Examiner Ivan Rabovianski

Grant ratio: 44.4% (3rd percentile in Art Unit 2862 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.70. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: August 2016
Grant ratio 44.4%
Average office actions / grant 2.70
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
88436
Primary art unit
2862
Work group
2860
Technology center
2800
Applications
90
Granted applications
40

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 19 70.8% 1.97
Group 131 67.2% 1.82
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.67 240 office actions across 90 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 90 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 27 30.0%
2 OAs 27 30.0%
3 OAs 15 16.7%
4 OAs 8 8.9%
5+ OAs 13 14.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2012: 40.0% 2012 2013: 52.0% 2013 2014: 50.0% 2014 2015: 50.0% 2015 2016: 15.4% 2016

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201210440.0%
2013251352.0%
201418950.0%
2015241250.0%
201613215.4%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 90 5.6% 2.2% 86.7% 5.6%
Action 2 63 4.8% 3.2% 77.8% 12.7%
Action 3 36 16.7% 0.0% 77.8% 5.6%
Action 4 21 19.0% 0.0% 47.6% 33.3%
Action 5 13 23.1% 0.0% 46.2% 30.8%
Action 6 9 22.2% 0.0% 66.7% 11.1%
Action 7 3 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3%
Action 8 3 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3%
Action 9 2 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 11.7% 28 of 240 office actions
Change N/A Percentage points

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

By year

5.0%
2.4%
2014: Alice
6.1%
25.0%
50.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
23.0 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Nov. 29, 2016 13/177,116 Affirmed §102 · §103 · §112 · §120
Feb. 10, 2016 12/160,350 Affirmed §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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