Examiner Pritesh Patel
Grant ratio: 64.0% (62nd percentile in Art Unit 3763 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.45. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: July 2014
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 101 | 52.9% | 2.10 |
| Group | 390 | 47.5% | 2.10 |
| Tech Center | 2,685 | 47.8% | 2.01 |
| USPTO | 16,620 | 51.8% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 69 | 30.7% |
| 2 OAs | 80 | 35.6% |
| 3 OAs | 39 | 17.3% |
| 4 OAs | 22 | 9.8% |
| 5+ OAs | 15 | 6.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| 2009 | 31 | 9 | 29.0% |
| 2010 | 68 | 43 | 63.2% |
| 2011 | 35 | 30 | 85.7% |
| 2012 | 54 | 38 | 70.4% |
| 2013 | 25 | 18 | 72.0% |
| 2014 | 9 | 5 | 55.6% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 225 | 3.6% | 7.1% | 75.1% | 0.9% |
| Action 2 | 156 | 1.3% | 3.8% | 88.5% | 0.0% |
| Action 3 | 76 | 0.0% | 3.9% | 89.5% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 37 | 0.0% | 5.4% | 91.9% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 15 | 0.0% | 13.3% | 86.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 7 | 0.0% | 14.3% | 85.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
0.8%
1.3%
3.4%
5.1%
0.0%
2014: Alice
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 Oct. 30, 2026.