Examiner Jonathan Cooper

Grant ratio: 61.3% (15th percentile in Art Unit 2844 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.32. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: March 2021
Grant ratio 61.3%
Average office actions / grant 2.32
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
87682
Primary art unit
2844
Work group
2840
Technology center
2800
Applications
341
Granted applications
209

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 38 71.5% 1.65
Group 231 68.9% 1.60
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.25 854 office actions across 379 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 379 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 154 40.6%
2 OAs 103 27.2%
3 OAs 49 12.9%
4 OAs 40 10.6%
5+ OAs 33 8.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2011: 57.1% 2011 2012: 41.0% 2012 2013: 64.5% 2013 2014: 78.6% 2014 2015: 78.6% 2015 2016: 77.8% 2016 2017: 37.5% 2017 2018: 50.0% 2018 2019: 27.3% 2019 2020: 54.2% 2020 2021: 0.0% 2021

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2011281657.1%
2012391641.0%
2013624064.5%
2014705578.6%
2015282278.6%
2016362877.8%
201716637.5%
201814750.0%
201922627.3%
2020241354.2%
2021200.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 379 1.8% 6.6% 81.0% 5.5%
Action 2 225 0.4% 4.4% 91.1% 2.7%
Action 3 122 0.0% 0.8% 98.4% 0.8%
Action 4 73 0.0% 0.0% 98.6% 1.4%
Action 5 33 0.0% 3.0% 97.0% 0.0%
Action 6 17 0.0% 5.9% 88.2% 5.9%
Action 7 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.9% 8 of 854 office actions
Change N/A 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%
1.3%
0.9%
0.6%
2014: Alice
0.0%
2.2%
1.2%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
2.2%
1.5%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 3. Merits outcomes: 0 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
66.7% 2/3 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 3/3 decisions
Median appeal duration
8.1 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Nov. 8, 2021 13/777,804 Reversed §103
Jun. 30, 2021 15/989,063 Affirmed in part §102 · §103
May. 28, 2021 13/338,076 Reversed §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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