Examiner Oluseye Iwarere

Grant ratio: 66.4% (87th percentile in Art Unit 3687 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.54. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 66.4%
Average office actions / grant 2.54
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
84419
Primary art unit
3687
Work group
3680
Technology center
3600
Applications
550
Granted applications
365
Examiner phone
(571) 270-5112
Supervisor
Andrea Wellington
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-4483

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 31 31.5% 2.56
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 2.37 1,310 office actions across 552 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 552 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 197 35.7%
2 OAs 162 29.3%
3 OAs 84 15.2%
4 OAs 59 10.7%
5+ OAs 50 9.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2007: 0.0% 2007 2008: 23.8% 2008 2009: 51.4% 2009 2010: 46.9% 2010 2011: 78.8% 2011 2012: 81.3% 2012 2013: 87.8% 2013 2014: 65.8% 2014 2015: 41.2% 2015 2016: 60.4% 2016 2017: 71.2% 2017 2018: 78.7% 2018 2019: 73.2% 2019 2020: 87.2% 2020 2021: 85.7% 2021 2025: 0.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2007300.0%
200821523.8%
2009351851.4%
2010321546.9%
2011332678.8%
2012322681.3%
2013413687.8%
2014382565.8%
2015341441.2%
2016533260.4%
2017523771.2%
2018473778.7%
2019564173.2%
2020474187.2%
2021141285.7%
2025600.0%
2026600.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 552 5.1% 38.2% 55.3% 0.2%
Action 2 355 20.3% 17.2% 61.4% 0.6%
Action 3 193 22.3% 13.0% 63.7% 0.5%
Action 4 109 21.1% 10.1% 67.0% 1.8%
Action 5 50 26.0% 12.0% 62.0% 0.0%
Action 6 32 25.0% 18.8% 50.0% 6.3%
Action 7 14 42.9% 28.6% 28.6% 0.0%
Action 8 2 50.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 12.5% 2 of 16 office actions
All years 15.0% 197 of 1,310 office actions
Change -2.5 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%
0.0%
1.1%
6.7%
2014: Alice
23.3%
31.8%
34.8%
34.0%
26.4%
2019: PEG
15.1%
6.8%
28.6%
2025: August memo
11.1%
14.3%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 17. Merits outcomes: 9 affirmed, 2 affirmed in part, and 6 reversed.

Full reversal rate
35.3% 6/17 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
47.1% 8/17 decisions
Median appeal duration
23.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Sep. 30, 2019 14/195,773 Affirmed §101 · §103
Mar. 12, 2019 13/954,948 Affirmed §101 · §102
Jan. 31, 2019 13/954,946 Affirmed §101 · §102
Nov. 28, 2018 14/303,755 Affirmed §101 · §102
Nov. 7, 2018 12/335,217 Affirmed §101 · §102
Jan. 24, 2018 12/973,795 Affirmed §101
Dec. 2, 2016 12/718,737 Reversed §103
May. 19, 2016 11/932,055 Affirmed N/A
May. 20, 2015 10/580,484 Affirmed N/A
Mar. 12, 2015 11/185,467 Reversed N/A
Apr. 4, 2013 11/589,559 Reversed N/A
Nov. 30, 2012 11/341,545 Affirmed in part 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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