Examiner Barnabas Fekete
Grant ratio: 89.6% (88th percentile in Art Unit 2852 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.45. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: February 2016
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 275 | 68.1% |
| 2 OAs | 90 | 22.3% |
| 3 OAs | 24 | 5.9% |
| 4 OAs | 10 | 2.5% |
| 5+ OAs | 5 | 1.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% |
| 2009 | 34 | 26 | 76.5% |
| 2010 | 61 | 52 | 85.2% |
| 2011 | 55 | 50 | 90.9% |
| 2012 | 72 | 62 | 86.1% |
| 2013 | 76 | 72 | 94.7% |
| 2014 | 57 | 54 | 94.7% |
| 2015 | 41 | 39 | 95.1% |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | 100.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 404 | 2.0% | 27.2% | 48.3% | 3.2% |
| Action 2 | 129 | 0.0% | 26.4% | 65.1% | 2.3% |
| Action 3 | 39 | 0.0% | 20.5% | 66.7% | 5.1% |
| Action 4 | 15 | 0.0% | 40.0% | 60.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 5 | 0.0% | 20.0% | 80.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 4 | 0.0% | 25.0% | 75.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 9 | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 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%
0.0%
2.1%
1.9%
1.1%
2014: Alice
4.8%
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.