Examiner Peter Chin

Grant ratio: 73.9% (90th percentile in Art Unit 1741 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.35. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: March 2012
Grant ratio 73.9%
Average office actions / grant 1.35
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
59485
Primary art unit
1741
Work group
1740
Technology center
1700
Applications
46
Granted applications
34

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 28 52.0% 2.01
Group 211 48.8% 2.05
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.33 61 office actions across 46 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 46 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 34 73.9%
2 OAs 9 19.6%
3 OAs 3 6.5%
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% 2010: 68.4% 2010 2011: 76.9% 2011 2012: 100.0% 2012

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2010191368.4%
2011262076.9%
201211100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 46 0.0% 0.0% 82.6% 17.4%
Action 2 12 0.0% 8.3% 75.0% 16.7%
Action 3 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 61 office actions
Change N/A Percentage points

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

By year

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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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