Examiner Matthew J. Sked

Grant ratio: 81.3% (93rd percentile in Art Unit 2626 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.73. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: January 2012
Grant ratio 81.3%
Average office actions / grant 1.73
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
80315
Primary art unit
2626
Work group
2620
Technology center
2600
Applications
198
Granted applications
161

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 26 59.6% 2.20
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

Average office actions per application 1.67 331 office actions across 198 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 198 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 115 58.1%
2 OAs 52 26.3%
3 OAs 19 9.6%
4 OAs 7 3.5%
5+ OAs 5 2.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 80.6% 2008 2009: 84.4% 2009 2010: 83.9% 2010 2011: 73.9% 2011 2012: 100.0% 2012

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008312580.6%
2009645484.4%
2010564783.9%
2011463473.9%
201211100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 198 6.1% 19.2% 68.2% 2.0%
Action 2 83 10.8% 9.6% 74.7% 3.6%
Action 3 31 0.0% 9.7% 87.1% 3.2%
Action 4 12 8.3% 8.3% 83.3% 0.0%
Action 5 5 0.0% 20.0% 80.0% 0.0%
Action 6 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 6.6% 22 of 331 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

5.4%
5.3%
9.4%
7.0%
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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