Examiner Marc E Manheim
Grant ratio: 16.7% (17th percentile in Art Unit 2874 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.57. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 99918
- Primary art unit
- 2874
- Work group
- 2870
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 84
- Granted applications
- 14
- Examiner phone
- (703) 756-1873
- Supervisor
- Thomas A Hollweg
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-1739
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 31 | 52.8% | 1.64 |
| Group | 352 | 60.5% | 1.71 |
| 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 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 30 | 35.7% |
| 2 OAs | 32 | 38.1% |
| 3 OAs | 11 | 13.1% |
| 4 OAs | 7 | 8.3% |
| 5+ OAs | 4 | 4.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 3 | 75.0% |
| 2025 | 30 | 11 | 36.7% |
| 2026 | 50 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 84 | 0.0% | 7.1% | 81.0% | 10.7% |
| Action 2 | 54 | 0.0% | 7.4% | 90.7% | 1.9% |
| Action 3 | 22 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 95.5% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 11 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 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
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.