Examiner Scott R Jagolinzer

Grant ratio: 26.6% (30th percentile in Art Unit 3665 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.81. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 26.6%
Average office actions / grant 2.81
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
95263
Primary art unit
3665
Work group
3660
Technology center
3600
Applications
158
Granted applications
42
Examiner phone
(571) 272-4180
Supervisor
Christian Chace
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-4190

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 50 43.7% 2.00
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 2.84 449 office actions across 158 applications
Applications with office actions 98.1% 155 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 3 1.9%
1 OA 33 20.9%
2 OAs 42 26.6%
3 OAs 26 16.5%
4 OAs 33 20.9%
5+ OAs 21 13.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2020: 0.0% 2020 2021: 30.0% 2021 2022: 52.8% 2022 2023: 48.1% 2023 2024: 38.5% 2024 2025: 6.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2020300.0%
202110330.0%
2022361952.8%
2023271348.1%
202413538.5%
20253126.5%
20263800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 155 0.0% 3.9% 95.5% 0.0%
Action 2 122 1.6% 0.0% 96.7% 0.8%
Action 3 80 0.0% 0.0% 98.8% 0.0%
Action 4 54 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 21 0.0% 0.0% 95.2% 0.0%
Action 6 12 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.5% 1 of 216 office actions
All years 0.4% 2 of 449 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

0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.7%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 6. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 3 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 3/6 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
66.7% 4/6 decisions
Median appeal duration
10.2 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 25, 2026 17/137,089 Reversed N/A
Jan. 13, 2026 17/162,481 Affirmed §103
Oct. 28, 2025 18/151,852 Reversed §102 · §103
Jun. 14, 2024 16/404,428 Affirmed N/A
Mar. 19, 2024 16/028,439 Affirmed in part New ground of rejection §103 · §112
Sep. 28, 2022 16/267,439 Reversed §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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