Examiner Stephen M Russell
Grant ratio: 27.1% (4th percentile in Art Unit 1748 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.90. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 97660
- Primary art unit
- 1748
- Work group
- 1740
- Technology center
- 1700
- Applications
- 155
- Granted applications
- 42
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-6907
- Supervisor
- Abbas Rashid
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-7457
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 16 | 50.6% | 1.93 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 2 | 1.3% |
| 1 OA | 69 | 44.5% |
| 2 OAs | 46 | 29.7% |
| 3 OAs | 25 | 16.1% |
| 4 OAs | 10 | 6.5% |
| 5+ OAs | 3 | 1.9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 18 | 6 | 33.3% |
| 2024 | 49 | 30 | 61.2% |
| 2025 | 32 | 6 | 18.8% |
| 2026 | 56 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 153 | 0.0% | 5.9% | 90.8% | 2.0% |
| Action 2 | 84 | 0.0% | 2.4% | 94.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 3 | 38 | 2.6% | 0.0% | 94.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 13 | 7.7% | 0.0% | 84.6% | 7.7% |
| Action 5 | 3 | 0.0% | 33.3% | 100.0% | 33.3% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
2024: AI examples
1.4%
2025: August memo
1.2%
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.