Examiner Tiffany Yu Huang

Grant ratio: 21.6% (18th percentile in Art Unit 1754 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.47. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: December 2025
Grant ratio 21.6%
Average office actions / grant 2.47
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
96196
Primary art unit
1754
Work group
1750
Technology center
1700
Applications
88
Granted applications
19

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 18 35.8% 2.20
Group 103 31.8% 1.92
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.83 280 office actions across 99 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 99 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 28 28.3%
2 OAs 19 19.2%
3 OAs 13 13.1%
4 OAs 26 26.3%
5+ OAs 13 13.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2021: 33.3% 2021 2022: 23.5% 2022 2023: 52.6% 2023 2024: 23.1% 2024 2025: 2.8% 2025

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20213133.3%
202217423.5%
2023191052.6%
202413323.1%
20253612.8%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 99 1.0% 2.0% 84.8% 0.0%
Action 2 71 2.8% 7.0% 84.5% 2.8%
Action 3 52 3.8% 3.8% 86.5% 3.8%
Action 4 39 5.1% 2.6% 87.2% 2.6%
Action 5 13 7.7% 0.0% 84.6% 0.0%
Action 6 5 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 0.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 5.5% 7 of 128 office actions
All years 2.9% 8 of 280 office actions
Change +2.6 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%
1.4%
2024: AI examples
3.7%
2025: August memo
7.7%

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
13.8 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Sep. 25, 2025 16/622,777 Reversed §103
Mar. 5, 2025 17/098,485 Reversed New ground of rejection §101 · §103 · §112
Dec. 13, 2024 15/734,578 Reversed §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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