Examiner Gregory D. Thompson
Grant ratio: 85.0% (99th percentile in Art Unit 2835 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.10. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2015
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 46 | 66.9% | 1.64 |
| Group | 354 | 67.0% | 1.58 |
| Tech Center | 2,413 | 62.4% | 1.69 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 371 | 90.9% |
| 2 OAs | 31 | 7.6% |
| 3 OAs | 5 | 1.2% |
| 4 OAs | 0 | 0.0% |
| 5+ OAs | 1 | 0.2% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 76 | 63 | 82.9% |
| 2009 | 86 | 71 | 82.6% |
| 2010 | 57 | 49 | 86.0% |
| 2011 | 57 | 50 | 87.7% |
| 2012 | 49 | 41 | 83.7% |
| 2013 | 33 | 30 | 90.9% |
| 2014 | 28 | 24 | 85.7% |
| 2015 | 22 | 19 | 86.4% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 408 | 0.2% | 17.4% | 56.6% | 20.8% |
| Action 2 | 37 | 0.0% | 16.2% | 70.3% | 13.5% |
| Action 3 | 6 | 0.0% | 16.7% | 83.3% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 1 | 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% | 100.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
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1.9%
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2014: Alice
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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 Aug. 27, 2026.