Examiner Kristopher Reichlen

Grant ratio: 11.4% (4th percentile in Art Unit 3742 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.50. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: April 2016
Grant ratio 11.4%
Average office actions / grant 3.50
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
91898
Primary art unit
3742
Work group
3740
Technology center
3700
Applications
35
Granted applications
4

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 39 52.5% 2.19
Group 444 57.6% 1.86
Tech Center 2,671 48.4% 2.01
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.94 68 office actions across 35 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 35 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 17 48.6%
2 OAs 13 37.1%
3 OAs 1 2.9%
4 OAs 2 5.7%
5+ OAs 2 5.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2012: 50.0% 2012 2014: 0.0% 2014 2015: 11.5% 2015 2016: 0.0% 2016

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20122150.0%
2014100.0%
201526311.5%
2016600.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 35 0.0% 2.9% 94.3% 2.9%
Action 2 18 0.0% 0.0% 94.4% 5.6%
Action 3 5 0.0% 20.0% 80.0% 0.0%
Action 4 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 68 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
29.1 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 11, 2015 11/813,503 Affirmed N/A
May. 22, 2015 11/619,044 Reversed N/A

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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