Examiner Dylan C Jones

Grant ratio: 25.0% (69th percentile in Art Unit 1672 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.89. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: November 2023
Grant ratio 25.0%
Average office actions / grant 1.89
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
97570
Primary art unit
1672
Work group
1670
Technology center
1600
Applications
36
Granted applications
9

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 8 18.2% 1.68
Group 84 29.7% 1.91
Tech Center 1,373 38.0% 2.02
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.50 108 office actions across 72 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 72 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 46 63.9%
2 OAs 18 25.0%
3 OAs 8 11.1%
4 OAs 0 0.0%
5+ OAs 0 0.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2022: 0.0% 2022 2023: 27.3% 2023

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2022300.0%
202333927.3%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 72 6.9% 6.9% 77.8% 1.4%
Action 2 26 15.4% 3.8% 80.8% 0.0%
Action 3 8 12.5% 0.0% 87.5% 0.0%
Action 5 2 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 29.6% 8 of 27 office actions
All years 9.3% 10 of 108 office actions
Change +20.4 pts 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%
10.3%

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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