Examiner Valentin Craciun

Grant ratio: 61.9% (53rd percentile in Art Unit 3658 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.62. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: October 2014
Grant ratio 61.9%
Average office actions / grant 1.62
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
88397
Primary art unit
3658
Work group
3650
Technology center
3600
Applications
126
Granted applications
78

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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 1.66 209 office actions across 126 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 126 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 70 55.6%
2 OAs 39 31.0%
3 OAs 10 7.9%
4 OAs 5 4.0%
5+ OAs 2 1.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2012: 69.2% 2012 2013: 60.9% 2013 2014: 56.1% 2014

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2012392769.2%
2013462860.9%
2014412356.1%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 126 0.0% 11.1% 81.0% 7.1%
Action 2 56 0.0% 8.9% 89.3% 1.8%
Action 3 17 0.0% 5.9% 88.2% 5.9%
Action 4 7 0.0% 14.3% 85.7% 0.0%
Action 5 2 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 209 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%
2014: Alice
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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