Examiner Alison N Labarge

Grant ratio: 50.0% (36th percentile in Art Unit 3673 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.91. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 50.0%
Average office actions / grant 1.91
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
94740
Primary art unit
3673
Work group
3670
Technology center
3600
Applications
352
Granted applications
176
Examiner phone
(571) 272-6098
Supervisor
Justin Mikowski
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-8525

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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 1.85 651 office actions across 352 applications
Applications with office actions 99.7% 351 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 1 0.3%
1 OA 187 53.1%
2 OAs 98 27.8%
3 OAs 30 8.5%
4 OAs 19 5.4%
5+ OAs 17 4.8%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2019: 0.0% 2019 2020: 51.8% 2020 2021: 63.6% 2021 2022: 65.4% 2022 2023: 74.0% 2023 2024: 75.0% 2024 2025: 25.9% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2019900.0%
2020562951.8%
2021553563.6%
2022523465.4%
2023503774.0%
2024362775.0%
2025541425.9%
20264000.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 351 0.0% 4.3% 83.8% 9.7%
Action 2 164 0.0% 3.7% 89.0% 6.7%
Action 3 66 0.0% 0.0% 90.9% 7.6%
Action 4 36 0.0% 0.0% 94.4% 5.6%
Action 5 17 0.0% 5.9% 88.2% 0.0%
Action 6 10 0.0% 0.0% 90.0% 10.0%
Action 7 3 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 33.3%
Action 8 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 223 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 651 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

2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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: 1. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
18.4 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Dec. 18, 2024 16/129,969 Affirmed N/A

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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