Examiner Adam W Booher
Grant ratio: 66.8% (54th percentile in Art Unit 2872 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.90. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 92011
- Primary art unit
- 2872
- Work group
- 2870
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 536
- Granted applications
- 358
- Examiner phone
- (571) 270-0573
- Supervisor
- Stephone Allen
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-2434
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 102 | 61.9% | 1.70 |
| Group | 351 | 61.2% | 1.71 |
| Tech Center | 2,413 | 62.4% | 1.69 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 8 | 1.5% |
| 1 OA | 257 | 47.9% |
| 2 OAs | 152 | 28.4% |
| 3 OAs | 65 | 12.1% |
| 4 OAs | 32 | 6.0% |
| 5+ OAs | 22 | 4.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2 | 1 | 50.0% |
| 2015 | 36 | 29 | 80.6% |
| 2016 | 52 | 30 | 57.7% |
| 2017 | 56 | 34 | 60.7% |
| 2018 | 53 | 47 | 88.7% |
| 2019 | 40 | 30 | 75.0% |
| 2020 | 43 | 34 | 79.1% |
| 2021 | 35 | 29 | 82.9% |
| 2022 | 43 | 32 | 74.4% |
| 2023 | 44 | 34 | 77.3% |
| 2024 | 51 | 37 | 72.5% |
| 2025 | 41 | 21 | 51.2% |
| 2026 | 40 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 528 | 0.2% | 3.8% | 89.6% | 3.4% |
| Action 2 | 271 | 0.4% | 2.6% | 93.7% | 1.5% |
| Action 3 | 119 | 0.0% | 0.8% | 96.6% | 2.5% |
| Action 4 | 54 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 22 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 9 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 5 | 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% |
| Action 10 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
2019: PEG
1.3%
0.0%
0.0%
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 Aug. 27, 2026.