Examiner Adrian S. Wilson

Grant ratio: 68.6% (52nd percentile in Art Unit 2835 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.65. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 68.6%
Average office actions / grant 1.65
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
84729
Primary art unit
2835
Work group
2830
Technology center
2800
Applications
1,123
Granted applications
770
Examiner phone
(571) 270-3907
Supervisor
Allen L Parker
Supervisor phone
(303) 297-4722

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage 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

Average office actions per application 1.70 1,913 office actions across 1,123 applications
Applications with office actions 99.9% 1,122 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 1 0.1%
1 OA 679 60.5%
2 OAs 264 23.5%
3 OAs 86 7.7%
4 OAs 54 4.8%
5+ OAs 39 3.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2007: 50.0% 2007 2008: 45.6% 2008 2009: 40.0% 2009 2010: 58.7% 2010 2011: 60.8% 2011 2012: 58.8% 2012 2013: 72.8% 2013 2014: 60.6% 2014 2015: 62.0% 2015 2016: 82.8% 2016 2017: 84.8% 2017 2018: 92.3% 2018 2019: 91.9% 2019 2020: 85.1% 2020 2021: 88.5% 2021 2022: 71.2% 2022 2023: 93.0% 2023 2024: 93.0% 2024 2025: 48.9% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20072150.0%
2008572645.6%
2009702840.0%
2010633758.7%
2011794860.8%
2012804758.8%
2013815972.8%
2014664060.6%
2015714462.0%
2016645382.8%
2017665684.8%
2018524892.3%
2019625791.9%
2020474085.1%
2021524688.5%
2022523771.2%
2023434093.0%
2024434093.0%
2025472348.9%
20262600.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,122 0.1% 3.1% 83.2% 0.1%
Action 2 443 0.0% 2.5% 90.3% 0.0%
Action 3 179 0.0% 3.4% 89.9% 0.6%
Action 4 93 0.0% 1.1% 91.4% 1.1%
Action 5 39 0.0% 0.0% 92.3% 2.6%
Action 6 24 0.0% 0.0% 95.8% 0.0%
Action 7 7 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.6% 1 of 165 office actions
All years 0.1% 1 of 1,913 office actions
Change +0.6 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
1.6%
0.0%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 11. Merits outcomes: 5 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 5 reversed.

Full reversal rate
45.5% 5/11 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
54.5% 6/11 decisions
Median appeal duration
25.8 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jan. 22, 2026 16/251,931 Reversed §103
Jun. 24, 2024 16/035,088 Affirmed N/A
Jun. 27, 2016 12/937,938 Affirmed in part §103
Apr. 29, 2016 12/034,831 Affirmed §103
Oct. 30, 2015 12/705,008 Reversed N/A
Apr. 28, 2015 11/919,842 Affirmed N/A
Feb. 27, 2015 12/725,501 Affirmed N/A
Nov. 25, 2014 11/506,117 Reversed N/A
Aug. 20, 2014 12/541,534 Reversed N/A
Oct. 29, 2013 11/656,170 Reversed N/A
Aug. 24, 2012 11/831,945 Affirmed §102 · §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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