Examiner Christina Tran

Grant ratio: 12.8% (19th percentile in Art Unit 1637 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.60. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 12.8%
Average office actions / grant 2.60
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
98170
Primary art unit
1637
Work group
1630
Technology center
1600
Applications
117
Granted applications
15
Examiner phone
(571) 270-0550
Supervisor
Jennifer Dunston
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-2916

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 33 40.6% 2.09
Group 245 37.0% 2.18
Tech Center 1,383 37.4% 2.02
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.39 280 office actions across 117 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 117 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 36 30.8%
2 OAs 35 29.9%
3 OAs 23 19.7%
4 OAs 15 12.8%
5+ OAs 8 6.8%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2023: 0.0% 2023 2024: 25.0% 2024 2025: 31.4% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2023100.0%
202416425.0%
2025351131.4%
20266500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 117 3.4% 8.5% 51.3% 12.0%
Action 2 81 1.2% 6.2% 44.4% 25.9%
Action 3 46 2.2% 0.0% 39.1% 30.4%
Action 4 23 4.3% 0.0% 43.5% 30.4%
Action 5 8 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 37.5%
Action 6 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 2.5% 7 of 276 office actions
All years 2.5% 7 of 280 office actions
Change +0.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

9.1%
2024: AI examples
1.4%
2025: August memo
2.8%
2.2%

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 Oct. 30, 2026.

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