Examiner James Edward Ignaczewski

Grant ratio: 62.2% (57th percentile in Art Unit 3675 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.03. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 62.2%
Average office actions / grant 2.03
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
95549
Primary art unit
3675
Work group
3670
Technology center
3600
Applications
230
Granted applications
143
Examiner phone
(571) 272-2732
Supervisor
Kristina Fulton
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7376

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 27 53.1% 2.10
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 1.92 441 office actions across 230 applications
Applications with office actions 97.8% 225 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 5 2.2%
1 OA 93 40.4%
2 OAs 81 35.2%
3 OAs 30 13.0%
4 OAs 13 5.7%
5+ OAs 8 3.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2020: 66.7% 2020 2021: 85.7% 2021 2022: 76.9% 2022 2023: 76.5% 2023 2024: 79.1% 2024 2025: 40.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20209666.7%
2021353085.7%
2022393076.9%
2023342676.5%
2024433479.1%
2025421740.5%
20262800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 225 0.0% 26.7% 65.8% 7.1%
Action 2 132 0.0% 23.5% 74.2% 3.0%
Action 3 51 0.0% 23.5% 74.5% 0.0%
Action 4 21 0.0% 28.6% 66.7% 4.8%
Action 5 8 0.0% 37.5% 50.0% 0.0%
Action 6 3 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 220 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 441 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%
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

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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