Examiner Betty J Forman

Grant ratio: 4.2% (9th percentile in Art Unit 1634 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.00. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: January 2022
Grant ratio 4.2%
Average office actions / grant 3.00
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
73633
Primary art unit
1634
Work group
1630
Technology center
1600
Applications
24
Granted applications
1

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 32 34.1% 2.44
Group 245 37.4% 2.18
Tech Center 1,373 38.0% 2.02
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.33 56 office actions across 24 applications
Applications with office actions 91.7% 22 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 8.3%
1 OA 7 29.2%
2 OAs 8 33.3%
3 OAs 3 12.5%
4 OAs 3 12.5%
5+ OAs 1 4.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2009: 0.0% 2009 2013: 50.0% 2013 2020: 0.0% 2020 2021: 0.0% 2021 2022: 0.0% 2022

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2009100.0%
20132150.0%
2020500.0%
20211300.0%
2022300.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 22 4.5% 4.5% 63.6% 0.0%
Action 2 15 0.0% 20.0% 46.7% 6.7%
Action 3 7 28.6% 0.0% 28.6% 14.3%
Action 4 4 0.0% 0.0% 75.0% 0.0%
Action 5 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 5.4% 3 of 56 office actions
Change N/A Percentage points

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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
27.3%
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.

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