Examiner Madeline L Douglas

Grant ratio: 66.9% (52nd percentile in Art Unit 3644 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.31. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: June 2026
Grant ratio 66.9%
Average office actions / grant 1.31
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
78667
Primary art unit
3644
Work group
3640
Technology center
3600
Applications
139
Granted applications
93
Examiner phone
(571) 272-5529
Supervisor
Tc Director Namrata Boveja
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-8105

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 33 68.3% 1.55
Group 281 52.9% 1.75
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.44 211 office actions across 147 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 147 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 100 68.0%
2 OAs 35 23.8%
3 OAs 8 5.4%
4 OAs 3 2.0%
5+ OAs 1 0.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 90.3% 2008 2009: 92.9% 2009 2010: 85.7% 2010 2011: 0.0% 2011 2012: 0.0% 2012 2013: 50.0% 2013 2016: 0.0% 2016 2017: 0.0% 2017 2020: 0.0% 2020 2021: 71.4% 2021 2022: 63.5% 2022 2023: 100.0% 2023 2025: 50.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008312890.3%
2009141392.9%
20107685.7%
2011400.0%
2012500.0%
20134250.0%
2016300.0%
2017100.0%
2020100.0%
20217571.4%
2022523363.5%
202344100.0%
20254250.0%
2026200.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 147 1.4% 14.3% 76.9% 2.7%
Action 2 47 0.0% 12.8% 83.0% 4.3%
Action 3 12 0.0% 16.7% 75.0% 0.0%
Action 4 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 7 office actions
All years 0.9% 2 of 211 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
20.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.4%
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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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