Examiner Thomas Lee

Grant ratio: 39.1% (25th percentile in Art Unit 2447 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.40. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: June 2011
Grant ratio 39.1%
Average office actions / grant 3.40
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
85627
Primary art unit
2447
Work group
2440
Technology center
2400
Applications
64
Granted applications
25

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 21 45.4% 2.84
Group 210 54.6% 2.42
Tech Center 1,771 57.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.61 167 office actions across 64 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 64 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 24 37.5%
2 OAs 10 15.6%
3 OAs 10 15.6%
4 OAs 11 17.2%
5+ OAs 9 14.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2009: 12.5% 2009 2010: 41.7% 2010 2011: 75.0% 2011

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200924312.5%
2010241041.7%
2011161275.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 64 0.0% 6.3% 93.8% 0.0%
Action 2 40 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 3 30 0.0% 3.3% 96.7% 0.0%
Action 4 20 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 9 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 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 167 office actions
Change N/A Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. 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 Oct. 30, 2026.

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