Examiner Meghan Dunwiddie
Grant ratio: 75.8% (80th percentile in Art Unit 2875 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.59. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: January 2019
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 63 | 60.1% | 1.81 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 538 | 63.6% |
| 2 OAs | 219 | 25.9% |
| 3 OAs | 62 | 7.3% |
| 4 OAs | 16 | 1.9% |
| 5+ OAs | 11 | 1.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 56 | 35 | 62.5% |
| 2009 | 105 | 73 | 69.5% |
| 2010 | 74 | 61 | 82.4% |
| 2011 | 63 | 52 | 82.5% |
| 2012 | 81 | 68 | 84.0% |
| 2013 | 93 | 81 | 87.1% |
| 2014 | 70 | 48 | 68.6% |
| 2015 | 47 | 33 | 70.2% |
| 2016 | 76 | 55 | 72.4% |
| 2017 | 59 | 38 | 64.4% |
| 2018 | 76 | 62 | 81.6% |
| 2019 | 3 | 3 | 100.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 846 | 0.5% | 26.0% | 62.4% | 4.3% |
| Action 2 | 308 | 0.3% | 17.2% | 74.7% | 2.9% |
| Action 3 | 89 | 0.0% | 15.7% | 79.8% | 4.5% |
| Action 4 | 27 | 0.0% | 11.1% | 85.2% | 3.7% |
| Action 5 | 11 | 0.0% | 36.4% | 63.6% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 6 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 50.0% | 16.7% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
| Action 8 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.7%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.8%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
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.