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.
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Last office action in data: May 2023
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share 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
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 5 | 3 | 60.0% |
| 2021 | 8 | 4 | 50.0% |
| 2022 | 27 | 14 | 51.9% |
| 2023 | 12 | 11 | 91.7% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions 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: 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.