Examiner Isabella North

Grant ratio: 10.3% (20th percentile in Art Unit 3783 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.13. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 10.3%
Average office actions / grant 1.13
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
99388
Primary art unit
3783
Work group
3780
Technology center
3700
Applications
78
Granted applications
8
Examiner phone
(703) 756-5942
Supervisor
Michael Tsai
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-5246

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 81 45.9% 1.98
Group 297 41.7% 1.90
Tech Center 2,671 48.4% 2.01
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.22 173 office actions across 78 applications
Applications with office actions 97.4% 76 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 2.6%
1 OA 24 30.8%
2 OAs 23 29.5%
3 OAs 16 20.5%
4 OAs 10 12.8%
5+ OAs 3 3.8%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 71.4% 2024 2025: 15.8% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20247571.4%
202519315.8%
20265200.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 76 1.3% 0.0% 88.2% 2.6%
Action 2 52 0.0% 0.0% 92.3% 1.9%
Action 3 29 0.0% 0.0% 86.2% 6.9%
Action 4 13 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.6% 1 of 173 office actions
All years 0.6% 1 of 173 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

2024: AI examples
6.7%
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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