Examiner Sean Concannon

Grant ratio: 42.3% (18th percentile in Art Unit 2444 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.09. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: April 2017
Grant ratio 42.3%
Average office actions / grant 3.09
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
90616
Primary art unit
2444
Work group
2440
Technology center
2400
Applications
52
Granted applications
22

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 30 64.2% 2.35
Group 208 56.0% 2.42
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.77 144 office actions across 52 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 52 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 12 23.1%
2 OAs 15 28.8%
3 OAs 6 11.5%
4 OAs 14 26.9%
5+ OAs 5 9.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2014: 42.9% 2014 2015: 30.0% 2015 2016: 60.0% 2016 2017: 20.0% 2017

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20147342.9%
201520630.0%
2016201260.0%
20175120.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 52 0.0% 3.8% 94.2% 1.9%
Action 2 40 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 3 25 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 4 19 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 5 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 20.0%
Action 6 3 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 144 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

0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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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