Examiner Patrick B Ponciano
Grant ratio: 26.5% (10th percentile in Art Unit 3634 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.03. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 97131
- Primary art unit
- 3634
- Work group
- 3630
- Technology center
- 3600
- Applications
- 147
- Granted applications
- 39
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-9910
- Supervisor
- Daniel Cahn
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-5616
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 5 | 3.4% |
| 1 OA | 33 | 22.4% |
| 2 OAs | 31 | 21.1% |
| 3 OAs | 36 | 24.5% |
| 4 OAs | 19 | 12.9% |
| 5+ OAs | 23 | 15.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 24 | 11 | 45.8% |
| 2024 | 31 | 17 | 54.8% |
| 2025 | 36 | 9 | 25.0% |
| 2026 | 54 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 142 | 0.0% | 8.5% | 88.0% | 2.8% |
| Action 2 | 109 | 0.0% | 13.8% | 80.7% | 2.8% |
| Action 3 | 78 | 0.0% | 7.7% | 83.3% | 10.3% |
| Action 4 | 42 | 0.0% | 7.1% | 78.6% | 11.9% |
| Action 5 | 23 | 0.0% | 4.3% | 87.0% | 8.7% |
| Action 6 | 14 | 0.0% | 7.1% | 78.6% | 14.3% |
| Action 7 | 7 | 0.0% | 14.3% | 85.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 4 | 0.0% | 25.0% | 75.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
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%
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 Oct. 9, 2026.