Examiner Abigail M Bock
Grant ratio: 58.9% (71st percentile in Art Unit 3794 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.81. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 97137
- Primary art unit
- 3794
- Work group
- 3790
- Technology center
- 3700
- Applications
- 190
- Granted applications
- 112
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-8856
- Supervisor
- Linda Dvorak
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-4764
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 48 | 39.8% | 2.24 |
| 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 | 9 | 4.7% |
| 1 OA | 95 | 50.0% |
| 2 OAs | 55 | 28.9% |
| 3 OAs | 20 | 10.5% |
| 4 OAs | 9 | 4.7% |
| 5+ OAs | 2 | 1.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7 | 5 | 71.4% |
| 2023 | 41 | 37 | 90.2% |
| 2024 | 47 | 46 | 97.9% |
| 2025 | 54 | 24 | 44.4% |
| 2026 | 41 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 181 | 2.2% | 2.2% | 75.1% | 3.9% |
| Action 2 | 86 | 3.5% | 0.0% | 89.5% | 1.2% |
| Action 3 | 31 | 6.5% | 0.0% | 83.9% | 9.7% |
| Action 4 | 11 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 2 | 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
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
4.9%
2025: August memo
7.4%
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.