Examiner Colleen M Chavchavadze

Grant ratio: 52.9% (56th percentile in Art Unit 3634 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.24. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 52.9%
Average office actions / grant 2.24
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
82320
Primary art unit
3634
Work group
3630
Technology center
3600
Applications
884
Granted applications
468
Examiner phone
(571) 272-6289
Supervisor
Daniel Cahn
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-5616

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 30 46.9% 1.92
Group 184 50.8% 1.79
Tech Center 2,390 45.7% 2.12
USPTO 16,572 52.1% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.09 1,844 office actions across 884 applications
Applications with office actions 97.3% 860 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 24 2.7%
1 OA 375 42.4%
2 OAs 260 29.4%
3 OAs 99 11.2%
4 OAs 61 6.9%
5+ OAs 65 7.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 19.1% 2008 2009: 22.4% 2009 2010: 37.8% 2010 2011: 44.0% 2011 2012: 60.9% 2012 2013: 68.1% 2013 2014: 56.1% 2014 2015: 48.8% 2015 2016: 56.8% 2016 2017: 72.7% 2017 2018: 75.6% 2018 2019: 73.0% 2019 2020: 73.3% 2020 2021: 77.3% 2021 2022: 78.1% 2022 2023: 56.7% 2023 2024: 72.1% 2024 2025: 43.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200847919.1%
2009581322.4%
2010451737.8%
2011502244.0%
2012643960.9%
2013694768.1%
2014412356.1%
2015432148.8%
2016372156.8%
2017443272.7%
2018413175.6%
2019372773.0%
2020453373.3%
2021443477.3%
2022322578.1%
2023301756.7%
2024433172.1%
2025602643.3%
20265400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 860 0.0% 14.2% 64.2% 17.3%
Action 2 485 0.0% 14.0% 69.3% 13.0%
Action 3 225 0.0% 15.1% 66.2% 16.0%
Action 4 126 0.0% 8.7% 74.6% 13.5%
Action 5 65 0.0% 6.2% 80.0% 10.8%
Action 6 42 0.0% 9.5% 66.7% 19.0%
Action 7 17 0.0% 0.0% 88.2% 5.9%
Action 8 11 0.0% 0.0% 81.8% 18.2%
Action 9 8 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 276 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 1,844 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-02–2026-10-02. 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
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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

Matched decisions: 10. Merits outcomes: 6 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 4 reversed.

Full reversal rate
40.0% 4/10 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
40.0% 4/10 decisions
Median appeal duration
22.9 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Sep. 18, 2024 18/020,699 Affirmed §103 · §112
Nov. 7, 2017 14/184,414 Affirmed §103
Aug. 30, 2017 13/561,975 Affirmed §102 · §120
Jul. 24, 2017 13/533,430 Affirmed §103
Feb. 28, 2017 13/373,057 Affirmed §103 · §112
Aug. 29, 2016 12/993,356 Reversed §102 · §103
Sep. 18, 2015 11/924,104 Reversed N/A
Sep. 15, 2015 11/665,955 Reversed N/A
Sep. 15, 2015 12/531,846 Reversed §102
Jan. 23, 2012 10/833,795 Affirmed §102 · §103

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 Oct. 9, 2026.

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