Examiner Julia Fitzpatrick

Grant ratio: 27.8% (14th percentile in Art Unit 2855 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.70. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 27.8%
Average office actions / grant 1.70
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
99532
Primary art unit
2855
Work group
2850
Technology center
2800
Applications
72
Granted applications
20
Examiner phone
(703) 756-5783
Supervisor
Laura Martin
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-2160

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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 1.56 112 office actions across 72 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 72 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 43 59.7%
2 OAs 19 26.4%
3 OAs 9 12.5%
4 OAs 1 1.4%
5+ OAs 0 0.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 75.0% 2024 2025: 40.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20244375.0%
2025421740.5%
20262600.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 72 1.4% 6.9% 86.1% 1.4%
Action 2 29 0.0% 0.0% 96.6% 3.4%
Action 3 10 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 4 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.9% 1 of 112 office actions
All years 0.9% 1 of 112 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

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

By year

2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
1.5%
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 Oct. 30, 2026.

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