Examiner Amol H Patel
Grant ratio: 78.7% (66th percentile in Art Unit 2847 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.32. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 89856
- Primary art unit
- 2847
- Work group
- 2840
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 656
- Granted applications
- 516
- Examiner phone
- (571) 270-7833
- Supervisor
- Timothy Thompson
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-2342
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 30 | 62.9% | 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 | 3 | 0.5% |
| 1 OA | 480 | 73.2% |
| 2 OAs | 147 | 22.4% |
| 3 OAs | 16 | 2.4% |
| 4 OAs | 9 | 1.4% |
| 5+ OAs | 1 | 0.2% |
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 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 43 | 26 | 60.5% |
| 2014 | 42 | 33 | 78.6% |
| 2015 | 40 | 31 | 77.5% |
| 2016 | 50 | 40 | 80.0% |
| 2017 | 55 | 51 | 92.7% |
| 2018 | 45 | 38 | 84.4% |
| 2019 | 44 | 41 | 93.2% |
| 2020 | 66 | 56 | 84.8% |
| 2021 | 47 | 42 | 89.4% |
| 2022 | 36 | 33 | 91.7% |
| 2023 | 55 | 47 | 85.5% |
| 2024 | 51 | 48 | 94.1% |
| 2025 | 49 | 28 | 57.1% |
| 2026 | 30 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 653 | 0.0% | 21.1% | 73.5% | 1.7% |
| Action 2 | 173 | 0.0% | 13.3% | 85.5% | 1.2% |
| Action 3 | 26 | 0.0% | 7.7% | 92.3% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 10 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 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
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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
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.