Examiner Justin Hwang

Grant ratio: 61.0% (97th percentile in Art Unit 1758 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.16. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: April 2024
Grant ratio 61.0%
Average office actions / grant 1.16
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
97436
Primary art unit
1758
Work group
1750
Technology center
1700
Applications
41
Granted applications
25

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 21 22.5% 1.83
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 1.21 68 office actions across 56 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 56 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 44 78.6%
2 OAs 12 21.4%
3 OAs 0 0.0%
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% 2022: 33.3% 2022 2023: 63.6% 2023 2024: 60.0% 2024

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20223133.3%
2023332163.6%
20245360.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 56 0.0% 14.3% 76.8% 8.9%
Action 2 12 0.0% 8.3% 91.7% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 33 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 68 office actions
Change 0.0 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%
2024: AI examples
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
12.9 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Dec. 31, 2024 17/026,435 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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