Examiner John-Rolf Oakley
Grant ratio: 48.7% (29th percentile in Art Unit 2892 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.04. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: June 2018
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 31 | 52.9% | 2.18 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 28 | 20.3% |
| 2 OAs | 41 | 29.7% |
| 3 OAs | 31 | 22.5% |
| 4 OAs | 18 | 13.0% |
| 5+ OAs | 20 | 14.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2014 | 15 | 5 | 33.3% |
| 2015 | 29 | 12 | 41.4% |
| 2016 | 23 | 9 | 39.1% |
| 2017 | 23 | 11 | 47.8% |
| 2018 | 22 | 18 | 81.8% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 138 | 0.0% | 10.1% | 88.4% | 0.7% |
| Action 2 | 110 | 0.0% | 3.6% | 91.8% | 4.5% |
| Action 3 | 69 | 0.0% | 2.9% | 94.2% | 1.4% |
| Action 4 | 38 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 94.7% | 5.3% |
| Action 5 | 20 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 95.0% | 5.0% |
| Action 6 | 15 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 9 | 2 | 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
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2014: Alice
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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.