Examiner Jason S. Morrow

Grant ratio: 79.0% (48th percentile in Art Unit 3612 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.35. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 79.0%
Average office actions / grant 1.35
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
74434
Primary art unit
3612
Work group
3610
Technology center
3600
Applications
1,439
Granted applications
1,137
Examiner phone
(571) 272-6663
Supervisor
Amy Weisberg
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-5500

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 35 54.1% 1.37
Group 162 58.7% 1.45
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.39 2,001 office actions across 1,439 applications
Applications with office actions 99.4% 1,430 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 9 0.6%
1 OA 1,026 71.3%
2 OAs 301 20.9%
3 OAs 60 4.2%
4 OAs 29 2.0%
5+ OAs 14 1.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 72.3% 2008 2009: 74.3% 2009 2010: 73.2% 2010 2011: 78.2% 2011 2012: 86.2% 2012 2013: 83.6% 2013 2014: 89.0% 2014 2015: 88.3% 2015 2016: 84.4% 2016 2017: 89.9% 2017 2018: 84.8% 2018 2019: 88.8% 2019 2020: 91.5% 2020 2021: 92.3% 2021 2022: 84.9% 2022 2023: 90.5% 2023 2024: 84.2% 2024 2025: 39.4% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008654772.3%
20091098174.3%
2010826073.2%
2011876878.2%
2012655686.2%
2013675683.6%
2014736589.0%
2015776888.3%
2016776584.4%
2017797189.9%
2018796784.8%
2019988788.8%
2020716591.5%
2021656092.3%
2022736284.9%
2023746790.5%
2024766484.2%
2025712839.4%
20265100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,430 0.3% 21.9% 44.1% 31.1%
Action 2 404 0.0% 25.5% 55.0% 18.3%
Action 3 103 0.0% 17.5% 61.2% 21.4%
Action 4 43 0.0% 11.6% 69.8% 18.6%
Action 5 14 0.0% 0.0% 71.4% 28.6%
Action 6 5 0.0% 0.0% 60.0% 40.0%
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 0.3% 1 of 300 office actions
All years 0.2% 4 of 2,001 office actions
Change +0.1 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.8%
0.6%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
1.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 6. Merits outcomes: 4 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
16.7% 1/6 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
33.3% 2/6 decisions
Median appeal duration
9.8 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Aug. 18, 2026 18/385,895 Affirmed in part New ground of rejection §102 · §103
Nov. 12, 2025 17/539,111 Affirmed §102 · §103 · §112
Oct. 30, 2020 15/692,476 Affirmed N/A
Sep. 21, 2018 14/932,354 Affirmed §103
Oct. 31, 2017 13/868,741 Reversed §102 · §103
Nov. 27, 2012 12/142,125 Affirmed N/A

The examiner match uses the last recorded office action before the decision. Reversal rates exclude rehearings, remands, dismissals, and other decisions that did not reach the merits. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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