Examiner Kettip Kriangchaivech

Grant ratio: 7.9% (44th percentile in Art Unit 1686 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.14. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 7.9%
Average office actions / grant 3.14
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
97177
Primary art unit
1686
Work group
1680
Technology center
1600
Applications
89
Granted applications
7
Examiner phone
(571) 272-1735
Supervisor
Larry D. Riggs
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-3062

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 12 6.8% 2.59
Group 68 6.4% 2.37
Tech Center 1,373 38.0% 2.02
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.69 239 office actions across 89 applications
Applications with office actions 87.6% 78 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 11 12.4%
1 OA 20 22.5%
2 OAs 16 18.0%
3 OAs 11 12.4%
4 OAs 14 15.7%
5+ OAs 17 19.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2022: 0.0% 2022 2023: 22.2% 2023 2024: 20.0% 2024 2025: 5.6% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2022100.0%
20239222.2%
202415320.0%
20253625.6%
20262800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 78 15.4% 5.1% 56.4% 0.0%
Action 2 58 36.2% 3.4% 44.8% 0.0%
Action 3 42 21.4% 11.9% 50.0% 0.0%
Action 4 31 32.3% 6.5% 51.6% 0.0%
Action 5 17 35.3% 5.9% 35.3% 5.9%
Action 6 7 28.6% 0.0% 28.6% 0.0%
Action 7 2 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Action 8 2 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 31.3% 62 of 198 office actions
All years 26.8% 64 of 239 office actions
Change +4.5 pts 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%
11.3%
2024: AI examples
49.3%
2025: August memo
18.8%
28.1%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
8.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 21, 2026 16/452,802 Affirmed §101
Apr. 22, 2026 17/102,972 Affirmed §101 · §103

The examiner match uses the last recorded office action before the decision. Reversal rates exclude rehearings, remands, dismissals, and other decisions that did not reach the merits. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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