Examiner Joshua Kaufman
Grant ratio: 77.2% (67th percentile in Art Unit 2656 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.51. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2019
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 36 | 67.5% | 1.71 |
| Group | 210 | 59.4% | 1.87 |
| 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 | 213 | 59.3% |
| 2 OAs | 114 | 31.8% |
| 3 OAs | 20 | 5.6% |
| 4 OAs | 10 | 2.8% |
| 5+ OAs | 2 | 0.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
| 2013 | 47 | 37 | 78.7% |
| 2014 | 46 | 39 | 84.8% |
| 2015 | 39 | 32 | 82.1% |
| 2016 | 50 | 34 | 68.0% |
| 2017 | 50 | 39 | 78.0% |
| 2018 | 63 | 45 | 71.4% |
| 2019 | 49 | 40 | 81.6% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 359 | 0.0% | 2.8% | 74.7% | 0.8% |
| Action 2 | 146 | 0.0% | 12.3% | 71.2% | 3.4% |
| Action 3 | 32 | 0.0% | 3.1% | 78.1% | 3.1% |
| Action 4 | 12 | 8.3% | 8.3% | 75.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 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%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
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.