Examiner Jay Patidar

Grant ratio: 85.4% (87th percentile in Art Unit 2858 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.60. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: December 2024
Grant ratio 85.4%
Average office actions / grant 1.60
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
71794
Primary art unit
2858
Work group
2850
Technology center
2800
Applications
910
Granted applications
777

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 40 57.3% 1.84
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 1.60 1,458 office actions across 911 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 911 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 583 64.0%
2 OAs 201 22.1%
3 OAs 77 8.5%
4 OAs 29 3.2%
5+ OAs 21 2.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 90.9% 2008 2009: 73.3% 2009 2010: 83.0% 2010 2011: 81.5% 2011 2012: 91.7% 2012 2013: 83.0% 2013 2014: 86.0% 2014 2015: 79.6% 2015 2016: 90.1% 2016 2017: 92.7% 2017 2018: 77.4% 2018 2019: 80.7% 2019 2020: 81.8% 2020 2021: 93.8% 2021 2022: 93.6% 2022 2023: 82.6% 2023 2024: 95.0% 2024

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008444090.9%
2009604473.3%
2010534483.0%
2011544481.5%
2012605591.7%
2013473983.0%
2014574986.0%
2015544379.6%
2016716490.1%
2017555192.7%
2018624877.4%
2019574680.7%
2020554581.8%
2021484593.8%
2022474493.6%
2023463882.6%
2024403895.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 911 2.3% 19.8% 61.3% 11.2%
Action 2 328 2.7% 13.4% 69.2% 9.5%
Action 3 127 4.7% 7.1% 70.1% 13.4%
Action 4 50 6.0% 4.0% 76.0% 10.0%
Action 5 21 4.8% 4.8% 66.7% 14.3%
Action 6 13 0.0% 7.7% 84.6% 7.7%
Action 7 6 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 13 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 5.3% 4 of 76 office actions
All years 2.7% 40 of 1,458 office actions
Change +2.5 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

8.5%
0.0%
1.3%
0.0%
1.1%
3.8%
2014: Alice
0.9%
0.0%
0.8%
7.8%
5.5%
2019: PEG
0.0%
3.5%
1.5%
4.5%
6.3%
2024: AI examples
3.4%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 4. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
25.0% 1/4 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 2/4 decisions
Median appeal duration
18.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Nov. 23, 2020 14/290,780 Reversed §102 · §103 · §112
Nov. 19, 2013 11/632,080 Affirmed N/A
Jul. 16, 2013 12/827,650 Affirmed N/A
Sep. 12, 2011 10/588,678 Affirmed in part §102 · §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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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