Examiner Jacqueline Woznicki

Grant ratio: 42.6% (37th percentile in Art Unit 3774 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.17. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 42.6%
Average office actions / grant 3.17
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
86485
Primary art unit
3774
Work group
3770
Technology center
3700
Applications
1,057
Granted applications
450
Examiner phone
(571) 270-5603
Supervisor
Corrine Mcdermott
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-4754

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 58 43.9% 1.95
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 3.09 3,264 office actions across 1,057 applications
Applications with office actions 96.7% 1,022 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 35 3.3%
1 OA 204 19.3%
2 OAs 306 28.9%
3 OAs 146 13.8%
4 OAs 143 13.5%
5+ OAs 223 21.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2009: 38.2% 2009 2010: 59.1% 2010 2011: 46.9% 2011 2012: 39.1% 2012 2013: 53.0% 2013 2014: 62.7% 2014 2015: 64.2% 2015 2016: 54.2% 2016 2017: 48.4% 2017 2018: 44.6% 2018 2019: 53.7% 2019 2020: 41.4% 2020 2021: 38.4% 2021 2022: 49.2% 2022 2023: 54.4% 2023 2024: 39.5% 2024 2025: 10.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2009341338.2%
2010442659.1%
2011321546.9%
2012461839.1%
2013663553.0%
2014754762.7%
2015533464.2%
2016482654.2%
2017643148.4%
2018652944.6%
2019673653.7%
2020582441.4%
2021863338.4%
2022613049.2%
2023573154.4%
2024431739.5%
202550510.0%
202610800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,022 0.5% 12.8% 80.1% 5.1%
Action 2 818 0.1% 6.8% 85.0% 5.9%
Action 3 512 0.2% 5.5% 88.7% 3.7%
Action 4 366 0.0% 5.2% 88.8% 4.4%
Action 5 223 0.0% 4.0% 90.1% 5.4%
Action 6 143 0.7% 7.0% 82.5% 7.7%
Action 7 76 0.0% 2.6% 89.5% 7.9%
Action 8 47 0.0% 2.1% 95.7% 4.3%
Action 9 25 0.0% 0.0% 92.0% 8.0%
Action 10 16 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 537 office actions
All years 0.2% 8 of 3,264 office actions
Change -0.2 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%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
2014: Alice
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
2019: PEG
0.0%
1.4%
0.4%
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

Matched decisions: 38. Merits outcomes: 15 affirmed, 4 affirmed in part, and 19 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 19/38 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
60.5% 23/38 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.0 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 18, 2026 17/653,981 Reversed §103
Nov. 21, 2025 16/378,446 Affirmed §103 · §112
Nov. 20, 2025 17/526,101 Affirmed §103
Aug. 28, 2025 16/837,805 Reversed N/A
Aug. 27, 2025 16/608,528 Affirmed §103 · §112
Jul. 15, 2025 16/794,359 Reversed N/A
Jun. 2, 2025 16/713,356 Reversed N/A
May. 9, 2025 17/269,301 Reversed §103
Feb. 22, 2024 16/627,853 Reversed N/A
Aug. 25, 2023 16/746,320 Reversed §103
Jun. 16, 2023 16/732,127 Affirmed §103
Feb. 22, 2023 15/336,310 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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