Examiner Alexander Harrison

Grant ratio: 70.1% (63rd percentile in Art Unit 3636 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.89. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: January 2017
Grant ratio 70.1%
Average office actions / grant 1.89
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
89384
Primary art unit
3636
Work group
3630
Technology center
3600
Applications
244
Granted applications
171

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 26 60.5% 1.69
Group 182 51.6% 1.79
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.80 438 office actions across 244 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 244 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 113 46.3%
2 OAs 91 37.3%
3 OAs 24 9.8%
4 OAs 11 4.5%
5+ OAs 5 2.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2012: 50.0% 2012 2013: 71.6% 2013 2014: 66.7% 2014 2015: 66.1% 2015 2016: 81.8% 2016 2017: 100.0% 2017

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201210550.0%
2013674871.6%
2014634266.7%
2015593966.1%
2016443681.8%
201711100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 244 0.0% 14.8% 71.3% 13.9%
Action 2 131 0.0% 17.6% 77.9% 3.8%
Action 3 40 0.0% 12.5% 85.0% 0.0%
Action 4 16 0.0% 18.8% 81.3% 0.0%
Action 5 5 0.0% 20.0% 60.0% 20.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 438 office actions
Change N/A 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%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
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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