Examiner Jenny Wu

Grant ratio: 54.7% (52nd percentile in Art Unit 1733 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.16. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 54.7%
Average office actions / grant 2.16
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
87821
Primary art unit
1733
Work group
1730
Technology center
1700
Applications
905
Granted applications
495
Examiner phone
(571) 270-5515
Supervisor
Emily Le
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-0903

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 30 53.6% 2.02
Group 191 48.8% 1.97
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.30 2,082 office actions across 905 applications
Applications with office actions 99.4% 900 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 5 0.6%
1 OA 369 40.8%
2 OAs 223 24.6%
3 OAs 131 14.5%
4 OAs 96 10.6%
5+ OAs 81 9.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2011: 19.0% 2011 2012: 23.5% 2012 2013: 44.2% 2013 2014: 37.8% 2014 2015: 37.8% 2015 2016: 65.7% 2016 2017: 48.9% 2017 2018: 57.3% 2018 2019: 65.2% 2019 2020: 69.2% 2020 2021: 82.4% 2021 2022: 84.8% 2022 2023: 76.2% 2023 2024: 68.9% 2024 2025: 35.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201121419.0%
201234823.5%
2013431944.2%
2014371437.8%
2015371437.8%
2016674465.7%
2017472348.9%
2018754357.3%
2019664365.2%
2020785469.2%
2021685682.4%
2022665684.8%
2023634876.2%
2024614268.9%
2025762735.5%
20266600.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 900 0.0% 3.6% 68.7% 6.1%
Action 2 531 0.8% 2.4% 78.0% 0.8%
Action 3 308 0.6% 1.0% 81.8% 1.9%
Action 4 177 0.0% 0.6% 83.1% 2.3%
Action 5 81 0.0% 0.0% 82.7% 1.2%
Action 6 46 0.0% 0.0% 84.8% 2.2%
Action 7 25 0.0% 0.0% 88.0% 0.0%
Action 8 9 0.0% 0.0% 88.9% 0.0%
Action 9 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.7% 3 of 423 office actions
All years 0.3% 6 of 2,082 office actions
Change +0.4 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%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.6%
0.0%
0.6%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.7%
2.4%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 17. Merits outcomes: 7 affirmed, 3 affirmed in part, and 7 reversed.

Full reversal rate
41.2% 7/17 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
58.8% 10/17 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.0 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Apr. 17, 2023 15/774,370 Affirmed N/A
Feb. 21, 2023 16/302,997 Affirmed §103
Jun. 29, 2021 15/543,813 Reversed §103
Dec. 24, 2020 15/505,666 Reversed §103
Dec. 16, 2020 15/389,989 Reversed §103
Dec. 10, 2020 13/738,257 Reversed §103 · §112
Nov. 4, 2020 14/344,840 Affirmed in part §102 · §103 · §112
Jun. 23, 2020 15/839,588 Affirmed §103
Sep. 25, 2019 14/373,973 Reversed §103
Jan. 4, 2019 14/193,198 Affirmed §103
Nov. 29, 2018 13/822,870 Affirmed in part §102 · §103
Sep. 14, 2018 13/739,109 Affirmed §102 · §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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