Examiner Christian A. Sevilla

Grant ratio: 73.4% (62nd percentile in Art Unit 3775 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.91. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 73.4%
Average office actions / grant 1.91
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
86437
Primary art unit
3775
Work group
3770
Technology center
3700
Applications
710
Granted applications
521
Examiner phone
(571) 270-5621

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 28 62.3% 2.17
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 1.90 1,351 office actions across 710 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 710 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 378 53.2%
2 OAs 158 22.3%
3 OAs 97 13.7%
4 OAs 40 5.6%
5+ OAs 37 5.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 0.0% 2008 2009: 38.2% 2009 2010: 60.6% 2010 2011: 62.0% 2011 2012: 69.7% 2012 2013: 74.2% 2013 2014: 84.9% 2014 2015: 87.5% 2015 2016: 84.6% 2016 2017: 72.7% 2017 2018: 81.4% 2018 2019: 96.0% 2019 2020: 89.3% 2020 2021: 93.3% 2021 2022: 88.5% 2022 2023: 85.7% 2023 2024: 92.3% 2024 2025: 38.9% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008200.0%
2009341338.2%
2010664060.6%
2011503162.0%
2012765369.7%
2013664974.2%
2014867384.9%
2015645687.5%
2016262284.6%
2017443272.7%
2018433581.4%
2019252496.0%
2020282589.3%
2021151493.3%
2022262388.5%
2023141285.7%
2024131292.3%
202518738.9%
20261400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 710 2.7% 21.7% 60.1% 9.3%
Action 2 332 0.0% 17.2% 75.9% 4.8%
Action 3 174 0.6% 13.2% 82.2% 3.4%
Action 4 77 0.0% 16.9% 77.9% 5.2%
Action 5 37 0.0% 8.1% 81.1% 10.8%
Action 6 14 0.0% 7.1% 78.6% 14.3%
Action 7 5 0.0% 20.0% 60.0% 20.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 11.3% 6 of 53 office actions
All years 1.5% 20 of 1,351 office actions
Change +9.8 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

2.6%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.8%
2014: Alice
0.8%
1.3%
0.0%
3.4%
3.8%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
5.9%
3.4%
14.3%
2024: AI examples
14.3%
2025: August memo
10.5%
13.3%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 10. Merits outcomes: 3 affirmed, 5 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
20.0% 2/10 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
70.0% 7/10 decisions
Median appeal duration
26.5 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Sep. 22, 2017 12/241,002 Affirmed §103
Aug. 9, 2017 12/577,688 Affirmed §103
May. 19, 2017 12/388,563 Reversed §103 · §112 · §120
Feb. 28, 2017 11/642,385 Affirmed in part §103
Feb. 27, 2017 12/946,269 Affirmed in part §102 · §103
Dec. 30, 2016 13/103,658 Affirmed in part §103
May. 31, 2016 12/775,901 Affirmed in part §103
Feb. 26, 2016 12/952,756 Affirmed in part §103
Dec. 9, 2015 12/391,008 Reversed N/A
Sep. 25, 2014 11/962,581 Affirmed New ground of rejection §102 · §103 · §112

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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