Examiner Lisa M Caputo

Grant ratio: 11.6% (10th percentile in Art Unit 2874 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.25. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 11.6%
Average office actions / grant 2.25
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
78788
Primary art unit
2874
Work group
2870
Technology center
2800
Applications
69
Granted applications
8
Examiner phone
(571) 272-2388
Supervisor
Uyen-Chau Le
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-2397

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 31 53.4% 1.64
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 1.30 90 office actions across 69 applications
Applications with office actions 95.7% 66 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 3 4.3%
1 OA 50 72.5%
2 OAs 11 15.9%
3 OAs 3 4.3%
4 OAs 1 1.4%
5+ OAs 1 1.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2011: 0.0% 2011 2012: 0.0% 2012 2013: 0.0% 2013 2014: 0.0% 2014 2015: 0.0% 2015 2016: 0.0% 2016 2018: 60.0% 2018 2019: 100.0% 2019 2023: 100.0% 2023 2025: 0.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2011200.0%
2012300.0%
2013200.0%
2014800.0%
2015100.0%
2016100.0%
20185360.0%
201922100.0%
202333100.0%
2025400.0%
20263800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 66 0.0% 12.1% 84.8% 1.5%
Action 2 16 0.0% 0.0% 81.3% 0.0%
Action 3 5 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 20.0%
Action 4 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 48 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 90 office actions
Change 0.0 pts 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%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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