Examiner Matthew S Muir
Grant ratio: 36.1% (8th percentile in Art Unit 2835 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.05. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 97734
- Primary art unit
- 2835
- Work group
- 2830
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 169
- Granted applications
- 61
- Examiner phone
- (571) 270-1329
- Supervisor
- Jayprakash Gandhi
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-3740
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 46 | 66.4% | 1.64 |
| Group | 358 | 65.8% | 1.58 |
| Tech Center | 2,435 | 61.3% | 1.69 |
| USPTO | 16,620 | 51.8% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 1 | 0.6% |
| 1 OA | 93 | 55.0% |
| 2 OAs | 41 | 24.3% |
| 3 OAs | 18 | 10.7% |
| 4 OAs | 12 | 7.1% |
| 5+ OAs | 4 | 2.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 28 | 15 | 53.6% |
| 2024 | 43 | 28 | 65.1% |
| 2025 | 42 | 18 | 42.9% |
| 2026 | 56 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 168 | 0.0% | 5.4% | 88.1% | 6.5% |
| Action 2 | 75 | 0.0% | 2.7% | 97.3% | 1.3% |
| Action 3 | 34 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 97.1% | 2.9% |
| Action 4 | 16 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 4 | 0.0% | 25.0% | 75.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
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
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.