Examiner Mark Hatzilambrou

Grant ratio: 59.7% (28th percentile in Art Unit 2891 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.80. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: October 2023
Grant ratio 59.7%
Average office actions / grant 2.80
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
89951
Primary art unit
2891
Work group
2890
Technology center
2800
Applications
273
Granted applications
163

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 28 55.9% 1.85
Group 288 53.7% 1.76
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.91 827 office actions across 284 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 284 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 73 25.7%
2 OAs 89 31.3%
3 OAs 31 10.9%
4 OAs 36 12.7%
5+ OAs 55 19.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2013: 18.8% 2013 2014: 42.9% 2014 2015: 27.3% 2015 2016: 63.3% 2016 2017: 37.9% 2017 2018: 63.0% 2018 2019: 63.6% 2019 2020: 68.8% 2020 2021: 81.8% 2021 2022: 87.5% 2022 2023: 80.6% 2023

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201316318.8%
201421942.9%
201522627.3%
2016301963.3%
2017291137.9%
2018271763.0%
2019332163.6%
2020161168.8%
202111981.8%
2022322887.5%
2023362980.6%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 284 0.0% 5.6% 87.7% 6.7%
Action 2 211 0.0% 3.8% 91.5% 3.8%
Action 3 122 0.0% 4.1% 93.4% 2.5%
Action 4 91 0.0% 3.3% 94.5% 2.2%
Action 5 55 0.0% 3.6% 92.7% 3.6%
Action 6 31 0.0% 6.5% 93.5% 0.0%
Action 7 17 0.0% 5.9% 94.1% 0.0%
Action 8 11 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 20 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 827 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

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2014: Alice
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2019: PEG
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Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 4. Merits outcomes: 3 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
25.0% 1/4 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
25.0% 1/4 decisions
Median appeal duration
12.6 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Dec. 16, 2021 16/034,385 Reversed §103
Mar. 22, 2021 15/493,735 Affirmed §103
Jan. 21, 2021 15/507,889 Affirmed §103 · §112
Jan. 8, 2019 13/844,270 Affirmed §103

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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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