Examiner Benjamin Wade Clouser
Grant ratio: 2.7% (24th percentile in Art Unit 3645 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.00. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: October 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 100362
- Primary art unit
- 3645
- Work group
- 3640
- Technology center
- 3600
- Applications
- 73
- Granted applications
- 2
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-0378
- Supervisor
- Isam Alsomiri
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-6970
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 51 | 38.2% | 1.62 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 38 | 52.1% |
| 2 OAs | 23 | 31.5% |
| 3 OAs | 7 | 9.6% |
| 4 OAs | 4 | 5.5% |
| 5+ OAs | 1 | 1.4% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 100.0% |
| 2025 | 17 | 1 | 5.9% |
| 2026 | 55 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 73 | 0.0% | 1.4% | 94.5% | 1.4% |
| Action 2 | 35 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 3 | 12 | 0.0% | 8.3% | 91.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 4 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
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 Oct. 30, 2026.