Examiner Amber A. Misiaszek

Grant ratio: 41.8% (93rd percentile in Art Unit 3624 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.70. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 41.8%
Average office actions / grant 2.70
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
82717
Primary art unit
3624
Work group
3620
Technology center
3600
Applications
663
Granted applications
277
Examiner phone
(571) 270-1362
Supervisor
Fonya Long
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-5096

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 41 18.7% 3.24
Group 364 26.5% 2.85
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.83 1,878 office actions across 663 applications
Applications with office actions 99.4% 659 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 4 0.6%
1 OA 220 33.2%
2 OAs 151 22.8%
3 OAs 89 13.4%
4 OAs 84 12.7%
5+ OAs 115 17.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 33.3% 2008 2009: 68.8% 2009 2010: 73.3% 2010 2011: 65.4% 2011 2012: 58.6% 2012 2013: 42.9% 2013 2014: 3.3% 2014 2015: 3.1% 2015 2016: 34.0% 2016 2017: 18.4% 2017 2018: 33.3% 2018 2019: 50.0% 2019 2020: 50.0% 2020 2021: 60.7% 2021 2022: 65.8% 2022 2023: 71.9% 2023 2024: 46.8% 2024 2025: 24.4% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200824833.3%
2009483368.8%
2010302273.3%
2011261765.4%
2012291758.6%
201321942.9%
20143013.3%
20153213.1%
2016471634.0%
201738718.4%
2018331133.3%
2019422150.0%
2020341750.0%
2021281760.7%
2022382565.8%
2023322371.9%
2024472246.8%
2025411024.4%
20264300.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 659 16.4% 46.9% 34.9% 0.2%
Action 2 439 43.3% 18.7% 37.1% 0.5%
Action 3 288 39.6% 10.8% 47.2% 2.1%
Action 4 199 52.3% 5.0% 40.7% 1.5%
Action 5 115 53.9% 2.6% 40.0% 3.5%
Action 6 81 63.0% 2.5% 33.3% 2.5%
Action 7 43 65.1% 0.0% 34.9% 0.0%
Action 8 26 69.2% 0.0% 30.8% 0.0%
Action 9 15 73.3% 0.0% 26.7% 0.0%
Action 10 9 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 66.4% 184 of 277 office actions
All years 37.2% 699 of 1,878 office actions
Change +29.2 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
3.2%
51.7%
60.3%
66.0%
55.3%
2019: PEG
68.8%
77.1%
40.3%
63.4%
78.0%
2024: AI examples
64.9%
2025: August memo
60.7%
74.6%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 42. Merits outcomes: 28 affirmed, 2 affirmed in part, and 12 reversed.

Full reversal rate
28.6% 12/42 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
33.3% 14/42 decisions
Median appeal duration
17.1 months
New grounds of rejection
2
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jan. 16, 2026 16/944,995 Affirmed §101 · §112
Jul. 28, 2025 17/082,484 Affirmed §101
Dec. 20, 2023 16/588,985 Affirmed §101
Oct. 28, 2021 15/475,930 Affirmed §101
Oct. 1, 2021 14/854,867 Affirmed §101 · §102
Apr. 28, 2021 14/971,501 Affirmed §101
Jan. 1, 2021 13/907,447 Affirmed §101 · §103
Sep. 10, 2020 13/939,402 Reversed §101
Sep. 10, 2020 13/963,750 Reversed §101
Jul. 16, 2020 14/613,510 Affirmed §101
Jun. 2, 2020 13/485,228 Affirmed §101
Apr. 23, 2020 14/209,175 Affirmed §101 · §102

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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