Examiner Basil T. Jos

Grant ratio: 71.9% (64th percentile in Art Unit 3668 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.74. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 71.9%
Average office actions / grant 1.74
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
88534
Primary art unit
3668
Work group
3660
Technology center
3600
Applications
391
Granted applications
281
Examiner phone
(571) 270-5915
Supervisor
Thomas Worden
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-4876

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 46 57.9% 1.80
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 1.75 692 office actions across 396 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 396 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 216 54.5%
2 OAs 112 28.3%
3 OAs 36 9.1%
4 OAs 23 5.8%
5+ OAs 9 2.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2012: 40.0% 2012 2013: 48.3% 2013 2014: 47.8% 2014 2015: 66.7% 2015 2016: 88.4% 2016 2017: 87.2% 2017 2018: 89.5% 2018 2019: 100.0% 2019 2020: 85.0% 2020 2021: 81.3% 2021 2022: 75.0% 2022 2023: 84.2% 2023 2024: 92.9% 2024 2025: 20.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20125240.0%
2013291448.3%
2014231147.8%
2015483266.7%
2016696188.4%
2017393487.2%
2018383489.5%
201977100.0%
2020201785.0%
2021322681.3%
2022161275.0%
2023191684.2%
2024141392.9%
202510220.0%
20262200.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 396 5.6% 37.9% 47.2% 5.3%
Action 2 180 5.0% 18.3% 67.2% 6.7%
Action 3 68 2.9% 10.3% 80.9% 1.5%
Action 4 32 3.1% 0.0% 93.8% 3.1%
Action 5 9 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 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 7.7% 5 of 65 office actions
All years 4.9% 34 of 692 office actions
Change +2.8 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%
3.6%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
4.5%
7.3%
26.0%
2019: PEG
10.0%
2.9%
2.2%
9.1%
5.3%
2024: AI examples
5.3%
2025: August memo
11.1%
4.3%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 8. Merits outcomes: 3 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 4 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 4/8 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
62.5% 5/8 decisions
Median appeal duration
23.8 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Feb. 10, 2020 14/247,572 Affirmed §103
Mar. 30, 2018 12/926,927 Affirmed §103
Oct. 25, 2017 13/300,156 Affirmed in part §102 · §103
Aug. 25, 2017 12/621,298 Affirmed §103
Jun. 14, 2017 13/542,700 Reversed New ground of rejection §101 · §103
Jan. 31, 2017 12/727,379 Reversed §103
Nov. 18, 2016 13/260,032 Reversed §102 · §103
Jun. 23, 2016 13/007,729 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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