Examiner Stephen Gundry
Grant ratio: 84.0% (85th percentile in Art Unit 2435 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.36. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 91852
- Primary art unit
- 2435
- Work group
- 2430
- Technology center
- 2400
- Applications
- 618
- Granted applications
- 519
- Examiner phone
- (571) 270-0507
- Supervisor
- Amir Mehrmanesh
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-3351
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 23 | 65.2% | 1.67 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 462 | 74.8% |
| 2 OAs | 118 | 19.1% |
| 3 OAs | 29 | 4.7% |
| 4 OAs | 6 | 1.0% |
| 5+ OAs | 3 | 0.5% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
| 2015 | 20 | 13 | 65.0% |
| 2016 | 32 | 27 | 84.4% |
| 2017 | 46 | 42 | 91.3% |
| 2018 | 49 | 45 | 91.8% |
| 2019 | 59 | 58 | 98.3% |
| 2020 | 61 | 57 | 93.4% |
| 2021 | 53 | 49 | 92.5% |
| 2022 | 60 | 57 | 95.0% |
| 2023 | 74 | 69 | 93.2% |
| 2024 | 71 | 65 | 91.5% |
| 2025 | 63 | 35 | 55.6% |
| 2026 | 28 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 618 | 2.8% | 0.6% | 79.3% | 4.9% |
| Action 2 | 156 | 1.9% | 0.6% | 79.5% | 1.9% |
| Action 3 | 38 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 86.8% | 5.3% |
| Action 4 | 9 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 88.9% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.3%
1.4%
2019: PEG
0.0%
1.3%
1.6%
2.7%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
7.3%
2025: August memo
9.1%
6.9%
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.