Examiner Jason Roberson

Grant ratio: 64.3% (58th percentile in Art Unit 3669 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.96. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 64.3%
Average office actions / grant 1.96
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
90378
Primary art unit
3669
Work group
3660
Technology center
3600
Applications
409
Granted applications
263
Examiner phone
(571) 272-7793

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 55 56.5% 1.85
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 1.98 810 office actions across 409 applications
Applications with office actions 98.3% 402 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 7 1.7%
1 OA 186 45.5%
2 OAs 123 30.1%
3 OAs 36 8.8%
4 OAs 36 8.8%
5+ OAs 21 5.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2014: 63.0% 2014 2015: 61.9% 2015 2016: 60.5% 2016 2017: 65.2% 2017 2018: 81.8% 2018 2019: 82.1% 2019 2020: 72.4% 2020 2021: 82.1% 2021 2022: 82.4% 2022 2023: 80.0% 2023 2024: 71.8% 2024 2025: 38.7% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2014271763.0%
2015211361.9%
2016382360.5%
2017231565.2%
2018332781.8%
2019282382.1%
2020292172.4%
2021393282.1%
2022342882.4%
2023302480.0%
2024392871.8%
2025311238.7%
20263700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 402 3.5% 1.7% 87.6% 3.5%
Action 2 216 5.1% 15.3% 75.5% 5.1%
Action 3 93 3.2% 4.3% 84.9% 6.5%
Action 4 57 3.5% 15.8% 75.4% 3.5%
Action 5 21 0.0% 9.5% 85.7% 0.0%
Action 6 7 0.0% 14.3% 85.7% 0.0%
Action 7 4 0.0% 0.0% 75.0% 25.0%
Action 8 4 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 5.1% 9 of 176 office actions
All years 3.7% 30 of 810 office actions
Change +1.4 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%
2014: Alice
1.0%
2.7%
0.0%
2.3%
5.8%
2019: PEG
1.6%
14.5%
0.0%
1.9%
8.5%
2024: AI examples
6.5%
2025: August memo
4.1%
4.4%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 10. Merits outcomes: 7 affirmed, 2 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
10.0% 1/10 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
30.0% 3/10 decisions
Median appeal duration
11.3 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 2, 2025 15/351,811 Affirmed §101 · §103 · §112
Apr. 22, 2022 15/377,175 Affirmed §103 · §112
Mar. 16, 2022 15/807,191 Affirmed §103
Dec. 31, 2019 14/518,270 Affirmed in part §103 · §112
Jun. 26, 2019 13/795,450 Affirmed §101
Aug. 23, 2018 13/795,461 Affirmed §103 · §112
Jun. 28, 2018 14/428,540 Affirmed §103 · §112
Oct. 31, 2017 13/975,903 Affirmed §102 · §103
Apr. 18, 2017 13/832,318 Reversed §103
Mar. 29, 2017 13/769,416 Affirmed in part §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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