Examiner J.Page Hufty

Grant ratio: 66.7% (35th percentile in Art Unit 3747 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.36. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: June 2010
Grant ratio 66.7%
Average office actions / grant 1.36
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
82567
Primary art unit
3747
Work group
3740
Technology center
3700
Applications
87
Granted applications
58

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 54 72.3% 1.66
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 1.38 120 office actions across 87 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 87 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 62 71.3%
2 OAs 18 20.7%
3 OAs 6 6.9%
4 OAs 1 1.1%
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% 2007: 100.0% 2007 2008: 66.7% 2008 2009: 73.5% 2009 2010: 46.2% 2010

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200711100.0%
2008392666.7%
2009342573.5%
201013646.2%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 87 0.0% 2.3% 90.8% 6.9%
Action 2 25 0.0% 0.0% 92.0% 8.0%
Action 3 7 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 4 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 120 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

0.0%
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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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