Examiner James William Jones

Grant ratio: 47.7% (92nd percentile in Art Unit 3615 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.58. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 47.7%
Average office actions / grant 1.58
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
97633
Primary art unit
3615
Work group
3610
Technology center
3600
Applications
153
Granted applications
73
Examiner phone
(571) 270-7063
Supervisor
Samuel Morano
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-6684

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 9 17.0% 1.42
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 1.52 233 office actions across 153 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 153 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 94 61.4%
2 OAs 43 28.1%
3 OAs 12 7.8%
4 OAs 3 2.0%
5+ OAs 1 0.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2022: 100.0% 2022 2023: 77.8% 2023 2024: 68.9% 2024 2025: 42.2% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202222100.0%
2023272177.8%
2024453168.9%
2025451942.2%
20263400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 153 0.0% 2.6% 81.0% 13.1%
Action 2 59 0.0% 10.2% 83.1% 5.1%
Action 3 16 0.0% 0.0% 87.5% 12.5%
Action 4 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 198 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 233 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

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

By year

0.0%
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.

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