Examiner Ronald D. Colque

Grant ratio: 55.1% (54th percentile in Art Unit 3779 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.04. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: September 2014
Grant ratio 55.1%
Average office actions / grant 2.04
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
88000
Primary art unit
3779
Work group
3770
Technology center
3700
Applications
89
Granted applications
49

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 14 50.0% 2.35
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 1.98 176 office actions across 89 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 89 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 36 40.4%
2 OAs 28 31.5%
3 OAs 17 19.1%
4 OAs 7 7.9%
5+ OAs 1 1.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2011: 50.0% 2011 2012: 48.6% 2012 2013: 66.7% 2013 2014: 60.0% 2014

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201116850.0%
2012371848.6%
2013211466.7%
201415960.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 89 0.0% 14.6% 84.3% 1.1%
Action 2 53 0.0% 1.9% 98.1% 0.0%
Action 3 25 0.0% 8.0% 92.0% 0.0%
Action 4 8 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 176 office actions
Change N/A 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%
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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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