Examiner Thu Khanh T. Nguyen

Grant ratio: 69.2% (82nd percentile in Art Unit 1743 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.60. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 69.2%
Average office actions / grant 1.60
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
76035
Primary art unit
1743
Work group
1740
Technology center
1700
Applications
861
Granted applications
596
Examiner phone
(571) 272-1136
Supervisor
Galen Hauth
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-5516

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 26 54.4% 1.96
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 1.64 1,411 office actions across 861 applications
Applications with office actions 99.2% 854 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 7 0.8%
1 OA 518 60.2%
2 OAs 204 23.7%
3 OAs 78 9.1%
4 OAs 35 4.1%
5+ OAs 19 2.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 71.9% 2008 2009: 66.7% 2009 2010: 68.1% 2010 2011: 67.8% 2011 2012: 73.2% 2012 2013: 74.0% 2013 2014: 72.4% 2014 2015: 87.2% 2015 2016: 88.9% 2016 2017: 72.7% 2017 2018: 70.9% 2018 2019: 81.8% 2019 2020: 72.7% 2020 2021: 68.2% 2021 2022: 88.9% 2022 2023: 78.4% 2023 2024: 66.7% 2024 2025: 36.6% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008322371.9%
2009604066.7%
2010473268.1%
2011594067.8%
2012413073.2%
2013503774.0%
2014584272.4%
2015474187.2%
2016454088.9%
2017443272.7%
2018553970.9%
2019443681.8%
2020443272.7%
2021443068.2%
2022272488.9%
2023372978.4%
2024513466.7%
2025411536.6%
20263500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 854 0.1% 21.7% 63.8% 2.2%
Action 2 336 0.0% 10.1% 80.4% 1.8%
Action 3 132 0.0% 9.1% 87.1% 0.0%
Action 4 54 0.0% 3.7% 90.7% 1.9%
Action 5 19 0.0% 0.0% 84.2% 10.5%
Action 6 9 0.0% 0.0% 77.8% 11.1%
Action 7 6 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 16.7%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 223 office actions
All years 0.1% 1 of 1,411 office actions
Change -0.1 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%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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

Matched decisions: 3. Merits outcomes: 0 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 3 reversed.

Full reversal rate
100.0% 3/3 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 3/3 decisions
Median appeal duration
21.8 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Sep. 25, 2015 12/159,031 Reversed N/A
Jul. 5, 2013 11/887,719 Reversed N/A
Nov. 26, 2012 11/465,694 Reversed §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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