Examiner James J. Taylor Ii

Grant ratio: 69.4% (5th percentile in Art Unit 3659 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.73. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 69.4%
Average office actions / grant 1.73
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
94210
Primary art unit
3659
Work group
3650
Technology center
3600
Applications
405
Granted applications
281
Examiner phone
(571) 272-4074
Supervisor
Ernesto Suarez
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-5565

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 11 79.1% 1.40
Group 255 56.6% 1.70
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.67 675 office actions across 405 applications
Applications with office actions 99.5% 403 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 0.5%
1 OA 214 52.8%
2 OAs 138 34.1%
3 OAs 32 7.9%
4 OAs 11 2.7%
5+ OAs 8 2.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2018: 60.0% 2018 2019: 78.3% 2019 2020: 80.8% 2020 2021: 77.8% 2021 2022: 85.2% 2022 2023: 86.7% 2023 2024: 89.8% 2024 2025: 48.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201810660.0%
2019463678.3%
2020524280.8%
2021453577.8%
2022544685.2%
2023453986.7%
2024595389.8%
2025502448.0%
20264400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 403 0.0% 12.7% 54.6% 31.8%
Action 2 189 0.0% 16.9% 61.9% 20.1%
Action 3 51 0.0% 9.8% 64.7% 25.5%
Action 4 19 0.0% 10.5% 68.4% 21.1%
Action 5 8 0.0% 12.5% 62.5% 25.0%
Action 6 5 0.0% 0.0% 60.0% 40.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 252 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 675 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%
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: 1. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
16.3 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Feb. 5, 2024 15/686,199 Affirmed §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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