Examiner Monica Williams

Grant ratio: 53.0% (20th percentile in Art Unit 3644 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 53.0%
Average office actions / grant 1.86
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
83758
Primary art unit
3644
Work group
3640
Technology center
3600
Applications
761
Granted applications
403
Examiner phone
(571) 270-3113
Supervisor
Timothy Collins
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-6886

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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 1.73 1,320 office actions across 761 applications
Applications with office actions 99.3% 756 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 5 0.7%
1 OA 446 58.6%
2 OAs 193 25.4%
3 OAs 56 7.4%
4 OAs 29 3.8%
5+ OAs 32 4.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 34.3% 2008 2009: 47.8% 2009 2010: 49.2% 2010 2011: 40.0% 2011 2012: 41.2% 2012 2013: 57.6% 2013 2014: 61.9% 2014 2015: 54.8% 2015 2016: 73.0% 2016 2017: 70.6% 2017 2018: 63.9% 2018 2019: 52.3% 2019 2020: 58.3% 2020 2021: 83.3% 2021 2022: 80.8% 2022 2023: 72.2% 2023 2024: 60.9% 2024 2025: 38.9% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008702434.3%
2009673247.8%
2010613049.2%
2011702840.0%
2012512141.2%
2013593457.6%
2014422661.9%
2015311754.8%
2016372773.0%
2017342470.6%
2018362363.9%
2019442352.3%
2020241458.3%
2021302583.3%
2022262180.8%
2023181372.2%
2024231460.9%
202518738.9%
20262000.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 756 0.5% 9.3% 77.8% 3.7%
Action 2 310 0.6% 4.8% 86.1% 2.9%
Action 3 117 0.9% 3.4% 92.3% 1.7%
Action 4 61 0.0% 1.6% 96.7% 1.6%
Action 5 32 3.1% 3.1% 93.8% 0.0%
Action 6 21 4.8% 4.8% 90.5% 0.0%
Action 7 10 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 3 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 5.0% 4 of 80 office actions
All years 0.7% 9 of 1,320 office actions
Change +4.3 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%
0.8%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.0%
2019: PEG
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
5.1%
4.0%
2024: AI examples
3.3%
2025: August memo
9.5%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 19. Merits outcomes: 8 affirmed, 3 affirmed in part, and 8 reversed.

Full reversal rate
42.1% 8/19 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
57.9% 11/19 decisions
Median appeal duration
28.2 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 1, 2020 13/076,791 Reversed §103
Oct. 2, 2019 14/271,482 Affirmed §103
Sep. 29, 2017 13/520,805 Affirmed §102 · §103
Jun. 30, 2016 12/383,090 Affirmed in part §103
Feb. 22, 2016 12/928,451 Affirmed in part §102 · §103
Mar. 25, 2015 12/496,306 Reversed N/A
Mar. 19, 2015 11/623,168 Affirmed §102 · §103
Sep. 30, 2014 11/966,885 Reversed N/A
Sep. 19, 2014 12/603,882 Affirmed §103
Jun. 23, 2014 12/369,164 Affirmed in part §103
Feb. 28, 2014 10/487,979 Reversed N/A
Feb. 27, 2013 11/493,236 Reversed N/A

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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