Examiner Examiner Justin O’Donnell
Grant ratio: 30.5% (26th percentile in Art Unit 3732 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.75. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: March 2015
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 47 | 37.0% | 2.39 |
| Group | 289 | 50.3% | 2.22 |
| Tech Center | 2,671 | 48.4% | 2.01 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 0 | 0.0% |
| 1 OA | 28 | 26.7% |
| 2 OAs | 45 | 42.9% |
| 3 OAs | 15 | 14.3% |
| 4 OAs | 12 | 11.4% |
| 5+ OAs | 5 | 4.8% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1 | 6.7% |
| 2012 | 29 | 6 | 20.7% |
| 2013 | 25 | 8 | 32.0% |
| 2014 | 34 | 15 | 44.1% |
| 2015 | 2 | 2 | 100.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 105 | 0.0% | 3.8% | 81.0% | 4.8% |
| Action 2 | 77 | 0.0% | 1.3% | 81.8% | 9.1% |
| Action 3 | 32 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 75.0% | 25.0% |
| Action 4 | 17 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 5 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
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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0.0%
2014: Alice
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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.