Examiner Cindi M. Curry

Grant ratio: 71.4% (81st percentile in Art Unit 3642 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.64. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 71.4%
Average office actions / grant 1.64
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
95332
Primary art unit
3642
Work group
3640
Technology center
3600
Applications
231
Granted applications
165
Examiner phone
(469) 295-9296
Supervisor
Joshua J. Michener
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-1467

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 30 57.4% 1.76
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 1.70 392 office actions across 231 applications
Applications with office actions 99.1% 229 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 0.9%
1 OA 135 58.4%
2 OAs 55 23.8%
3 OAs 21 9.1%
4 OAs 10 4.3%
5+ OAs 8 3.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2020: 66.7% 2020 2021: 87.2% 2021 2022: 90.0% 2022 2023: 78.8% 2023 2024: 85.1% 2024 2025: 53.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20209666.7%
2021393487.2%
2022403690.0%
2023332678.8%
2024474085.1%
2025432353.5%
20262000.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 229 0.0% 12.7% 73.4% 12.2%
Action 2 94 0.0% 16.0% 78.7% 5.3%
Action 3 39 0.0% 2.6% 94.9% 2.6%
Action 4 18 0.0% 5.6% 94.4% 0.0%
Action 5 8 0.0% 12.5% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 194 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 392 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%
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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