Examiner Matthew Bryce Golan

Examiner Matthew Bryce Golan appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 0.0% and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant N/A

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 2 years (2025-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-5159
Predicted Supervisor: Alexey Shmatov
Supervisor Phone: (571) 270-3428
Tech Center: 2100 - Computer Architecture Software and Information Security
Group: 2120 - Artificial Intelligence

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 37
Granted Applications: 0
Non-Granted Applications: 37
Avg OA / Grant: N/A
Last OA Observed: March 2026 (0 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2123
Work Groups Seen: 2120 - Artificial Intelligence

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	0.0%	N/A
Art Unit	47	48.6%	1.86
Group	316	48.6%	1.98
Tech Center	1,706	55.9%	2.19
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2025; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2025	21	0	0.0%
2026	16	0	0.0%

0 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	37	2.7%	0.0%	91.9%	0.0%
2	17	0.0%	11.8%	82.4%	0.0%
3	5	20.0%	0.0%	80.0%	0.0%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2025: Aug. Memo

2.3%

2025

6.3%

2026

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.