Examiner Alessandro Amari

Grant ratio: 76.0% (75th percentile in Art Unit 2872 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.38. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: September 2021
Grant ratio 76.0%
Average office actions / grant 1.38
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
78636
Primary art unit
2872
Work group
2870
Technology center
2800
Applications
366
Granted applications
278

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 102 61.9% 1.70
Group 351 61.2% 1.71
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.46 533 office actions across 366 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 366 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 255 69.7%
2 OAs 80 21.9%
3 OAs 13 3.6%
4 OAs 13 3.6%
5+ OAs 5 1.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 71.4% 2008 2009: 72.2% 2009 2010: 74.6% 2010 2011: 79.7% 2011 2012: 89.8% 2012 2013: 95.0% 2013 2014: 0.0% 2014 2015: 0.0% 2015 2016: 0.0% 2016 2021: 0.0% 2021

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008705071.4%
2009725272.2%
2010675074.6%
2011796379.7%
2012494489.8%
2013201995.0%
2014200.0%
2015400.0%
2016100.0%
2021200.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 366 0.5% 19.9% 76.0% 0.0%
Action 2 111 0.0% 21.6% 65.8% 1.8%
Action 3 31 0.0% 12.9% 83.9% 0.0%
Action 4 18 0.0% 11.1% 77.8% 0.0%
Action 5 5 0.0% 20.0% 80.0% 0.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.4% 2 of 533 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

0.0%
1.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
23.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 31, 2012 11/927,202 Reversed N/A
Aug. 31, 2010 11/728,116 Affirmed §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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