Examiner Adam Carlson

Grant ratio: 43.5% (4th percentile in Art Unit 2684 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.96. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: May 2014
Grant ratio 43.5%
Average office actions / grant 1.96
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
88306
Primary art unit
2684
Work group
2680
Technology center
2600
Applications
62
Granted applications
27

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 15 62.2% 1.87
Group 114 64.6% 1.80
Tech Center 1,754 57.4% 1.88
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.77 110 office actions across 62 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 62 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 29 46.8%
2 OAs 24 38.7%
3 OAs 5 8.1%
4 OAs 3 4.8%
5+ OAs 1 1.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2012: 45.0% 2012 2013: 40.0% 2013 2014: 100.0% 2014

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201220945.0%
2013401640.0%
201422100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 62 1.6% 1.6% 88.7% 0.0%
Action 2 33 0.0% 3.0% 84.8% 0.0%
Action 3 9 0.0% 11.1% 88.9% 0.0%
Action 4 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.9% 1 of 110 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%
1.8%
2014: Alice
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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