Examiner Richard R. Green

Grant ratio: 68.8% (87th percentile in Art Unit 3647 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.01. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 68.8%
Average office actions / grant 2.01
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
85067
Primary art unit
3647
Work group
3640
Technology center
3600
Applications
672
Granted applications
462
Examiner phone
(571) 270-5380
Supervisor
Kimberly Berona
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-6909

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 20 53.3% 1.86
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 2.00 1,346 office actions across 672 applications
Applications with office actions 97.2% 653 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 19 2.8%
1 OA 275 40.9%
2 OAs 221 32.9%
3 OAs 66 9.8%
4 OAs 64 9.5%
5+ OAs 27 4.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 17.6% 2008 2009: 70.0% 2009 2010: 86.0% 2010 2011: 63.6% 2011 2012: 68.4% 2012 2013: 75.0% 2013 2014: 82.8% 2014 2015: 86.0% 2015 2016: 81.1% 2016 2017: 69.5% 2017 2018: 78.6% 2018 2019: 79.5% 2019 2020: 75.0% 2020 2021: 80.0% 2021 2022: 70.6% 2022 2023: 61.5% 2023 2024: 69.6% 2024 2025: 26.8% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200817317.6%
2009503570.0%
2010574986.0%
2011221463.6%
2012382668.4%
2013523975.0%
2014292482.8%
2015504386.0%
2016373081.1%
2017594169.5%
2018423378.6%
2019443579.5%
2020362775.0%
2021201680.0%
2022171270.6%
202313861.5%
2024231669.6%
2025411126.8%
20262500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 653 0.2% 9.6% 80.4% 4.7%
Action 2 378 0.3% 7.9% 83.6% 5.0%
Action 3 157 0.0% 6.4% 82.2% 10.2%
Action 4 91 0.0% 4.4% 89.0% 4.4%
Action 5 27 0.0% 3.7% 88.9% 7.4%
Action 6 15 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 8 0.0% 0.0% 87.5% 12.5%
Action 8 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 167 office actions
All years 0.1% 2 of 1,346 office actions
Change -0.1 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%
0.7%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
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

Matched decisions: 5. Merits outcomes: 4 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
20.0% 1/5 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
20.0% 1/5 decisions
Median appeal duration
27.4 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Dec. 12, 2019 14/600,235 Affirmed §103
Jun. 8, 2018 14/297,370 Affirmed §103 · §112
Jan. 17, 2013 11/565,697 Affirmed §103 · §112 · §120
Jan. 2, 2013 11/785,826 Affirmed §102 · §103
Sep. 6, 2012 11/521,672 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 Aug. 27, 2026.

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