Examiner Kevin James Drummey

Grant ratio: 22.1% (13th percentile in Art Unit 1737 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.71. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: December 2025
Grant ratio 22.1%
Average office actions / grant 1.71
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
99454
Primary art unit
1737
Work group
1730
Technology center
1700
Applications
77
Granted applications
17

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 14 40.8% 2.08
Group 191 48.8% 1.97
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.00 166 office actions across 83 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 83 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 30 36.1%
2 OAs 29 34.9%
3 OAs 19 22.9%
4 OAs 4 4.8%
5+ OAs 1 1.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 75.0% 2024 2025: 15.9% 2025

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20248675.0%
2025691115.9%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 83 0.0% 0.0% 86.7% 2.4%
Action 2 53 0.0% 0.0% 90.6% 0.0%
Action 3 24 0.0% 0.0% 87.5% 0.0%
Action 4 5 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 0.0%
Action 5 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 166 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 166 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
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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