Examiner Clement B. Graham

Grant ratio: 44.2% (61st percentile in Art Unit 3691 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.03. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: December 2013
Grant ratio 44.2%
Average office actions / grant 2.03
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
78901
Primary art unit
3691
Work group
3690
Technology center
3600
Applications
156
Granted applications
69

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 27 39.4% 2.71
Group 163 34.3% 2.69
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.77 276 office actions across 156 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 156 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 87 55.8%
2 OAs 41 26.3%
3 OAs 16 10.3%
4 OAs 6 3.8%
5+ OAs 6 3.8%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 51.4% 2008 2009: 74.2% 2009 2010: 41.9% 2010 2011: 35.3% 2011 2012: 13.0% 2012 2013: 29.4% 2013

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008371951.4%
2009312374.2%
2010311341.9%
201117635.3%
201223313.0%
201317529.4%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 156 0.0% 15.4% 84.6% 0.0%
Action 2 69 0.0% 4.3% 95.7% 0.0%
Action 3 28 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 4 12 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 6 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 276 office actions
Change N/A Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

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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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