Examiner Jonathan Hansen

Grant ratio: 72.1% (26th percentile in Art Unit 2886 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.71. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 72.1%
Average office actions / grant 1.71
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
83316
Primary art unit
2886
Work group
2880
Technology center
2800
Applications
810
Granted applications
584
Examiner phone
(571) 270-1736
Supervisor
Michelle Iacoletti
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-5789

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 17 77.1% 1.61
Group 164 64.6% 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 1.78 1,441 office actions across 810 applications
Applications with office actions 99.5% 806 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 4 0.5%
1 OA 431 53.2%
2 OAs 233 28.8%
3 OAs 83 10.2%
4 OAs 30 3.7%
5+ OAs 29 3.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 81.8% 2008 2009: 68.2% 2009 2010: 67.7% 2010 2011: 73.3% 2011 2012: 69.6% 2012 2013: 75.6% 2013 2014: 70.0% 2014 2015: 74.1% 2015 2016: 78.6% 2016 2017: 90.7% 2017 2018: 85.3% 2018 2019: 85.1% 2019 2020: 83.7% 2020 2021: 87.2% 2021 2022: 91.2% 2022 2023: 80.0% 2023 2024: 81.8% 2024 2025: 60.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008332781.8%
2009443068.2%
2010312167.7%
2011453373.3%
2012463269.6%
2013453475.6%
2014302170.0%
2015544074.1%
2016564478.6%
2017433990.7%
2018342985.3%
2019474085.1%
2020433683.7%
2021474187.2%
2022343191.2%
2023403280.0%
2024443681.8%
2025301860.0%
20266400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 806 1.9% 9.9% 79.2% 3.0%
Action 2 375 0.3% 5.9% 89.6% 1.3%
Action 3 142 0.0% 9.9% 87.3% 2.1%
Action 4 59 1.7% 6.8% 91.5% 0.0%
Action 5 29 0.0% 6.9% 89.7% 3.4%
Action 6 20 0.0% 10.0% 85.0% 5.0%
Action 7 6 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 33.3%
Action 8 3 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 33.3%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.4% 1 of 243 office actions
All years 1.2% 17 of 1,441 office actions
Change -0.8 pts Percentage points

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

By year

2.4%
1.2%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.8%
6.3%
2019: PEG
0.0%
2.9%
1.5%
1.8%
1.5%
2024: AI examples
1.2%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 9. Merits outcomes: 5 affirmed, 2 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
22.2% 2/9 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
44.4% 4/9 decisions
Median appeal duration
27.2 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Feb. 2, 2021 15/714,365 Affirmed in part §103
Jul. 16, 2018 14/525,341 Affirmed §103
Feb. 27, 2018 14/009,371 Reversed §103
Aug. 14, 2015 12/074,248 Affirmed N/A
Jul. 30, 2015 12/074,247 Affirmed N/A
Dec. 30, 2014 12/469,994 Affirmed in part N/A
Jan. 22, 2014 11/886,592 Affirmed N/A
Jul. 10, 2012 11/277,294 Reversed §102 · §103
Nov. 30, 2011 11/447,779 Affirmed N/A

The examiner match uses the last recorded office action before the decision. Reversal rates exclude rehearings, remands, dismissals, and other decisions that did not reach the merits. Data through Oct. 9, 2026.

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