Examiner Anthony H. Sheh

Grant ratio: 29.7% (27th percentile in Art Unit 1747 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.03. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: October 2011
Grant ratio 29.7%
Average office actions / grant 2.03
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
86569
Primary art unit
1747
Work group
1740
Technology center
1700
Applications
111
Granted applications
33

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 31 37.6% 2.24
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 2.05 227 office actions across 111 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 111 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 38 34.2%
2 OAs 49 44.1%
3 OAs 12 10.8%
4 OAs 8 7.2%
5+ OAs 4 3.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2009: 29.7% 2009 2010: 39.1% 2010 2011: 14.3% 2011

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2009371129.7%
2010461839.1%
201128414.3%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 111 0.0% 18.9% 76.6% 0.9%
Action 2 73 0.0% 16.4% 80.8% 0.0%
Action 3 24 0.0% 16.7% 83.3% 0.0%
Action 4 12 0.0% 8.3% 91.7% 0.0%
Action 5 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 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 227 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

0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
10.6 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 2, 2011 11/851,411 Affirmed §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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