Examiner Ian Degrasse

Grant ratio: 3.4% (8th percentile in Art Unit 2818 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.67. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 3.4%
Average office actions / grant 1.67
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
100369
Primary art unit
2818
Work group
2810
Technology center
2800
Applications
87
Granted applications
3
Examiner phone
(571) 272-0261

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 48 48.7% 1.60
Group 305 54.6% 1.79
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.55 222 office actions across 87 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 87 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 22 25.3%
2 OAs 26 29.9%
3 OAs 16 18.4%
4 OAs 17 19.5%
5+ OAs 6 6.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2025: 16.7% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202518316.7%
20266900.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 87 0.0% 26.4% 66.7% 4.6%
Action 2 65 0.0% 18.5% 70.8% 7.7%
Action 3 39 0.0% 5.1% 92.3% 0.0%
Action 4 23 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 6 0.0% 0.0% 83.3% 0.0%
Action 6 1 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 0.0% 0 of 222 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 222 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
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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