Examiner Ellis B. Ramirez

Grant ratio: 46.2% (32nd percentile in Art Unit 3658 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.00. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 46.2%
Average office actions / grant 2.00
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
65742
Primary art unit
3658
Work group
3650
Technology center
3600
Applications
253
Granted applications
117
Examiner phone
(571) 272-8920
Supervisor
Ramon Mercado
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-5744

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 35 55.6% 1.69
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 1.92 485 office actions across 253 applications
Applications with office actions 98.0% 248 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 5 2.0%
1 OA 97 38.3%
2 OAs 95 37.5%
3 OAs 33 13.0%
4 OAs 17 6.7%
5+ OAs 6 2.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2021: 77.8% 2021 2022: 82.8% 2022 2023: 69.0% 2023 2024: 73.8% 2024 2025: 24.7% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2021181477.8%
2022292482.8%
2023422969.0%
2024423173.8%
2025771924.7%
20264500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 248 0.4% 19.0% 79.4% 0.8%
Action 2 151 1.3% 6.0% 90.1% 1.3%
Action 3 56 3.6% 1.8% 92.9% 0.0%
Action 4 23 0.0% 0.0% 95.7% 0.0%
Action 5 6 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 1.7% 5 of 292 office actions
All years 1.0% 5 of 485 office actions
Change +0.7 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%
2024: AI examples
2.4%
2025: August memo
2.4%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 0 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 2/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
12.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 27, 2025 16/835,214 Affirmed in part §103
Mar. 11, 2025 16/659,117 Reversed §102 · §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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