Examiner Robert L. Nasser

Grant ratio: 63.4% (78th percentile in Art Unit 3735 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.83. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 63.4%
Average office actions / grant 1.83
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
69600
Primary art unit
3735
Work group
3730
Technology center
3700
Applications
350
Granted applications
222
Examiner phone
(571) 272-4731
Supervisor
Alexander Kosowski
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-3744

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 43 43.8% 2.08
Group 289 49.9% 2.22
Tech Center 2,685 47.8% 2.01
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.01 703 office actions across 350 applications
Applications with office actions 98.9% 346 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 4 1.1%
1 OA 170 48.6%
2 OAs 99 28.3%
3 OAs 35 10.0%
4 OAs 17 4.9%
5+ OAs 25 7.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2007: 70.0% 2007 2008: 65.3% 2008 2009: 72.2% 2009 2010: 81.8% 2010 2011: 0.0% 2011 2014: 100.0% 2014 2015: 50.0% 2015 2016: 25.0% 2016 2017: 50.0% 2017 2018: 50.0% 2018 2019: 84.6% 2019 2020: 86.7% 2020 2021: 66.7% 2021 2022: 76.9% 2022 2023: 100.0% 2023 2024: 93.8% 2024 2025: 33.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200710770.0%
2008724765.3%
2009795772.2%
2010332781.8%
2011100.0%
201411100.0%
20152150.0%
20164125.0%
201710550.0%
20188450.0%
2019131184.6%
2020151386.7%
202112866.7%
2022131076.9%
202377100.0%
2024161593.8%
202524833.3%
20263000.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 346 6.1% 6.4% 50.3% 25.1%
Action 2 176 6.3% 7.4% 54.0% 21.6%
Action 3 77 3.9% 3.9% 55.8% 28.6%
Action 4 42 2.4% 4.8% 59.5% 14.3%
Action 5 25 4.0% 4.0% 56.0% 16.0%
Action 6 13 0.0% 7.7% 53.8% 23.1%
Action 7 9 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 0.0%
Action 8 6 0.0% 0.0% 83.3% 0.0%
Action 9 5 20.0% 0.0% 60.0% 20.0%
Action 10 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 18.1% 23 of 127 office actions
All years 5.4% 38 of 703 office actions
Change +12.7 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
0.0%
2.7%
5.1%
16.7%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
12.9%
7.7%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
10.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
10.0%
2025: August memo
22.7%
24.3%

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

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
33.3% 1/3 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
66.7% 2/3 decisions
Median appeal duration
1.8 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jan. 7, 2025 17/092,176 Reversed §103
Apr. 27, 2022 15/605,676 Affirmed §112
Jan. 22, 2013 12/706,541 Affirmed in part §102 · §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 Oct. 30, 2026.

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