Examiner Christopher Maxey

Grant ratio: 60.8% (56th percentile in Art Unit 3746 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.68. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: April 2013
Grant ratio 60.8%
Average office actions / grant 1.68
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
88096
Primary art unit
3746
Work group
3740
Technology center
3700
Applications
51
Granted applications
31

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 43 50.0% 2.10
Group 444 57.6% 1.86
Tech Center 2,671 48.4% 2.01
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.63 83 office actions across 51 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 51 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 28 54.9%
2 OAs 15 29.4%
3 OAs 7 13.7%
4 OAs 1 2.0%
5+ OAs 0 0.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2011: 53.3% 2011 2012: 60.6% 2012 2013: 100.0% 2013

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201115853.3%
2012332060.6%
201333100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 51 0.0% 11.8% 80.4% 5.9%
Action 2 23 0.0% 17.4% 73.9% 4.3%
Action 3 8 0.0% 12.5% 75.0% 12.5%
Action 4 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 83 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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