Examiner Anna Lynn Gordon

Grant ratio: 44.1% (26th percentile in Art Unit 3642 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.95. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 44.1%
Average office actions / grant 1.95
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
97581
Primary art unit
3642
Work group
3640
Technology center
3600
Applications
145
Granted applications
64
Examiner phone
(571) 270-5323
Supervisor
Joshua Huson
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-5301

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 31 56.8% 1.76
Group 280 52.3% 1.75
Tech Center 2,394 45.5% 2.12
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.05 297 office actions across 145 applications
Applications with office actions 99.3% 144 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 1 0.7%
1 OA 63 43.4%
2 OAs 41 28.3%
3 OAs 21 14.5%
4 OAs 12 8.3%
5+ OAs 7 4.8%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2022: 100.0% 2022 2023: 65.2% 2023 2024: 68.8% 2024 2025: 43.8% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202222100.0%
2023231565.2%
2024483368.8%
2025321443.8%
20264000.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 144 0.0% 6.3% 81.9% 11.8%
Action 2 81 0.0% 2.5% 86.4% 8.6%
Action 3 40 0.0% 0.0% 90.0% 10.0%
Action 4 19 0.0% 0.0% 94.7% 0.0%
Action 5 7 0.0% 0.0% 85.7% 0.0%
Action 6 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 225 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 297 office actions
Change 0.0 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%
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: 2. Merits outcomes: 0 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
100.0% 2/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 2/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
7.2 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 22, 2026 17/818,056 Reversed N/A
Dec. 10, 2025 17/549,992 Reversed §102 · §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. 30, 2026.

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