Examiner Srinivas Sathiraju
Grant ratio: 79.8% (60th percentile in Art Unit 2844 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.41. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 89996
- Primary art unit
- 2844
- Work group
- 2840
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 862
- Granted applications
- 688
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-4250
- Supervisor
- Regis J Betsch
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-7101
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 38 | 71.5% | 1.65 |
| Group | 231 | 68.9% | 1.60 |
| 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 | 4 | 0.5% |
| 1 OA | 597 | 69.3% |
| 2 OAs | 184 | 21.3% |
| 3 OAs | 59 | 6.8% |
| 4 OAs | 9 | 1.0% |
| 5+ OAs | 9 | 1.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 2013 | 63 | 48 | 76.2% |
| 2014 | 70 | 53 | 75.7% |
| 2015 | 61 | 57 | 93.4% |
| 2016 | 59 | 51 | 86.4% |
| 2017 | 47 | 44 | 93.6% |
| 2018 | 64 | 60 | 93.8% |
| 2019 | 64 | 56 | 87.5% |
| 2020 | 58 | 52 | 89.7% |
| 2021 | 61 | 54 | 88.5% |
| 2022 | 56 | 51 | 91.1% |
| 2023 | 69 | 64 | 92.8% |
| 2024 | 63 | 60 | 95.2% |
| 2025 | 76 | 37 | 48.7% |
| 2026 | 50 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 858 | 1.5% | 9.8% | 59.3% | 9.7% |
| Action 2 | 261 | 1.1% | 9.2% | 69.7% | 8.0% |
| Action 3 | 77 | 0.0% | 7.8% | 80.5% | 6.5% |
| Action 4 | 18 | 0.0% | 11.1% | 72.2% | 16.7% |
| Action 5 | 9 | 11.1% | 11.1% | 66.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 75.0% | 25.0% |
| Action 7 | 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
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2.6%
3.6%
2019: PEG
3.2%
2.2%
0.0%
0.0%
4.3%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
1.9%
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.