Examiner Bryan P. Ready

Grant ratio: 77.9% (28th percentile in Art Unit 2852 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.59. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: July 2011
Grant ratio 77.9%
Average office actions / grant 1.59
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
82249
Primary art unit
2852
Work group
2850
Technology center
2800
Applications
136
Granted applications
106

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 59 80.7% 1.48
Group 380 61.0% 1.65
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.64 223 office actions across 136 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 136 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 81 59.6%
2 OAs 35 25.7%
3 OAs 11 8.1%
4 OAs 6 4.4%
5+ OAs 3 2.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 77.6% 2008 2009: 70.4% 2009 2010: 90.9% 2010 2011: 90.9% 2011

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008493877.6%
2009543870.4%
2010222090.9%
2011111090.9%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 136 0.0% 27.2% 63.2% 0.0%
Action 2 55 0.0% 30.9% 65.5% 0.0%
Action 3 20 0.0% 35.0% 65.0% 0.0%
Action 4 9 0.0% 44.4% 55.6% 0.0%
Action 5 3 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 223 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%
0.0%
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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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