Examiner Jacqueline M Pinderski

Grant ratio: 19.2% (29th percentile in Art Unit 3785 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.78. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 19.2%
Average office actions / grant 2.78
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
93909
Primary art unit
3785
Work group
3780
Technology center
3700
Applications
281
Granted applications
54
Examiner phone
(571) 272-7032
Supervisor
Justine Yu
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-4835

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 85 32.0% 1.75
Group 298 41.0% 1.90
Tech Center 2,685 47.8% 2.01
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.66 748 office actions across 281 applications
Applications with office actions 95.7% 269 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 12 4.3%
1 OA 96 34.2%
2 OAs 66 23.5%
3 OAs 31 11.0%
4 OAs 33 11.7%
5+ OAs 43 15.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2018: 20.0% 2018 2019: 24.0% 2019 2020: 21.2% 2020 2021: 27.8% 2021 2022: 36.7% 2022 2023: 39.3% 2023 2024: 19.0% 2024 2025: 7.7% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201815320.0%
201925624.0%
202033721.2%
202118527.8%
2022301136.7%
2023281139.3%
202442819.0%
20253937.7%
20265100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 269 1.1% 1.9% 72.5% 7.4%
Action 2 173 1.2% 3.5% 65.9% 21.4%
Action 3 107 0.9% 2.8% 66.4% 24.3%
Action 4 76 0.0% 3.9% 63.2% 26.3%
Action 5 43 0.0% 2.3% 72.1% 16.3%
Action 6 33 0.0% 0.0% 78.8% 15.2%
Action 7 20 0.0% 0.0% 75.0% 20.0%
Action 8 14 0.0% 0.0% 78.6% 21.4%
Action 9 6 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 33.3%
Action 10 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 1.6% 4 of 245 office actions
All years 0.8% 6 of 748 office actions
Change +0.8 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

2.4%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
1.3%
4.4%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 6. Merits outcomes: 3 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
33.3% 2/6 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 3/6 decisions
Median appeal duration
10.2 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Sep. 28, 2026 17/713,060 Reversed N/A
Dec. 30, 2025 15/405,080 Affirmed §103
Aug. 25, 2025 16/631,667 Affirmed in part §103 · §120
Jun. 28, 2024 14/895,229 Affirmed §103
May. 16, 2023 14/970,084 Reversed §103
Jul. 11, 2022 16/152,932 Affirmed §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 Oct. 30, 2026.

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