Examiner Mark Manley
Grant ratio: 76.1% (32nd percentile in Art Unit 3659 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.74. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2021
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 11 | 79.1% | 1.40 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 5 | 0.9% |
| 1 OA | 303 | 52.5% |
| 2 OAs | 184 | 31.9% |
| 3 OAs | 53 | 9.2% |
| 4 OAs | 23 | 4.0% |
| 5+ OAs | 9 | 1.6% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 14 | 7 | 50.0% |
| 2013 | 79 | 48 | 60.8% |
| 2014 | 67 | 50 | 74.6% |
| 2015 | 68 | 56 | 82.4% |
| 2016 | 63 | 43 | 68.3% |
| 2017 | 74 | 63 | 85.1% |
| 2018 | 58 | 50 | 86.2% |
| 2019 | 63 | 45 | 71.4% |
| 2020 | 56 | 46 | 82.1% |
| 2021 | 35 | 31 | 88.6% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 572 | 0.3% | 10.3% | 75.5% | 7.2% |
| Action 2 | 269 | 0.0% | 7.4% | 77.3% | 7.1% |
| Action 3 | 85 | 0.0% | 4.7% | 82.4% | 4.7% |
| Action 4 | 32 | 0.0% | 3.1% | 84.4% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 9 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 77.8% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
0.7%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
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.