Examiner Jeffrey L Licitra

Grant ratio: 61.5% (99th percentile in Art Unit 3685 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.94. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: May 2023
Grant ratio 61.5%
Average office actions / grant 2.94
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
95228
Primary art unit
3685
Work group
3680
Technology center
3600
Applications
52
Granted applications
32

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 57 34.4% 3.08
Group 285 28.7% 2.80
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 3.17 190 office actions across 60 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 60 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 14 23.3%
2 OAs 9 15.0%
3 OAs 8 13.3%
4 OAs 18 30.0%
5+ OAs 11 18.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2020: 60.0% 2020 2021: 50.0% 2021 2022: 51.9% 2022 2023: 91.7% 2023

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20205360.0%
20218450.0%
2022271451.9%
2023121191.7%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 60 0.0% 1.7% 90.0% 1.7%
Action 2 46 0.0% 2.2% 91.3% 4.3%
Action 3 37 0.0% 2.7% 94.6% 0.0%
Action 4 29 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 11 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 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%
Action 11 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 12 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 190 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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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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