Examiner Vanitha Elgart
Grant ratio: 54.5% (93rd percentile in Art Unit 3776 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.92. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: June 2015
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 10 | 42.5% | 2.02 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 207 | 53.2% |
| 2 OAs | 124 | 31.9% |
| 3 OAs | 39 | 10.0% |
| 4 OAs | 15 | 3.9% |
| 5+ OAs | 4 | 1.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 39 | 7 | 17.9% |
| 2011 | 84 | 36 | 42.9% |
| 2012 | 76 | 38 | 50.0% |
| 2013 | 86 | 53 | 61.6% |
| 2014 | 80 | 61 | 76.3% |
| 2015 | 24 | 17 | 70.8% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 389 | 0.8% | 4.9% | 78.1% | 11.6% |
| Action 2 | 182 | 0.0% | 2.7% | 78.0% | 14.8% |
| Action 3 | 58 | 0.0% | 1.7% | 77.6% | 12.1% |
| Action 4 | 19 | 0.0% | 5.3% | 78.9% | 15.8% |
| Action 5 | 4 | 0.0% | 25.0% | 75.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
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0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
1.6%
3.8%
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.