Examiner Kelan Michael Burns

Grant ratio: 0.0%. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: August 2025
Grant ratio 0.0%
Average office actions / grant N/A
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
100449
Primary art unit
3681
Work group
3680
Technology center
3600
Applications
8
Granted applications
0

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 21 16.3% 3.12
Group 285 28.7% 2.80
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.14 16 office actions across 14 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 14 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 12 85.7%
2 OAs 2 14.3%
3 OAs 0 0.0%
4 OAs 0 0.0%
5+ OAs 0 0.0%

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

Grant history

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2025800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 14 35.7% 0.0% 64.3% 0.0%
Action 2 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 31.3% 5 of 16 office actions
All years 31.3% 5 of 16 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

2025: August memo
31.3%

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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