Examiner Ray Alexander Dean
Grant ratio: 44.8% (21st percentile in Art Unit 2872 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.51. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 97479
- Primary art unit
- 2872
- Work group
- 2870
- Technology center
- 2800
- Applications
- 181
- Granted applications
- 81
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-4027
- Supervisor
- Bumsuk Won
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-2713
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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 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 93 | 51.4% |
| 2 OAs | 55 | 30.4% |
| 3 OAs | 19 | 10.5% |
| 4 OAs | 10 | 5.5% |
| 5+ OAs | 4 | 2.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 32 | 30 | 93.8% |
| 2024 | 46 | 36 | 78.3% |
| 2025 | 38 | 14 | 36.8% |
| 2026 | 64 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 181 | 0.0% | 7.2% | 90.1% | 1.7% |
| Action 2 | 88 | 0.0% | 3.4% | 90.9% | 3.4% |
| Action 3 | 33 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 93.9% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 14 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 92.9% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 4 | 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
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.