Examiner Jay Radke

Grant ratio: 79.7% (30th percentile in Art Unit 2827 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.57. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 79.7%
Average office actions / grant 1.57
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
84055
Primary art unit
2827
Work group
2820
Technology center
2800
Applications
869
Granted applications
693
Examiner phone
(571) 270-1622

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 26 76.2% 1.39
Group 207 71.2% 1.64
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.69 1,472 office actions across 869 applications
Applications with office actions 99.8% 867 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 0.2%
1 OA 536 61.7%
2 OAs 197 22.7%
3 OAs 55 6.3%
4 OAs 50 5.8%
5+ OAs 29 3.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2007: 100.0% 2007 2008: 60.5% 2008 2009: 58.5% 2009 2010: 57.1% 2010 2011: 75.0% 2011 2012: 79.6% 2012 2013: 78.4% 2013 2014: 85.7% 2014 2015: 90.5% 2015 2016: 86.7% 2016 2017: 93.5% 2017 2018: 82.1% 2018 2019: 93.6% 2019 2020: 96.7% 2020 2021: 100.0% 2021 2022: 100.0% 2022 2023: 95.7% 2023 2024: 98.2% 2024 2025: 60.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200722100.0%
2008382360.5%
2009412458.5%
2010422457.1%
2011362775.0%
2012493979.6%
2013514078.4%
2014423685.7%
2015423890.5%
2016453986.7%
2017464393.5%
2018564682.1%
2019474493.6%
2020615996.7%
20214343100.0%
20224141100.0%
2023464495.7%
2024565598.2%
2025432660.5%
20264200.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 867 0.7% 12.7% 59.6% 20.2%
Action 2 331 0.0% 10.0% 74.6% 10.6%
Action 3 134 0.7% 5.2% 80.6% 10.4%
Action 4 79 0.0% 3.8% 84.8% 11.4%
Action 5 29 0.0% 0.0% 89.7% 10.3%
Action 6 15 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 13.3%
Action 7 7 0.0% 0.0% 71.4% 28.6%
Action 8 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Action 10 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 202 office actions
All years 0.5% 7 of 1,472 office actions
Change -0.5 pts 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%
0.0%
1.5%
1.1%
1.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.1%
2019: PEG
1.5%
0.0%
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
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

Matched decisions: 5. Merits outcomes: 5 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/5 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/5 decisions
Median appeal duration
27.3 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Apr. 21, 2017 13/362,434 Affirmed §103
Sep. 19, 2016 12/462,076 Affirmed §103
Jan. 29, 2016 12/945,842 Affirmed §103
May. 1, 2014 12/148,020 Affirmed N/A
Nov. 7, 2012 11/753,368 Affirmed §103

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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