Examiner Kristina Junge

Grant ratio: 45.6% (6th percentile in Art Unit 3638 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.86. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 45.6%
Average office actions / grant 1.86
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
86143
Primary art unit
3638
Work group
3630
Technology center
3600
Applications
655
Granted applications
299
Examiner phone
(571) 270-7816
Supervisor
Boyer Ashley
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-4502

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 8 59.9% 1.81
Group 182 51.6% 1.79
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.87 1,240 office actions across 663 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 663 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 315 47.5%
2 OAs 222 33.5%
3 OAs 61 9.2%
4 OAs 46 6.9%
5+ OAs 19 2.9%

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: 29.7% 2009 2010: 35.0% 2010 2011: 37.1% 2011 2012: 50.0% 2012 2013: 40.3% 2013 2014: 45.8% 2014 2015: 53.7% 2015 2016: 55.0% 2016 2017: 52.2% 2017 2018: 48.8% 2018 2019: 59.6% 2019 2020: 62.8% 2020 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20083133.3%
2009641929.7%
2010602135.0%
2011702637.1%
2012663350.0%
2013722940.3%
2014592745.8%
2015412253.7%
2016402255.0%
2017462452.2%
2018412048.8%
2019472859.6%
2020432762.8%
2026300.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 663 1.5% 4.1% 81.6% 3.0%
Action 2 348 0.3% 3.2% 88.2% 2.6%
Action 3 126 0.0% 3.2% 88.1% 6.3%
Action 4 65 0.0% 0.0% 98.5% 0.0%
Action 5 19 0.0% 0.0% 89.5% 0.0%
Action 6 9 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 3 office actions
All years 0.9% 11 of 1,240 office actions
Change -0.9 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%
1.7%
0.0%
0.7%
0.7%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
1.3%
3.6%
0.0%
2019: PEG
3.4%
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 13. Merits outcomes: 9 affirmed, 3 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
7.7% 1/13 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
30.8% 4/13 decisions
Median appeal duration
23.9 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Dec. 23, 2020 11/945,231 Affirmed §103 · §112 · §120
Apr. 2, 2020 15/273,979 Affirmed §103
Aug. 25, 2017 13/533,393 Affirmed §103 · §112
Jul. 28, 2017 14/476,971 Affirmed §102 · §103
Jun. 19, 2017 13/417,953 Affirmed §103 · §112
Mar. 31, 2017 12/790,521 Reversed §103
Aug. 10, 2016 13/445,303 Affirmed §103
Jun. 3, 2016 13/509,561 Affirmed in part §103 · §112
Jan. 21, 2015 12/339,251 Affirmed in part §103
Jun. 26, 2014 12/239,731 Affirmed §102 · §103
Dec. 16, 2013 12/426,371 Affirmed §103
Dec. 19, 2012 11/858,121 Affirmed §103 · §112

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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