Examiner Michael Trettel

Grant ratio: 79.6% (98th percentile in Art Unit 3673 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.34. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: September 2015
Grant ratio 79.6%
Average office actions / grant 1.34
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
61822
Primary art unit
3673
Work group
3670
Technology center
3600
Applications
667
Granted applications
531

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 32 52.8% 1.84
Group 238 58.8% 1.84
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.32 881 office actions across 667 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 667 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 505 75.7%
2 OAs 133 19.9%
3 OAs 15 2.2%
4 OAs 9 1.3%
5+ OAs 5 0.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 71.4% 2008 2009: 71.7% 2009 2010: 76.4% 2010 2011: 85.6% 2011 2012: 82.7% 2012 2013: 80.5% 2013 2014: 85.2% 2014 2015: 90.5% 2015

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008846071.4%
20091067671.7%
2010896876.4%
2011907785.6%
2012988182.7%
2013776280.5%
2014816985.2%
2015423890.5%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 667 0.3% 37.6% 38.4% 17.8%
Action 2 162 0.0% 32.1% 40.7% 8.6%
Action 3 29 0.0% 20.7% 48.3% 0.0%
Action 4 14 0.0% 14.3% 64.3% 7.1%
Action 5 5 0.0% 20.0% 60.0% 20.0%
Action 6 4 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.2% 2 of 881 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

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0.0%
0.0%
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1.6%
0.0%
2014: Alice
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.

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