Examiner Christopher M Crutchfield

Grant ratio: 18.1% (3rd percentile in Art Unit 2466 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.37. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 18.1%
Average office actions / grant 1.37
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
99664
Primary art unit
2466
Work group
2460
Technology center
2400
Applications
105
Granted applications
19
Examiner phone
(703) 756-5308

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 22 56.7% 2.32
Group 225 60.1% 2.07
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.97 207 office actions across 105 applications
Applications with office actions 99.0% 104 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 1 1.0%
1 OA 43 41.0%
2 OAs 34 32.4%
3 OAs 14 13.3%
4 OAs 11 10.5%
5+ OAs 2 1.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 100.0% 2024 2025: 27.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202477100.0%
2025441227.3%
20265400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 104 1.0% 11.5% 85.6% 0.0%
Action 2 61 0.0% 14.8% 82.0% 3.3%
Action 3 27 0.0% 3.7% 88.9% 0.0%
Action 4 13 0.0% 7.7% 76.9% 0.0%
Action 5 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.5% 1 of 207 office actions
All years 0.5% 1 of 207 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
1.4%

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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