Examiner Xiaobin (Amy) Ding

Grant ratio: 36.4%. Average office actions per grant: 1.25. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: March 2025
Grant ratio 36.4%
Average office actions / grant 1.25
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
99926
Primary art unit
1692
Work group
1690
Technology center
1600
Applications
11
Granted applications
4

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 5 18.8% 1.47
Group 18 12.5% 1.42
Tech Center 1,373 38.0% 2.02
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.50 18 office actions across 12 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 12 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 10 83.3%
2 OAs 0 0.0%
3 OAs 2 16.7%
4 OAs 0 0.0%
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% 2024: 50.0% 2024 2025: 33.3% 2025

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20242150.0%
20259333.3%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 12 0.0% 8.3% 58.3% 8.3%
Action 2 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 3 3 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 0.0%
Action 6 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 18 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 18 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 1. Merits outcomes: 0 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 1/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
9.4 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 28, 2026 16/760,661 Affirmed in part §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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