Examiner George Walker Brady

Grant ratio: 32.5% (10th percentile in Art Unit 1741 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.12. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: September 2021
Grant ratio 32.5%
Average office actions / grant 2.12
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
94138
Primary art unit
1741
Work group
1740
Technology center
1700
Applications
77
Granted applications
25

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 28 52.0% 2.01
Group 211 48.8% 2.05
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.66 229 office actions across 86 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 86 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 21 24.4%
2 OAs 24 27.9%
3 OAs 17 19.8%
4 OAs 15 17.4%
5+ OAs 9 10.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2018: 66.7% 2018 2019: 41.7% 2019 2020: 14.3% 2020 2021: 50.0% 2021

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20186466.7%
2019241041.7%
202035514.3%
202112650.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 86 0.0% 0.0% 88.4% 1.2%
Action 2 65 0.0% 12.3% 86.2% 0.0%
Action 3 41 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 4 24 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 9 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 N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 229 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%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 1. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
13.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 20, 2022 15/384,374 Affirmed §103 · §112

The examiner match uses the last recorded office action before the decision. Reversal rates exclude rehearings, remands, dismissals, and other decisions that did not reach the merits. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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