Examiner John L. Goodrow

Grant ratio: 92.0% (98th percentile in Art Unit 1795 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.14. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: May 2010
Grant ratio 92.0%
Average office actions / grant 1.14
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
60021
Primary art unit
1795
Work group
1790
Technology center
1700
Applications
162
Granted applications
149

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 43 39.8% 1.87
Group 303 36.3% 2.12
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.13 183 office actions across 162 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 162 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 143 88.3%
2 OAs 17 10.5%
3 OAs 2 1.2%
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% 2008: 88.6% 2008 2009: 93.6% 2009 2010: 100.0% 2010

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008706288.6%
2009787393.6%
20101414100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 162 0.0% 4.9% 53.1% 3.7%
Action 2 19 0.0% 0.0% 68.4% 5.3%
Action 3 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 183 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

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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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