Examiner April Rivas

Examiner April Rivas appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 96.4%, they average 1.24 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.24

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2014-2026)
Phone: (571) 270-0232
Predicted Supervisor: N/A
Supervisor Phone: N/A
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 805
Granted Applications: 776
Non-Granted Applications: 29
Avg OA / Grant: 1.24
Last OA Observed: January 2026 (3 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2921 , 2924
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	96.4%	1.24
Art Unit	23	95.7%	1.25
Group	461	95.1%	1.19
Tech Center	486	94.9%	1.20
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2014; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2014	25	24	96.0%
2015	69	67	97.1%
2016	66	63	95.5%
2017	104	98	94.2%
2018	122	118	96.7%
2019	102	101	99.0%
2020	88	87	98.9%
2021	54	53	98.1%
2022	63	60	95.2%
2023	66	64	97.0%
2024	35	34	97.1%
2025	7	7	100.0%
2026	4	0	0.0%

776 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	805	0.0%	6.6%	2.9%	85.7%
2	178	0.0%	2.8%	7.3%	80.9%
3	14	0.0%	0.0%	7.1%	78.6%
4	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%