Examiner Chris Parry

Grant ratio: 57.1% (24th percentile in Art Unit 2421 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.62. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 57.1%
Average office actions / grant 2.62
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
81040
Primary art unit
2421
Work group
2420
Technology center
2400
Applications
133
Granted applications
76
Examiner phone
(571) 272-8328
Supervisor
Colleen Fauz
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-1667

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 24 49.7% 2.42
Group 130 52.7% 2.61
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.32 309 office actions across 133 applications
Applications with office actions 94.7% 126 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 7 5.3%
1 OA 38 28.6%
2 OAs 44 33.1%
3 OAs 18 13.5%
4 OAs 15 11.3%
5+ OAs 11 8.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2007: 0.0% 2007 2008: 20.0% 2008 2009: 50.0% 2009 2010: 0.0% 2010 2011: 58.8% 2011 2012: 60.7% 2012 2013: 81.1% 2013 2014: 73.3% 2014 2015: 0.0% 2015 2016: 40.0% 2016 2017: 0.0% 2017 2019: 0.0% 2019 2021: 40.0% 2021 2022: 0.0% 2022 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2007100.0%
20085120.0%
20092150.0%
2010100.0%
2011171058.8%
2012281760.7%
2013373081.1%
2014151173.3%
2015600.0%
201610440.0%
2017100.0%
2019100.0%
20215240.0%
2022100.0%
2026300.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 126 0.0% 6.3% 88.9% 1.6%
Action 2 88 0.0% 2.3% 96.6% 0.0%
Action 3 44 0.0% 2.3% 97.7% 0.0%
Action 4 26 0.0% 3.8% 96.2% 0.0%
Action 5 11 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 5 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 309 office actions
Change 0.0 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2025: August memo
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
4.9 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 30, 2017 13/751,391 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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