Examiner Gabriela Puig

Grant ratio: 68.2% (50th percentile in Art Unit 3652 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.49. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: July 2019
Grant ratio 68.2%
Average office actions / grant 1.49
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
87982
Primary art unit
3652
Work group
3650
Technology center
3600
Applications
337
Granted applications
230

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 31 57.1% 1.68
Group 255 56.6% 1.70
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.51 515 office actions across 341 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 341 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 216 63.3%
2 OAs 92 27.0%
3 OAs 21 6.2%
4 OAs 9 2.6%
5+ OAs 3 0.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2011: 72.7% 2011 2012: 69.6% 2012 2013: 61.9% 2013 2014: 67.2% 2014 2015: 77.5% 2015 2016: 61.8% 2016 2017: 73.7% 2017 2018: 65.2% 2018 2019: 72.7% 2019

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2011332472.7%
2012563969.6%
2013633961.9%
2014583967.2%
2015403177.5%
2016342161.8%
2017191473.7%
2018231565.2%
201911872.7%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 341 0.0% 9.1% 85.9% 2.3%
Action 2 125 0.0% 4.8% 91.2% 0.8%
Action 3 33 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 4 12 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 515 office actions
Change N/A 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%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 4. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
25.0% 1/4 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 2/4 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.8 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 2, 2021 15/961,107 Affirmed in part N/A
Oct. 18, 2018 14/072,285 Reversed New ground of rejection §103 · §112
Feb. 23, 2017 13/299,934 Affirmed §103
Aug. 11, 2016 12/915,460 Affirmed §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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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