Examiner Jonathan R. Beckley

Grant ratio: 56.5% (48th percentile in Art Unit 2672 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.52. Most common rejection type: §102.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: April 2018
Grant ratio 56.5%
Average office actions / grant 2.52
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
84024
Primary art unit
2672
Work group
2670
Technology center
2600
Applications
315
Granted applications
178

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 24 53.4% 1.76
Group 138 53.2% 1.79
Tech Center 1,754 57.4% 1.88
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.52 840 office actions across 333 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 333 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 106 31.8%
2 OAs 84 25.2%
3 OAs 62 18.6%
4 OAs 47 14.1%
5+ OAs 34 10.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 78.3% 2008 2009: 42.1% 2009 2010: 50.0% 2010 2011: 62.9% 2011 2012: 49.0% 2012 2013: 68.8% 2013 2014: 66.7% 2014 2015: 50.0% 2015 2016: 15.4% 2016 2017: 55.6% 2017 2018: 92.9% 2018

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008231878.3%
2009381642.1%
2010281450.0%
2011352262.9%
2012492449.0%
2013322268.8%
2014211466.7%
2015261350.0%
201613215.4%
2017362055.6%
2018141392.9%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 333 0.3% 59.5% 21.9% 2.1%
Action 2 227 1.8% 56.8% 29.5% 3.1%
Action 3 143 2.1% 54.5% 34.3% 2.1%
Action 4 81 1.2% 42.0% 43.2% 4.9%
Action 5 34 0.0% 50.0% 38.2% 5.9%
Action 6 17 0.0% 52.9% 29.4% 0.0%
Action 7 3 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 1.1% 9 of 840 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
5.7%
5.4%
4.8%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 11. Merits outcomes: 9 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
18.2% 2/11 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
18.2% 2/11 decisions
Median appeal duration
31.6 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Apr. 24, 2017 11/689,114 Affirmed §101 · §102 · §103
May. 10, 2016 12/878,566 Affirmed §102
Oct. 28, 2015 12/473,995 Affirmed N/A
Sep. 3, 2015 11/164,351 Affirmed N/A
Sep. 1, 2015 12/109,523 Reversed N/A
Aug. 31, 2015 11/164,349 Affirmed N/A
Aug. 25, 2015 12/605,135 Affirmed N/A
Nov. 21, 2014 12/231,123 Affirmed §102
May. 20, 2014 11/100,870 Affirmed §102 · §103
Nov. 26, 2013 11/186,325 Affirmed §103
Oct. 12, 2012 10/845,438 Reversed §102

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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