Examiner Frantzy Poinvil

Grant ratio: 74.8% (98th percentile in Art Unit 3691 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.92. Most common rejection type: §101.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 74.8%
Average office actions / grant 1.92
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
70419
Primary art unit
3691
Work group
3690
Technology center
3600
Applications
1,010
Granted applications
755
Examiner phone
(571) 272-6797
Supervisor
Michael Anderson
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-0508

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 27 39.4% 2.71
Group 163 34.3% 2.69
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.00 2,016 office actions across 1,010 applications
Applications with office actions 99.8% 1,008 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 0.2%
1 OA 513 50.8%
2 OAs 257 25.4%
3 OAs 118 11.7%
4 OAs 50 5.0%
5+ OAs 70 6.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 82.1% 2008 2009: 66.0% 2009 2010: 81.1% 2010 2011: 89.3% 2011 2012: 79.6% 2012 2013: 83.3% 2013 2014: 64.3% 2014 2015: 60.0% 2015 2016: 72.7% 2016 2017: 81.3% 2017 2018: 75.4% 2018 2019: 91.2% 2019 2020: 85.9% 2020 2021: 86.7% 2021 2022: 83.3% 2022 2023: 92.9% 2023 2024: 80.5% 2024 2025: 15.8% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008393282.1%
2009533566.0%
2010534381.1%
2011565089.3%
2012544379.6%
2013605083.3%
2014281864.3%
2015603660.0%
2016664872.7%
2017483981.3%
2018654975.4%
2019686291.2%
2020645585.9%
2021605286.7%
2022665583.3%
2023565292.9%
2024413380.5%
202519315.8%
20265400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,008 36.6% 12.3% 24.8% 2.1%
Action 2 495 43.4% 11.7% 30.9% 1.4%
Action 3 238 45.4% 8.8% 31.1% 1.3%
Action 4 120 57.5% 5.0% 31.7% 0.8%
Action 5 70 52.9% 4.3% 35.7% 5.7%
Action 6 44 52.3% 2.3% 36.4% 4.5%
Action 7 22 50.0% 0.0% 36.4% 13.6%
Action 8 10 50.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Action 9 5 80.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0%
Action 10 3 66.7% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 54.6% 137 of 251 office actions
All years 41.9% 844 of 2,016 office actions
Change +12.7 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

15.7%
28.0%
16.4%
10.6%
24.2%
20.4%
2014: Alice
52.1%
72.3%
72.0%
46.8%
45.8%
2019: PEG
46.1%
34.9%
56.4%
33.3%
32.8%
2024: AI examples
37.8%
2025: August memo
76.7%
63.5%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 15. Merits outcomes: 11 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 3 reversed.

Full reversal rate
20.0% 3/15 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
26.7% 4/15 decisions
Median appeal duration
17.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 5, 2024 16/864,599 Affirmed §101
Sep. 29, 2020 14/454,499 Affirmed §101 · §102
Jan. 2, 2020 13/828,473 Affirmed §101 · §103
Nov. 4, 2019 13/693,333 Reversed §103
Sep. 25, 2019 13/768,692 Reversed §101 · §103
May. 10, 2019 13/623,704 Affirmed §101 · §102 · §112
Mar. 28, 2019 14/679,293 Affirmed in part §101
Mar. 1, 2019 14/292,838 Affirmed §101
Jan. 30, 2019 11/755,800 Reversed §101
Oct. 10, 2018 14/103,113 Affirmed §101
Sep. 4, 2018 14/205,122 Affirmed §101
Feb. 8, 2018 14/132,408 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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