Examiner Paul Graham

Grant ratio: 61.4% (64th percentile in Art Unit 2426 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.04. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: September 2013
Grant ratio 61.4%
Average office actions / grant 2.04
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
83203
Primary art unit
2426
Work group
2420
Technology center
2400
Applications
44
Granted applications
27

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 23 50.0% 2.88
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 1.75 77 office actions across 44 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 44 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 17 38.6%
2 OAs 22 50.0%
3 OAs 4 9.1%
4 OAs 1 2.3%
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% 2012: 50.0% 2012 2013: 81.3% 2013

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2012281450.0%
2013161381.3%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 44 0.0% 27.3% 68.2% 0.0%
Action 2 27 0.0% 22.2% 77.8% 0.0%
Action 3 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 4 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 77 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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