Examiner Dhiru R. Patel
Grant ratio: 81.0% (84th percentile in Art Unit 2848 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.38. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: May 2019
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 24 | 70.3% | 1.70 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 583 | 75.0% |
| 2 OAs | 138 | 17.8% |
| 3 OAs | 37 | 4.8% |
| 4 OAs | 11 | 1.4% |
| 5+ OAs | 8 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 79 | 62 | 78.5% |
| 2009 | 70 | 56 | 80.0% |
| 2010 | 85 | 68 | 80.0% |
| 2011 | 57 | 43 | 75.4% |
| 2012 | 74 | 58 | 78.4% |
| 2013 | 79 | 68 | 86.1% |
| 2014 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% |
| 2015 | 59 | 41 | 69.5% |
| 2016 | 61 | 52 | 85.2% |
| 2017 | 66 | 57 | 86.4% |
| 2018 | 71 | 62 | 87.3% |
| 2019 | 19 | 14 | 73.7% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 777 | 0.0% | 39.5% | 37.8% | 19.0% |
| Action 2 | 194 | 0.0% | 23.2% | 47.4% | 23.2% |
| Action 3 | 56 | 0.0% | 10.7% | 66.1% | 17.9% |
| Action 4 | 19 | 0.0% | 15.8% | 68.4% | 15.8% |
| Action 5 | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 33.3% | 66.7% |
| Action 8 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Action 9 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Action 10 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
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2014: Alice
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2019: PEG
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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.