Examiner Paul J Skwierawski

Grant ratio: 61.6% (31st percentile in Art Unit 2439 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.44. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 61.6%
Average office actions / grant 2.44
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
96790
Primary art unit
2439
Work group
2430
Technology center
2400
Applications
73
Granted applications
45
Examiner phone
(571) 272-2642

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 24 59.9% 2.50
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 2.48 181 office actions across 73 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 73 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 21 28.8%
2 OAs 23 31.5%
3 OAs 10 13.7%
4 OAs 14 19.2%
5+ OAs 5 6.8%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2022: 50.0% 2022 2023: 76.9% 2023 2024: 92.6% 2024 2025: 53.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20224250.0%
2023131076.9%
2024272592.6%
202515853.3%
20261400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 73 2.7% 9.6% 87.7% 0.0%
Action 2 52 0.0% 3.8% 94.2% 0.0%
Action 3 29 0.0% 3.4% 96.6% 0.0%
Action 4 19 0.0% 5.3% 94.7% 0.0%
Action 5 5 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 0.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.8% 1 of 131 office actions
All years 1.1% 2 of 181 office actions
Change -0.3 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%
1.8%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
2.6%
0.0%

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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