Examiner Andrew J Cromer

Grant ratio: 61.4% (58th percentile in Art Unit 3667 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.40. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 61.4%
Average office actions / grant 2.40
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
93316
Primary art unit
3667
Work group
3660
Technology center
3600
Applications
420
Granted applications
258
Examiner phone
(313) 446-6563
Supervisor
Faris Almatrahi
Supervisor phone
(313) 446-4821

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 50 51.3% 1.86
Group 454 54.1% 1.86
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.43 1,078 office actions across 443 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 443 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 150 33.9%
2 OAs 138 31.2%
3 OAs 53 12.0%
4 OAs 56 12.6%
5+ OAs 46 10.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2017: 37.5% 2017 2018: 73.7% 2018 2019: 89.2% 2019 2020: 78.7% 2020 2021: 67.6% 2021 2022: 76.7% 2022 2023: 75.5% 2023 2024: 80.3% 2024 2025: 39.2% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20178337.5%
2018191473.7%
2019373389.2%
2020473778.7%
2021372567.6%
2022302376.7%
2023493775.5%
2024715780.3%
2025742939.2%
20264800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 443 2.9% 8.8% 84.4% 2.0%
Action 2 293 5.8% 6.8% 85.0% 1.0%
Action 3 155 3.2% 3.9% 87.1% 2.6%
Action 4 102 3.9% 0.0% 92.2% 0.0%
Action 5 46 2.2% 2.2% 95.7% 0.0%
Action 6 22 0.0% 4.5% 90.9% 0.0%
Action 7 8 12.5% 0.0% 75.0% 0.0%
Action 8 4 25.0% 0.0% 75.0% 0.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 6.9% 28 of 404 office actions
All years 3.9% 42 of 1,078 office actions
Change +3.0 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%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
5.5%
3.3%
7.7%
2024: AI examples
4.8%
2025: August memo
7.4%
10.5%

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.

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