Examiner Clese Moore Jr
Grant ratio: 95.5% (44th percentile in Art Unit 2919 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.24. Most common rejection type: §112.
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Last office action in data: August 2025
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 24 | 94.0% | 1.25 |
| Group | 24 | 94.0% | 1.25 |
| 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 | 241 | 78.0% |
| 2 OAs | 59 | 19.1% |
| 3 OAs | 7 | 2.3% |
| 4 OAs | 2 | 0.6% |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 11 | 11 | 100.0% |
| 2015 | 52 | 49 | 94.2% |
| 2016 | 29 | 29 | 100.0% |
| 2017 | 27 | 24 | 88.9% |
| 2018 | 37 | 32 | 86.5% |
| 2019 | 16 | 15 | 93.8% |
| 2020 | 19 | 19 | 100.0% |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | 100.0% |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | 100.0% |
| 2024 | 28 | 28 | 100.0% |
| 2025 | 6 | 4 | 66.7% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 309 | 0.0% | 10.0% | 2.3% | 82.2% |
| Action 2 | 68 | 0.0% | 16.2% | 5.9% | 67.6% |
| Action 3 | 9 | 0.0% | 22.2% | 11.1% | 55.6% |
| Action 4 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% |
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%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
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.