Examiner Kayla Marie Bennett

Grant ratio: 90.8% (23rd percentile in Art Unit 2913 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.43. Most common rejection type: §112.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 90.8%
Average office actions / grant 1.43
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
97017
Primary art unit
2913
Work group
2900-WG
Technology center
2900
Applications
185
Granted applications
168
Examiner phone
(571) 272-9590
Supervisor
Shannon Morgan
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7979

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 30 89.2% 1.24
Group 461 94.9% 1.19
Tech Center 486 94.6% 1.20
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.41 261 office actions across 185 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 185 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 115 62.2%
2 OAs 66 35.7%
3 OAs 2 1.1%
4 OAs 2 1.1%
5+ OAs 0 0.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2022: 97.7% 2022 2023: 98.2% 2023 2024: 95.6% 2024 2025: 55.6% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2022444397.7%
2023565598.2%
2024686595.6%
20259555.6%
2026800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 185 0.0% 16.2% 3.2% 78.4%
Action 2 70 0.0% 14.3% 2.9% 81.4%
Action 3 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 75.0%
Action 4 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 50.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 153 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 261 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

0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
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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