Examiner Constantine Siozopoulos

Grant ratio: 38.5% (70th percentile in Art Unit 3686 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.02. Most common rejection type: §101.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 38.5%
Average office actions / grant 2.02
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
95212
Primary art unit
3686
Work group
3680
Technology center
3600
Applications
213
Granted applications
82
Examiner phone
(571) 272-6719
Supervisor
Jason B Dunham
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-8109

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 42 32.1% 2.69
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 2.22 472 office actions across 213 applications
Applications with office actions 97.2% 207 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 6 2.8%
1 OA 74 34.7%
2 OAs 65 30.5%
3 OAs 35 16.4%
4 OAs 21 9.9%
5+ OAs 12 5.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2020: 75.0% 2020 2021: 70.0% 2021 2022: 59.3% 2022 2023: 57.6% 2023 2024: 34.4% 2024 2025: 20.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202012975.0%
2021302170.0%
2022271659.3%
2023331957.6%
2024321134.4%
202530620.0%
20264900.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 207 16.4% 43.5% 38.2% 0.0%
Action 2 133 47.4% 12.0% 38.3% 0.0%
Action 3 68 57.4% 2.9% 38.2% 1.5%
Action 4 33 69.7% 3.0% 21.2% 0.0%
Action 5 12 83.3% 8.3% 16.7% 0.0%
Action 6 6 83.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0%
Action 7 3 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 49.4% 116 of 235 office actions
All years 38.8% 183 of 472 office actions
Change +10.6 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%
2.2%
13.3%
54.5%
44.2%
2024: AI examples
34.7%
2025: August memo
49.4%
74.6%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 8. Merits outcomes: 7 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
12.5% 1/8 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
12.5% 1/8 decisions
Median appeal duration
11.9 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 23, 2026 17/711,279 Affirmed §101 · §103 · §112
Feb. 19, 2026 17/329,913 Affirmed §101
May. 9, 2025 17/024,460 Affirmed §101
Mar. 5, 2025 16/690,251 Affirmed N/A
Nov. 20, 2024 16/633,245 Affirmed §101
Nov. 18, 2024 16/958,077 Reversed §101
Nov. 13, 2024 16/336,222 Affirmed §101
Feb. 12, 2024 16/364,396 Affirmed §101

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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