Examiner Garth D Richmond
Grant ratio: 5.7% (15th percentile in Art Unit 2644 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.75. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 99652
- Primary art unit
- 2644
- Work group
- 2640
- Technology center
- 2600
- Applications
- 70
- Granted applications
- 4
- Examiner phone
- (703) 756-4559
- Supervisor
- Kathy Wang-Hurst
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-5371
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 21 | 51.6% | 2.18 |
| Group | 227 | 57.2% | 2.06 |
| Tech Center | 1,759 | 56.9% | 1.88 |
| USPTO | 16,572 | 52.1% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 1 | 1.4% |
| 1 OA | 17 | 24.3% |
| 2 OAs | 16 | 22.9% |
| 3 OAs | 17 | 24.3% |
| 4 OAs | 13 | 18.6% |
| 5+ OAs | 6 | 8.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2025 | 13 | 4 | 30.8% |
| 2026 | 56 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 69 | 2.9% | 7.2% | 89.9% | 0.0% |
| Action 2 | 52 | 1.9% | 9.6% | 84.6% | 1.9% |
| Action 3 | 36 | 0.0% | 2.8% | 94.4% | 2.8% |
| Action 4 | 19 | 0.0% | 5.3% | 94.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-10-02–2026-10-02. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
1.1%
2.6%
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. 9, 2026.