Examiner Anthony Arpin

Grant ratio: 47.3% (5th percentile in Art Unit 2821 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.50. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: December 2012
Grant ratio 47.3%
Average office actions / grant 1.50
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
87550
Primary art unit
2821
Work group
2820
Technology center
2800
Applications
55
Granted applications
26

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 15 67.6% 1.44
Group 208 70.3% 1.64
Tech Center 2,435 61.3% 1.69
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.44 79 office actions across 55 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 55 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 37 67.3%
2 OAs 13 23.6%
3 OAs 4 7.3%
4 OAs 1 1.8%
5+ OAs 0 0.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2011: 45.5% 2011 2012: 48.5% 2012

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2011221045.5%
2012331648.5%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 55 0.0% 5.5% 92.7% 1.8%
Action 2 18 0.0% 0.0% 83.3% 5.6%
Action 3 5 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 20.0%
Action 4 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 79 office actions
Change N/A Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

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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. 30, 2026.

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