Examiner Kenneth W Good
Grant ratio: 48.5% (32nd percentile in Art Unit 3648 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.99. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 96878
- Primary art unit
- 3648
- Work group
- 3640
- Technology center
- 3600
- Applications
- 198
- Granted applications
- 96
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-4186
- Supervisor
- Resha H Desai
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 270-7792
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 49 | 51.9% | 1.69 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 2 | 1.0% |
| 1 OA | 94 | 47.5% |
| 2 OAs | 52 | 26.3% |
| 3 OAs | 28 | 14.1% |
| 4 OAs | 9 | 4.5% |
| 5+ OAs | 13 | 6.6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24 | 20 | 83.3% |
| 2023 | 41 | 28 | 68.3% |
| 2024 | 45 | 34 | 75.6% |
| 2025 | 47 | 14 | 29.8% |
| 2026 | 41 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 196 | 2.6% | 7.1% | 85.7% | 1.5% |
| Action 2 | 102 | 2.9% | 4.9% | 88.2% | 2.0% |
| Action 3 | 50 | 2.0% | 0.0% | 94.0% | 6.0% |
| Action 4 | 22 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 13 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 6 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 83.3% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 8 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 9 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
4.5%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
4.2%
2025: August memo
1.0%
3.4%
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.