Examiner Dana Ivey
Grant ratio: 83.5% (75th percentile in Art Unit 3612 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.41. Most common rejection type: §102.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 80694
- Primary art unit
- 3612
- Work group
- 3610
- Technology center
- 3600
- Applications
- 817
- Granted applications
- 682
- Examiner phone
- (313) 446-4896
- Supervisor
- Jelani Smith
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-3969
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 35 | 54.1% | 1.37 |
| Group | 162 | 58.7% | 1.45 |
| Tech Center | 2,381 | 46.2% | 2.12 |
| 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 | 540 | 65.9% |
| 2 OAs | 207 | 25.2% |
| 3 OAs | 59 | 7.2% |
| 4 OAs | 8 | 1.0% |
| 5+ OAs | 6 | 0.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 8 | 7 | 87.5% |
| 2013 | 57 | 52 | 91.2% |
| 2014 | 70 | 61 | 87.1% |
| 2015 | 58 | 52 | 89.7% |
| 2016 | 80 | 72 | 90.0% |
| 2017 | 72 | 63 | 87.5% |
| 2018 | 62 | 60 | 96.8% |
| 2019 | 77 | 69 | 89.6% |
| 2020 | 67 | 63 | 94.0% |
| 2021 | 54 | 51 | 94.4% |
| 2022 | 63 | 61 | 96.8% |
| 2023 | 44 | 37 | 84.1% |
| 2024 | 35 | 28 | 80.0% |
| 2025 | 34 | 6 | 17.6% |
| 2026 | 36 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 820 | 0.6% | 43.9% | 35.0% | 15.5% |
| Action 2 | 280 | 0.4% | 34.3% | 47.1% | 12.5% |
| Action 3 | 73 | 0.0% | 34.2% | 56.2% | 5.5% |
| Action 4 | 14 | 0.0% | 35.7% | 50.0% | 14.3% |
| Action 5 | 6 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 50.0% | 16.7% |
Section 101 rejections
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%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
2.5%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.6%
2024: AI examples
2.3%
2025: August memo
0.0%
2.2%
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.