Examiner Monica S. Young
Grant ratio: 62.8% (13th percentile in Art Unit 2856 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.95. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 92669
- Primary art unit
- 2856
- Work group
- 2850
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 583
- Granted applications
- 366
- Examiner phone
- (303) 297-4785
- Supervisor
- Peter Macchiarolo
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 273-2375
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 42 | 70.4% | 1.54 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 4 | 0.7% |
| 1 OA | 276 | 47.3% |
| 2 OAs | 205 | 35.2% |
| 3 OAs | 51 | 8.7% |
| 4 OAs | 27 | 4.6% |
| 5+ OAs | 20 | 3.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2016 | 34 | 16 | 47.1% |
| 2017 | 51 | 39 | 76.5% |
| 2018 | 65 | 59 | 90.8% |
| 2019 | 71 | 61 | 85.9% |
| 2020 | 39 | 22 | 56.4% |
| 2021 | 49 | 32 | 65.3% |
| 2022 | 42 | 26 | 61.9% |
| 2023 | 58 | 42 | 72.4% |
| 2024 | 53 | 44 | 83.0% |
| 2025 | 65 | 25 | 38.5% |
| 2026 | 53 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 579 | 0.2% | 2.8% | 92.7% | 3.6% |
| Action 2 | 303 | 0.0% | 1.7% | 93.7% | 3.3% |
| Action 3 | 98 | 0.0% | 2.0% | 96.9% | 1.0% |
| Action 4 | 47 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 95.7% | 4.3% |
| Action 5 | 20 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 11 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 90.9% | 9.1% |
| Action 7 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
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 Oct. 30, 2026.