Examiner Noah Michael Healy

Grant ratio: 22.5% (30th percentile in Art Unit 3791 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.26. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 22.5%
Average office actions / grant 1.26
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
99518
Primary art unit
3791
Work group
3790
Technology center
3700
Applications
102
Granted applications
23
Examiner phone
(703) 756-5534
Supervisor
Jason Sims
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7540

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 104 34.5% 2.08
Group 338 38.6% 2.26
Tech Center 2,685 47.8% 2.01
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.76 180 office actions across 102 applications
Applications with office actions 97.1% 99 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 3 2.9%
1 OA 53 52.0%
2 OAs 28 27.5%
3 OAs 11 10.8%
4 OAs 3 2.9%
5+ OAs 4 3.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 90.0% 2024 2025: 48.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202410990.0%
2025291448.3%
20266300.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 99 0.0% 5.1% 75.8% 12.1%
Action 2 46 10.9% 28.3% 43.5% 13.0%
Action 3 18 11.1% 11.1% 50.0% 27.8%
Action 4 7 28.6% 28.6% 42.9% 0.0%
Action 5 4 25.0% 0.0% 50.0% 25.0%
Action 6 3 33.3% 0.0% 66.7% 0.0%
Action 7 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 6.1% 11 of 180 office actions
All years 6.1% 11 of 180 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

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

By year

2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
2.9%
9.7%

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 Oct. 30, 2026.

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