Examiner Daniel A. Icet

Grant ratio: 32.3% (17th percentile in Art Unit 3771 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.48. Most common rejection type: §103.

Potentially inactive Last office action in data: June 2026
Grant ratio 32.3%
Average office actions / grant 1.48
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
97629
Primary art unit
3771
Work group
3770
Technology center
3700
Applications
65
Granted applications
21

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 72 53.8% 1.94
Group 269 49.0% 2.08
Tech Center 2,671 48.4% 2.01
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.55 168 office actions across 66 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 66 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 28 42.4%
2 OAs 9 13.6%
3 OAs 10 15.2%
4 OAs 9 13.6%
5+ OAs 10 15.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2023: 72.7% 2023 2024: 60.0% 2024 2025: 18.2% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202311872.7%
202415960.0%
202522418.2%
20261700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 66 0.0% 16.7% 63.6% 12.1%
Action 2 38 0.0% 15.8% 71.1% 5.3%
Action 3 29 0.0% 10.3% 72.4% 6.9%
Action 4 19 0.0% 5.3% 78.9% 0.0%
Action 5 10 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 0.0%
Action 6 5 0.0% 0.0% 60.0% 20.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 149 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 168 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%
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

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.

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