Examiner Jason Bryan

Grant ratio: 69.2% (20th percentile in Art Unit 2114 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.00. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 69.2%
Average office actions / grant 2.00
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
87317
Primary art unit
2114
Work group
2110
Technology center
2100
Applications
341
Granted applications
236
Examiner phone
(571) 270-7091
Supervisor
Ashish Thomas
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-0631

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 23 70.7% 1.67
Group 214 64.2% 1.69
Tech Center 1,781 52.8% 2.19
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.17 761 office actions across 350 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 350 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 174 49.7%
2 OAs 78 22.3%
3 OAs 38 10.9%
4 OAs 31 8.9%
5+ OAs 29 8.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2010: 100.0% 2010 2011: 68.2% 2011 2012: 70.6% 2012 2013: 80.0% 2013 2014: 65.0% 2014 2015: 76.7% 2015 2016: 69.0% 2016 2017: 78.8% 2017 2018: 82.6% 2018 2019: 70.8% 2019 2020: 100.0% 2020 2023: 100.0% 2023 2024: 100.0% 2024 2025: 52.9% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201011100.0%
2011221568.2%
2012342470.6%
2013352880.0%
2014402665.0%
2015302376.7%
2016292069.0%
2017332678.8%
2018463882.6%
2019241770.8%
202022100.0%
202311100.0%
202466100.0%
202517952.9%
20262100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 350 5.4% 5.4% 68.0% 17.4%
Action 2 176 1.1% 5.7% 77.3% 15.3%
Action 3 98 2.0% 4.1% 85.7% 8.2%
Action 4 60 1.7% 3.3% 85.0% 10.0%
Action 5 29 3.4% 3.4% 86.2% 6.9%
Action 6 19 0.0% 0.0% 73.7% 26.3%
Action 7 12 0.0% 0.0% 91.7% 8.3%
Action 8 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 4 0.0% 0.0% 75.0% 25.0%
Action 10 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 11.8% 8 of 68 office actions
All years 3.3% 25 of 761 office actions
Change +8.5 pts 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%
0.0%
10.5%
1.3%
2014: Alice
2.7%
2.5%
3.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
14.3%
2025: August memo
10.0%
14.3%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 7. Merits outcomes: 6 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
14.3% 1/7 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
14.3% 1/7 decisions
Median appeal duration
29.0 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 31, 2017 13/828,406 Affirmed §103
Oct. 7, 2016 12/474,280 Affirmed §103
Jul. 28, 2016 12/531,064 Affirmed §103
Mar. 4, 2016 11/721,547 Affirmed §103
Apr. 21, 2015 12/574,946 Reversed N/A
Mar. 24, 2015 12/446,409 Affirmed N/A
Jan. 26, 2015 11/644,278 Affirmed §103

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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