Examiner Holly E Thurman
Grant ratio: 82.4% (5th percentile in Art Unit 2915 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.33. Most common rejection type: §112.
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Last office action in data: March 2023
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 29 | 95.0% | 1.24 |
| Group | 461 | 94.9% | 1.19 |
| Tech Center | 486 | 94.6% | 1.20 |
| 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 | 525 | 71.4% |
| 2 OAs | 189 | 25.7% |
| 3 OAs | 18 | 2.4% |
| 4 OAs | 3 | 0.4% |
| 5+ OAs | 0 | 0.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
| 2014 | 53 | 50 | 94.3% |
| 2015 | 74 | 72 | 97.3% |
| 2016 | 47 | 42 | 89.4% |
| 2017 | 125 | 107 | 85.6% |
| 2018 | 122 | 94 | 77.0% |
| 2019 | 120 | 90 | 75.0% |
| 2020 | 74 | 57 | 77.0% |
| 2021 | 76 | 59 | 77.6% |
| 2022 | 37 | 28 | 75.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 735 | 0.0% | 2.9% | 0.8% | 85.6% |
| Action 2 | 210 | 0.0% | 1.9% | 3.3% | 88.1% |
| Action 3 | 21 | 0.0% | 4.8% | 19.0% | 61.9% |
| Action 4 | 3 | 0.0% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 66.7% |
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%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
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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.