Examiner Jalatee Worjloh

Grant ratio: 50.4% (37th percentile in Art Unit 3992 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.11. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 50.4%
Average office actions / grant 2.11
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
78776
Primary art unit
3992
Work group
3990
Technology center
3600
Applications
276
Granted applications
139
Examiner phone
(571) 272-6714
Supervisor
John Hayes
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-6708

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 38 48.5% 2.52
Group 72 56.0% 2.28
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.04 563 office actions across 276 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 276 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 113 40.9%
2 OAs 97 35.1%
3 OAs 36 13.0%
4 OAs 15 5.4%
5+ OAs 15 5.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 39.1% 2008 2009: 56.8% 2009 2010: 66.7% 2010 2011: 66.7% 2011 2014: 100.0% 2014 2015: 40.0% 2015 2016: 66.7% 2016 2017: 63.6% 2017 2018: 62.5% 2018 2019: 84.6% 2019 2020: 100.0% 2020 2021: 84.6% 2021 2022: 87.5% 2022 2023: 66.7% 2023 2024: 88.9% 2024 2025: 6.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200823939.1%
2009442556.8%
2010302066.7%
20116466.7%
201411100.0%
201510440.0%
2016151066.7%
201711763.6%
2018161062.5%
2019131184.6%
202055100.0%
2021131184.6%
20228787.5%
20239666.7%
20249888.9%
20251616.3%
20264700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 276 3.6% 5.8% 69.6% 12.3%
Action 2 163 8.0% 3.7% 62.6% 13.5%
Action 3 66 6.1% 3.0% 62.1% 19.7%
Action 4 30 6.7% 0.0% 66.7% 13.3%
Action 5 15 0.0% 13.3% 80.0% 6.7%
Action 6 10 0.0% 10.0% 70.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 50.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 12.9% 17 of 132 office actions
All years 5.3% 30 of 563 office actions
Change +7.6 pts Percentage points

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

By year

0.0%
1.3%
0.0%
16.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
17.6%
4.3%
13.0%
8.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
6.7%
4.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
7.3%
25.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 4. Merits outcomes: 3 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
25.0% 1/4 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
25.0% 1/4 decisions
Median appeal duration
6.6 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 18, 2017 13/589,343 Affirmed §101 · §103
Nov. 22, 2010 09/983,493 Reversed N/A
Aug. 13, 2010 10/703,373 Affirmed New ground of rejection §103 · §120
Mar. 8, 2010 10/684,281 Affirmed §102

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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