Examiner Preston Jay Miller

Grant ratio: 21.6% (7th percentile in Art Unit 3661 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.32. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 21.6%
Average office actions / grant 2.32
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
98888
Primary art unit
3661
Work group
3660
Technology center
3600
Applications
102
Granted applications
22
Examiner phone
(703) 756-1582
Supervisor
Ramya P Burgess
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-6011

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 37 64.4% 1.79
Group 454 54.1% 1.86
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.31 236 office actions across 102 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 102 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 24 23.5%
2 OAs 41 40.2%
3 OAs 22 21.6%
4 OAs 11 10.8%
5+ OAs 4 3.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 52.2% 2024 2025: 25.6% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2024231252.2%
2025391025.6%
20264000.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 102 1.0% 4.9% 90.2% 2.9%
Action 2 78 1.3% 0.0% 96.2% 1.3%
Action 3 37 0.0% 0.0% 97.3% 2.7%
Action 4 15 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.8% 2 of 236 office actions
All years 0.8% 2 of 236 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
1.1%
1.9%

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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