Examiner Peter J. Alley

Grant ratio: 31.3% (37th percentile in Art Unit 3715 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.52. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: June 2016
Grant ratio 31.3%
Average office actions / grant 2.52
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
88846
Primary art unit
3715
Work group
3710
Technology center
3700
Applications
80
Granted applications
25

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 79 33.7% 2.29
Group 173 39.0% 2.15
Tech Center 2,671 48.4% 2.01
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.13 170 office actions across 80 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 80 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 39 48.8%
2 OAs 15 18.8%
3 OAs 12 15.0%
4 OAs 9 11.3%
5+ OAs 5 6.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2012: 0.0% 2012 2013: 44.4% 2013 2014: 36.4% 2014 2015: 54.5% 2015 2016: 12.0% 2016

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2012600.0%
2013271244.4%
201411436.4%
201511654.5%
201625312.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 80 0.0% 6.3% 90.0% 0.0%
Action 2 41 2.4% 12.2% 73.2% 12.2%
Action 3 26 3.8% 11.5% 73.1% 11.5%
Action 4 14 14.3% 0.0% 64.3% 14.3%
Action 5 5 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 20.0%
Action 6 2 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0%
Action 7 2 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 4.1% 7 of 170 office actions
Change N/A 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%
1.4%
2014: Alice
6.9%
18.8%
3.8%

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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