Examiner Jori S. Reilly-Diakun

Grant ratio: 54.9% (13th percentile in Art Unit 2878 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.77. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: May 2015
Grant ratio 54.9%
Average office actions / grant 1.77
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
86165
Primary art unit
2878
Work group
2870
Technology center
2800
Applications
326
Granted applications
179

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 20 72.5% 1.59
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 1.67 544 office actions across 326 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 326 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 189 58.0%
2 OAs 84 25.8%
3 OAs 33 10.1%
4 OAs 16 4.9%
5+ OAs 4 1.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 0.0% 2008 2009: 48.0% 2009 2010: 52.3% 2010 2011: 43.8% 2011 2012: 60.0% 2012 2013: 66.0% 2013 2014: 59.0% 2014 2015: 78.6% 2015

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008700.0%
2009502448.0%
2010442352.3%
2011482143.8%
2012553360.0%
2013473166.0%
2014613659.0%
2015141178.6%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 326 0.9% 6.7% 88.3% 2.5%
Action 2 137 0.0% 8.8% 89.8% 1.5%
Action 3 53 0.0% 5.7% 88.7% 3.8%
Action 4 20 0.0% 15.0% 85.0% 0.0%
Action 5 4 0.0% 25.0% 75.0% 0.0%
Action 6 4 0.0% 25.0% 75.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.6% 3 of 544 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
1.1%
0.0%
2014: Alice
1.2%
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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