Examiner Thomas Conway
Grant ratio: 75.4% (83rd percentile in Art Unit 2624 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.91. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: April 2015
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 34 | 60.5% | 2.04 |
| Group | 279 | 55.5% | 2.00 |
| Tech Center | 1,754 | 57.4% | 1.88 |
| 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 | 128 | 48.5% |
| 2 OAs | 85 | 32.2% |
| 3 OAs | 23 | 8.7% |
| 4 OAs | 20 | 7.6% |
| 5+ OAs | 8 | 3.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 39 | 23 | 59.0% |
| 2010 | 41 | 33 | 80.5% |
| 2011 | 49 | 34 | 69.4% |
| 2012 | 54 | 45 | 83.3% |
| 2013 | 34 | 27 | 79.4% |
| 2014 | 37 | 28 | 75.7% |
| 2015 | 10 | 9 | 90.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 264 | 2.7% | 18.9% | 67.0% | 5.7% |
| Action 2 | 136 | 0.7% | 16.9% | 76.5% | 1.5% |
| Action 3 | 51 | 3.9% | 5.9% | 90.2% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 28 | 3.6% | 7.1% | 85.7% | 3.6% |
| Action 5 | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 9 | 1 | 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
0.0%
1.4%
0.0%
2.3%
2.1%
5.1%
2014: Alice
3.2%
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.