Examiner Shaun Gregory

Grant ratio: 43.8% (28th percentile in Art Unit 2432 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.93. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: November 2013
Grant ratio 43.8%
Average office actions / grant 1.93
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
63020
Primary art unit
2432
Work group
2430
Technology center
2400
Applications
32
Granted applications
14

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 24 59.4% 1.74
Group 233 61.7% 1.99
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.97 63 office actions across 32 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 32 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 16 50.0%
2 OAs 10 31.3%
3 OAs 3 9.4%
4 OAs 1 3.1%
5+ OAs 2 6.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 100.0% 2008 2009: 50.0% 2009 2010: 33.3% 2010 2011: 50.0% 2011 2012: 75.0% 2012 2013: 11.1% 2013

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200833100.0%
20098450.0%
20106233.3%
20112150.0%
20124375.0%
20139111.1%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 32 6.3% 31.3% 50.0% 9.4%
Action 2 16 0.0% 18.8% 68.8% 6.3%
Action 3 6 0.0% 16.7% 83.3% 0.0%
Action 4 3 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0%
Action 5 2 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 3.2% 2 of 63 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

14.3%
8.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
31.0 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Dec. 18, 2014 11/889,600 Affirmed §101 · §102
Mar. 25, 2014 11/252,945 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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