Examiner Kevin Song

Grant ratio: 10.0% (15th percentile in Art Unit 1728 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.00. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 10.0%
Average office actions / grant 2.00
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
100044
Primary art unit
1728
Work group
1720
Technology center
1700
Applications
90
Granted applications
9
Examiner phone
(571) 270-7337
Supervisor
Matthew Martin
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-7871

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 18 29.3% 2.53
Group 264 46.2% 2.20
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.47 222 office actions across 90 applications
Applications with office actions 97.8% 88 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 2.2%
1 OA 26 28.9%
2 OAs 18 20.0%
3 OAs 20 22.2%
4 OAs 21 23.3%
5+ OAs 3 3.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 0.0% 2024 2025: 25.7% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2024100.0%
202535925.7%
20265400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 88 0.0% 5.7% 93.2% 0.0%
Action 2 62 0.0% 0.0% 98.4% 0.0%
Action 3 44 0.0% 2.3% 93.2% 0.0%
Action 4 24 0.0% 0.0% 95.8% 0.0%
Action 5 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 222 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 222 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%
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.

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