Examiner Jean Morello

Grant ratio: 58.2% (21st percentile in Art Unit 2855 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.79. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 58.2%
Average office actions / grant 1.79
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
92619
Primary art unit
2855
Work group
2850
Technology center
2800
Applications
443
Granted applications
258
Examiner phone
(313) 446-6583
Supervisor
Kristina Deherrera
Supervisor phone
(303) 297-4237

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 47 56.3% 1.52
Group 384 59.8% 1.65
Tech Center 2,435 61.3% 1.69
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.00 884 office actions across 443 applications
Applications with office actions 99.1% 439 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 4 0.9%
1 OA 215 48.5%
2 OAs 117 26.4%
3 OAs 46 10.4%
4 OAs 34 7.7%
5+ OAs 27 6.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2015: 40.0% 2015 2016: 54.8% 2016 2017: 61.3% 2017 2018: 61.5% 2018 2019: 61.1% 2019 2020: 78.7% 2020 2021: 80.0% 2021 2022: 83.7% 2022 2023: 73.5% 2023 2024: 63.4% 2024 2025: 34.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201510440.0%
2016311754.8%
2017311961.3%
2018392461.5%
2019543361.1%
2020473778.7%
2021252080.0%
2022494183.7%
2023342573.5%
2024412663.4%
2025351234.3%
20264700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 439 2.1% 3.9% 76.1% 9.1%
Action 2 224 2.7% 1.8% 82.6% 7.1%
Action 3 107 0.9% 1.9% 86.0% 5.6%
Action 4 61 1.6% 0.0% 90.2% 4.9%
Action 5 27 3.7% 0.0% 92.6% 0.0%
Action 6 17 5.9% 0.0% 94.1% 0.0%
Action 7 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 2.2% 5 of 227 office actions
All years 2.1% 19 of 884 office actions
Change +0.1 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

4.0%
0.0%
3.9%
2.1%
2019: PEG
0.0%
1.4%
4.5%
3.3%
1.6%
2024: AI examples
3.8%
2025: August memo
1.5%
1.5%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 9. Merits outcomes: 3 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 5 reversed.

Full reversal rate
55.6% 5/9 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
66.7% 6/9 decisions
Median appeal duration
11.5 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 30, 2026 17/719,097 Affirmed §103 · §112
Aug. 27, 2025 17/611,384 Affirmed §112
May. 2, 2025 17/321,012 Reversed New ground of rejection §101 · §112
Jan. 21, 2025 16/360,253 Reversed §103 · §112
Aug. 24, 2021 15/704,146 Affirmed §112
Jul. 27, 2020 14/905,074 Affirmed in part §101 · §103 · §112
Jul. 1, 2020 15/160,615 Reversed §103
Mar. 12, 2020 15/061,545 Reversed §101 · §103
Feb. 26, 2020 14/980,373 Reversed §103

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 Oct. 30, 2026.

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