Examiner Duane Moore

Grant ratio: 16.5% (21st percentile in Art Unit 3628 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.29. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 16.5%
Average office actions / grant 3.29
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
95419
Primary art unit
3628
Work group
3620
Technology center
3600
Applications
127
Granted applications
21
Examiner phone
(571) 272-7544

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 66 30.1% 2.32
Group 364 26.3% 2.84
Tech Center 2,394 45.5% 2.12
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.94 374 office actions across 127 applications
Applications with office actions 89.0% 113 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 14 11.0%
1 OA 11 8.7%
2 OAs 34 26.8%
3 OAs 22 17.3%
4 OAs 26 20.5%
5+ OAs 20 15.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2021: 26.7% 2021 2022: 11.5% 2022 2023: 50.0% 2023 2024: 17.2% 2024 2025: 5.6% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202115426.7%
202226311.5%
202316850.0%
202429517.2%
20251815.6%
20262300.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 113 4.4% 4.4% 89.4% 0.0%
Action 2 102 19.6% 2.0% 78.4% 0.0%
Action 3 68 29.4% 1.5% 69.1% 0.0%
Action 4 46 41.3% 2.2% 52.2% 4.3%
Action 5 20 35.0% 0.0% 60.0% 5.0%
Action 6 14 64.3% 0.0% 28.6% 0.0%
Action 7 6 66.7% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0%
Action 8 3 33.3% 0.0% 66.7% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 40.9% 63 of 154 office actions
All years 22.7% 85 of 374 office actions
Change +18.2 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
1.3%
11.5%
23.9%
2024: AI examples
50.0%
2025: August memo
36.0%
32.3%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 1. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.3 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Oct. 18, 2024 16/368,634 Affirmed §101

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 Oct. 30, 2026.

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