Examiner Jeremy C Ramsey

Grant ratio: 49.1% (44th percentile in Art Unit 3634 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.34. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 49.1%
Average office actions / grant 2.34
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
83849
Primary art unit
3634
Work group
3630
Technology center
3600
Applications
1,029
Granted applications
505
Examiner phone
(571) 270-3133
Supervisor
Daniel Cahn
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-5616

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 30 46.9% 1.92
Group 184 50.8% 1.79
Tech Center 2,390 45.7% 2.12
USPTO 16,572 52.1% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.18 2,243 office actions across 1,029 applications
Applications with office actions 99.0% 1,019 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 10 1.0%
1 OA 380 36.9%
2 OAs 349 33.9%
3 OAs 114 11.1%
4 OAs 115 11.2%
5+ OAs 61 5.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 19.6% 2008 2009: 40.7% 2009 2010: 30.8% 2010 2011: 22.8% 2011 2012: 44.2% 2012 2013: 45.5% 2013 2014: 70.6% 2014 2015: 45.8% 2015 2016: 60.3% 2016 2017: 58.3% 2017 2018: 56.3% 2018 2019: 57.1% 2019 2020: 62.5% 2020 2021: 66.7% 2021 2022: 60.0% 2022 2023: 80.6% 2023 2024: 84.4% 2024 2025: 40.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008561119.6%
2009542240.7%
2010521630.8%
2011571322.8%
2012522344.2%
2013663045.5%
2014684870.6%
2015482245.8%
2016633860.3%
2017603558.3%
2018643656.3%
2019633657.1%
2020644062.5%
2021453066.7%
2022452760.0%
2023312580.6%
2024453884.4%
2025371540.5%
20265900.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,019 0.0% 5.8% 86.5% 6.3%
Action 2 639 0.0% 4.5% 91.4% 2.3%
Action 3 290 0.0% 2.8% 91.4% 4.8%
Action 4 176 0.0% 3.4% 89.2% 5.1%
Action 5 61 0.0% 3.3% 83.6% 6.6%
Action 6 34 0.0% 2.9% 88.2% 2.9%
Action 7 11 0.0% 9.1% 81.8% 0.0%
Action 8 7 0.0% 0.0% 85.7% 0.0%
Action 9 3 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 0.0%
Action 10 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 262 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 2,243 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-02–2026-10-02. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 9. Merits outcomes: 4 affirmed, 2 affirmed in part, and 3 reversed.

Full reversal rate
33.3% 3/9 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
55.6% 5/9 decisions
Median appeal duration
24.9 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Sep. 14, 2021 15/697,131 Affirmed §103
Jun. 22, 2020 15/681,002 Affirmed in part §103 · §112
Aug. 28, 2017 12/497,310 Affirmed §103
Mar. 3, 2016 11/983,091 Affirmed §103
Nov. 20, 2013 11/470,161 Affirmed in part New ground of rejection N/A
Apr. 30, 2012 11/284,202 Reversed §103
Apr. 26, 2012 11/281,333 Affirmed N/A
Jun. 27, 2011 11/349,019 Reversed §103
Mar. 24, 2011 11/367,741 Reversed §103

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. 9, 2026.

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