Examiner Meghan R Kumar
Grant ratio: 47.1% (66th percentile in Art Unit 3791 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.56. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: January 2026
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 104 | 35.0% | 2.08 |
| Group | 334 | 38.9% | 2.25 |
| 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 | 28 | 26.7% |
| 2 OAs | 30 | 28.6% |
| 3 OAs | 19 | 18.1% |
| 4 OAs | 9 | 8.6% |
| 5+ OAs | 19 | 18.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 2022 | 16 | 13 | 81.3% |
| 2023 | 21 | 13 | 61.9% |
| 2024 | 22 | 11 | 50.0% |
| 2025 | 26 | 3 | 11.5% |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 105 | 1.0% | 18.1% | 78.1% | 1.0% |
| Action 2 | 77 | 2.6% | 19.5% | 67.5% | 5.2% |
| Action 3 | 47 | 0.0% | 8.5% | 85.1% | 4.3% |
| Action 4 | 28 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 89.3% | 7.1% |
| Action 5 | 19 | 0.0% | 5.3% | 89.5% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 9 | 11.1% | 11.1% | 66.7% | 11.1% |
| Action 7 | 5 | 20.0% | 0.0% | 80.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 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
25.0%
1.7%
2.1%
2024: AI examples
1.5%
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.