Examiner Karlyannie M Garcia

Grant ratio: 18.2% (64th percentile in Art Unit 3698 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.29. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 18.2%
Average office actions / grant 2.29
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
98082
Primary art unit
3698
Work group
3690
Technology center
3600
Applications
77
Granted applications
14
Examiner phone
(571) 272-6950
Supervisor
Patrick Mcatee
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7575

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 8 23.4% 2.24
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 2.33 182 office actions across 78 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 78 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 30 38.5%
2 OAs 19 24.4%
3 OAs 8 10.3%
4 OAs 17 21.8%
5+ OAs 4 5.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2023: 33.3% 2023 2024: 30.0% 2024 2025: 27.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20236233.3%
202420630.0%
202522627.3%
20262900.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 78 1.3% 3.8% 93.6% 0.0%
Action 2 48 14.6% 10.4% 66.7% 8.3%
Action 3 29 10.3% 3.4% 72.4% 6.9%
Action 4 21 14.3% 0.0% 66.7% 19.0%
Action 5 4 50.0% 0.0% 25.0% 25.0%
Action 6 2 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 9.6% 17 of 177 office actions
All years 9.3% 17 of 182 office actions
Change +0.3 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%
2024: AI examples
8.6%
2025: August memo
14.5%
8.3%

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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