Examiner Raymond P Dulman
Grant ratio: 60.7% (83rd percentile in Art Unit 3791 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.77. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: December 2024
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 104 | 35.0% | 2.08 |
| Group | 334 | 38.9% | 2.25 |
| 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 | 86 | 32.5% |
| 2 OAs | 75 | 28.3% |
| 3 OAs | 32 | 12.1% |
| 4 OAs | 41 | 15.5% |
| 5+ OAs | 31 | 11.7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 19 | 4 | 21.1% |
| 2019 | 34 | 14 | 41.2% |
| 2020 | 50 | 37 | 74.0% |
| 2021 | 63 | 46 | 73.0% |
| 2022 | 33 | 23 | 69.7% |
| 2023 | 33 | 14 | 42.4% |
| 2024 | 25 | 18 | 72.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 265 | 0.4% | 6.8% | 84.2% | 8.7% |
| Action 2 | 179 | 0.6% | 1.1% | 88.3% | 7.8% |
| Action 3 | 104 | 1.9% | 1.9% | 93.3% | 2.9% |
| Action 4 | 72 | 1.4% | 0.0% | 91.7% | 6.9% |
| Action 5 | 31 | 6.5% | 0.0% | 80.6% | 12.9% |
| Action 6 | 19 | 5.3% | 0.0% | 78.9% | 10.5% |
| Action 7 | 13 | 15.4% | 0.0% | 76.9% | 7.7% |
| Action 8 | 7 | 14.3% | 0.0% | 85.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 9 | 4 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 75.0% | 25.0% |
| Action 10 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 66.7% | 33.3% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.8%
1.7%
2.3%
4.6%
0.9%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
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.