Examiner Robert Neibaur
Grant ratio: 61.2% (66th percentile in Art Unit 3723 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.78. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 94409
- Primary art unit
- 3723
- Work group
- 3720
- Technology center
- 3700
- Applications
- 410
- Granted applications
- 251
- Examiner phone
- (571) 270-7979
- Supervisor
- David Posigian
- Supervisor phone
- (313) 446-6546
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 87 | 44.4% | 1.69 |
| Group | 314 | 51.5% | 1.76 |
| Tech Center | 2,671 | 48.4% | 2.01 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 19 | 4.6% |
| 1 OA | 214 | 52.2% |
| 2 OAs | 108 | 26.3% |
| 3 OAs | 40 | 9.8% |
| 4 OAs | 23 | 5.6% |
| 5+ OAs | 6 | 1.5% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 45 | 21 | 46.7% |
| 2020 | 47 | 34 | 72.3% |
| 2021 | 46 | 39 | 84.8% |
| 2022 | 48 | 38 | 79.2% |
| 2023 | 58 | 45 | 77.6% |
| 2024 | 56 | 45 | 80.4% |
| 2025 | 58 | 29 | 50.0% |
| 2026 | 52 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 391 | 0.5% | 6.9% | 68.5% | 23.3% |
| Action 2 | 177 | 0.6% | 5.1% | 86.4% | 7.3% |
| Action 3 | 69 | 0.0% | 7.2% | 84.1% | 8.7% |
| Action 4 | 29 | 0.0% | 3.4% | 93.1% | 3.4% |
| Action 5 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 9 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 10 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
1.4%
2025: August memo
1.3%
0.0%
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.