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 | 63 | 35.2% |
| 2 OAs | 58 | 32.4% |
| 3 OAs | 25 | 14.0% |
| 4 OAs | 12 | 6.7% |
| 5+ OAs | 21 | 11.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% |
| 2015 | 26 | 21 | 80.8% |
| 2016 | 27 | 25 | 92.6% |
| 2017 | 16 | 12 | 75.0% |
| 2018 | 36 | 29 | 80.6% |
| 2019 | 14 | 9 | 64.3% |
| 2020 | 16 | 6 | 37.5% |
| 2021 | 7 | 6 | 85.7% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 179 | 0.6% | 20.7% | 67.0% | 4.5% |
| Action 2 | 116 | 0.0% | 20.7% | 69.0% | 4.3% |
| Action 3 | 58 | 0.0% | 19.0% | 79.3% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 33 | 0.0% | 18.2% | 81.8% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 21 | 0.0% | 19.0% | 81.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 13 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 8 | 0.0% | 12.5% | 87.5% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 9 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 10 | 2 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 50.0% | 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
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.2%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
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.