Examiner Sharonda Tiyille Felton

Grant ratio: 33.3% (25th percentile in Art Unit 3723 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.66. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: January 2026
Grant ratio 33.3%
Average office actions / grant 1.66
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
97547
Primary art unit
3723
Work group
3720
Technology center
3700
Applications
105
Granted applications
35

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage 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

Average office actions per application 2.13 238 office actions across 112 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 112 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 44 39.3%
2 OAs 37 33.0%
3 OAs 18 16.1%
4 OAs 5 4.5%
5+ OAs 8 7.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2023: 56.0% 2023 2024: 48.1% 2024 2025: 16.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2023251456.0%
2024271348.1%
202549816.3%
2026400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 112 0.0% 2.7% 85.7% 5.4%
Action 2 68 0.0% 26.5% 64.7% 2.9%
Action 3 31 0.0% 16.1% 77.4% 0.0%
Action 4 13 0.0% 7.7% 92.3% 0.0%
Action 5 8 0.0% 12.5% 87.5% 0.0%
Action 6 6 0.0% 16.7% 83.3% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 198 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 238 office actions
Change 0.0 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
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 0 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
100.0% 2/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 2/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
7.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 24, 2026 16/958,783 Reversed §102 · §103 · §112
Jan. 14, 2026 17/008,934 Reversed §103

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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