Examiner Jessica L. Eley

Grant ratio: 76.7% (19th percentile in Art Unit 2852 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.61. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 76.7%
Average office actions / grant 1.61
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
82879
Primary art unit
2852
Work group
2850
Technology center
2800
Applications
812
Granted applications
623
Examiner phone
(571) 272-9793
Supervisor
Walter Jr. Lindsay
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-1674

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 59 80.7% 1.48
Group 380 61.0% 1.65
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.62 1,319 office actions across 812 applications
Applications with office actions 99.9% 811 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 1 0.1%
1 OA 436 53.7%
2 OAs 281 34.6%
3 OAs 64 7.9%
4 OAs 24 3.0%
5+ OAs 6 0.7%

Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 64.3% 2008 2009: 71.1% 2009 2010: 74.3% 2010 2011: 84.6% 2011 2012: 74.4% 2012 2013: 78.3% 2013 2014: 92.0% 2014 2015: 97.7% 2015 2016: 96.4% 2016 2017: 89.1% 2017 2018: 81.6% 2018 2019: 86.4% 2019 2020: 76.7% 2020 2021: 83.7% 2021 2022: 78.0% 2022 2023: 100.0% 2023 2024: 80.9% 2024 2025: 45.7% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008422764.3%
2009453271.1%
2010352674.3%
2011393384.6%
2012433274.4%
2013463678.3%
2014504692.0%
2015434297.7%
2016565496.4%
2017464189.1%
2018494081.6%
2019443886.4%
2020433376.7%
2021433683.7%
2022413278.0%
20231616100.0%
2024473880.9%
2025462145.7%
20263800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 811 0.4% 21.2% 75.0% 0.4%
Action 2 375 0.3% 17.1% 79.2% 1.1%
Action 3 94 1.1% 19.1% 76.6% 0.0%
Action 4 30 0.0% 13.3% 83.3% 0.0%
Action 5 6 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 3 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 1.5% 3 of 194 office actions
All years 0.4% 5 of 1,319 office actions
Change +1.2 pts Percentage points

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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.3%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.6%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
1.4%
2025: August memo
2.9%
0.0%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 4. Merits outcomes: 0 affirmed, 3 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
25.0% 1/4 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 4/4 decisions
Median appeal duration
25.0 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 13, 2024 16/771,711 Affirmed in part §103
Apr. 5, 2021 15/523,184 Affirmed in part §102 · §103
Apr. 11, 2013 11/447,924 Affirmed in part §103 · §112
Jan. 11, 2013 11/174,122 Reversed N/A

The examiner match uses the last recorded office action before the decision. Reversal rates exclude rehearings, remands, dismissals, and other decisions that did not reach the merits. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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