Examiner Evelyn Grace Park

Grant ratio: 29.5% (41st percentile in Art Unit 3791 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.67. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 29.5%
Average office actions / grant 2.67
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
97422
Primary art unit
3791
Work group
3790
Technology center
3700
Applications
122
Granted applications
36
Examiner phone
(571) 272-0651

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage 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

Average office actions per application 2.16 263 office actions across 122 applications
Applications with office actions 95.1% 116 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 6 4.9%
1 OA 39 32.0%
2 OAs 35 28.7%
3 OAs 21 17.2%
4 OAs 16 13.1%
5+ OAs 5 4.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2022: 66.7% 2022 2023: 21.4% 2023 2024: 51.5% 2024 2025: 41.2% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20223266.7%
202314321.4%
2024331751.5%
2025341441.2%
20263800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 116 3.4% 31.0% 62.1% 1.7%
Action 2 77 1.3% 42.9% 50.6% 1.3%
Action 3 42 2.4% 38.1% 59.5% 7.1%
Action 4 21 0.0% 23.8% 66.7% 9.5%
Action 5 5 0.0% 20.0% 60.0% 20.0%
Action 6 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 2.3% 5 of 219 office actions
All years 2.3% 6 of 263 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

25.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
1.2%
2025: August memo
3.3%
4.2%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
5.1 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 9, 2026 17/368,251 Affirmed §101 · §102 · §103 · §112
Apr. 21, 2026 17/330,954 Rehearing Decision – Granted New ground of rejection §102 · §103 · §112

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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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