Examiner Joshua Maxwell Speer
Grant ratio: 36.9% (26th percentile in Art Unit 1736 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.37. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 99475
- Primary art unit
- 1736
- Work group
- 1730
- Technology center
- 1700
- Applications
- 111
- Granted applications
- 41
- Examiner phone
- (703) 756-5471
- Supervisor
- Anthony Zimmer
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-3591
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 25 | 57.7% | 1.70 |
| Group | 192 | 48.0% | 1.97 |
| Tech Center | 1,816 | 43.3% | 2.14 |
| USPTO | 16,620 | 51.8% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 1 | 0.9% |
| 1 OA | 67 | 60.4% |
| 2 OAs | 24 | 21.6% |
| 3 OAs | 13 | 11.7% |
| 4 OAs | 2 | 1.8% |
| 5+ OAs | 4 | 3.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 20 | 16 | 80.0% |
| 2025 | 43 | 25 | 58.1% |
| 2026 | 48 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 110 | 0.9% | 15.5% | 60.9% | 19.1% |
| Action 2 | 43 | 0.0% | 11.6% | 79.1% | 7.0% |
| Action 3 | 19 | 0.0% | 10.5% | 78.9% | 10.5% |
| Action 4 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
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
0.0%
1.5%
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.