Examiner Kaitlyn E Kidwell

Grant ratio: 32.4% (23rd percentile in Art Unit 2877 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.38. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: September 2026
Grant ratio 32.4%
Average office actions / grant 1.38
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
99644
Primary art unit
2877
Work group
2870
Technology center
2800
Applications
74
Granted applications
24
Examiner phone
(703) 756-1719
Supervisor
Tarifur Chowdhury
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-2287

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 54 58.5% 1.47
Group 352 60.7% 1.71
Tech Center 2,428 61.6% 1.69
USPTO 16,572 52.1% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.81 134 office actions across 74 applications
Applications with office actions 97.3% 72 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 2.7%
1 OA 38 51.4%
2 OAs 16 21.6%
3 OAs 11 14.9%
4 OAs 4 5.4%
5+ OAs 3 4.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 100.0% 2024 2025: 51.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202477100.0%
2025331751.5%
20263400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 72 1.4% 1.4% 87.5% 8.3%
Action 2 34 0.0% 2.9% 97.1% 2.9%
Action 3 18 0.0% 0.0% 94.4% 5.6%
Action 4 7 0.0% 14.3% 100.0% 14.3%
Action 5 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 33.3%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.7% 1 of 134 office actions
All years 0.7% 1 of 134 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-02–2026-10-02. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
1.4%
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. 9, 2026.

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