Examiner Troy Chambers

Grant ratio: 59.6% (8th percentile in Art Unit 3641 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.75. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 59.6%
Average office actions / grant 1.75
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
78083
Primary art unit
3641
Work group
3640
Technology center
3600
Applications
324
Granted applications
193
Examiner phone
(571) 272-6874

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 23 65.9% 1.60
Group 281 52.9% 1.75
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.73 562 office actions across 324 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 324 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 177 54.6%
2 OAs 90 27.8%
3 OAs 34 10.5%
4 OAs 18 5.6%
5+ OAs 5 1.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2007: 57.1% 2007 2008: 66.2% 2008 2009: 69.3% 2009 2010: 69.2% 2010 2011: 84.2% 2011 2012: 25.0% 2012 2013: 28.6% 2013 2014: 0.0% 2014 2015: 0.0% 2015 2020: 0.0% 2020 2021: 33.3% 2021 2025: 50.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2007281657.1%
2008714766.2%
2009755269.3%
2010523669.2%
2011383284.2%
201212325.0%
201314428.6%
20141100.0%
2015600.0%
2020300.0%
20213133.3%
20254250.0%
2026700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 324 0.3% 43.5% 48.8% 4.0%
Action 2 147 0.0% 31.3% 59.9% 7.5%
Action 3 57 0.0% 28.1% 64.9% 7.0%
Action 4 23 0.0% 17.4% 78.3% 4.3%
Action 5 5 0.0% 40.0% 60.0% 0.0%
Action 6 4 0.0% 25.0% 75.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 12 office actions
All years 0.2% 1 of 562 office actions
Change -0.2 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.8%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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: 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
28.1 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Feb. 25, 2016 12/757,791 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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