Examiner Gregory J. Redmann

Grant ratio: 70.0% (37th percentile in Art Unit 2856 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.90. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: May 2014
Grant ratio 70.0%
Average office actions / grant 1.90
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
87623
Primary art unit
2856
Work group
2850
Technology center
2800
Applications
170
Granted applications
119

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 42 70.4% 1.54
Group 384 59.8% 1.65
Tech Center 2,435 61.3% 1.69
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.82 310 office actions across 170 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 170 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 76 44.7%
2 OAs 62 36.5%
3 OAs 23 13.5%
4 OAs 7 4.1%
5+ OAs 2 1.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2011: 57.5% 2011 2012: 68.0% 2012 2013: 75.4% 2013 2014: 82.6% 2014

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2011402357.5%
2012503468.0%
2013574375.4%
2014231982.6%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 170 1.8% 4.1% 88.2% 2.9%
Action 2 94 0.0% 2.1% 94.7% 1.1%
Action 3 32 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 4 9 0.0% 0.0% 88.9% 11.1%
Action 5 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 1 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 1.0% 3 of 310 office actions
Change N/A Percentage points

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%
3.0%
2014: Alice
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.

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