Examiner Gregory J. Tryder

Grant ratio: 45.3% (48th percentile in Art Unit 2629 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.41. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: April 2015
Grant ratio 45.3%
Average office actions / grant 2.41
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
85863
Primary art unit
2629
Work group
2620
Technology center
2600
Applications
232
Granted applications
105

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 43 42.6% 2.03
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 2.32 538 office actions across 232 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 232 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 85 36.6%
2 OAs 71 30.6%
3 OAs 21 9.1%
4 OAs 36 15.5%
5+ OAs 19 8.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 71.4% 2008 2009: 54.5% 2009 2010: 40.0% 2010 2011: 30.6% 2011 2012: 46.0% 2012 2013: 48.9% 2013 2014: 50.0% 2014 2015: 28.6% 2015

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20087571.4%
2009331854.5%
2010301240.0%
2011361130.6%
2012502346.0%
2013452248.9%
2014241250.0%
20157228.6%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 232 1.3% 9.5% 87.9% 0.4%
Action 2 147 1.4% 4.1% 92.5% 0.7%
Action 3 76 0.0% 5.3% 94.7% 0.0%
Action 4 55 0.0% 5.5% 90.9% 0.0%
Action 5 19 0.0% 5.3% 94.7% 0.0%
Action 6 7 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 0.9% 5 of 538 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%
3.8%
1.0%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 3. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
33.3% 1/3 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
33.3% 1/3 decisions
Median appeal duration
27.4 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 15, 2016 12/245,698 Reversed §103 · §112
Apr. 22, 2016 12/665,092 Affirmed N/A
Jun. 24, 2015 11/986,514 Affirmed N/A

The examiner match uses the last recorded office action before the decision. Reversal rates exclude rehearings, remands, dismissals, and other decisions that did not reach the merits. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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