Examiner Jiangtian Xu

Grant ratio: 46.9% (27th percentile in Art Unit 1762 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.17. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 46.9%
Average office actions / grant 2.17
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
95041
Primary art unit
1762
Work group
1760
Technology center
1700
Applications
405
Granted applications
190
Examiner phone
(571) 270-1621

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 25 54.2% 1.90
Group 170 51.2% 2.03
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.22 899 office actions across 405 applications
Applications with office actions 93.1% 377 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 28 6.9%
1 OA 126 31.1%
2 OAs 120 29.6%
3 OAs 60 14.8%
4 OAs 30 7.4%
5+ OAs 41 10.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2019: 100.0% 2019 2020: 68.4% 2020 2021: 80.0% 2021 2022: 71.2% 2022 2023: 43.4% 2023 2024: 64.9% 2024 2025: 32.4% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201911100.0%
2020382668.4%
2021554480.0%
2022523771.2%
2023532343.4%
2024573764.9%
2025682232.4%
20268100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 377 0.0% 6.9% 79.8% 6.4%
Action 2 251 0.4% 4.0% 85.3% 5.6%
Action 3 131 2.3% 3.8% 87.0% 3.1%
Action 4 71 5.6% 0.0% 87.3% 1.4%
Action 5 41 2.4% 0.0% 90.2% 2.4%
Action 6 19 5.3% 0.0% 89.5% 0.0%
Action 7 5 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 0.0%
Action 8 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 420 office actions
All years 1.1% 10 of 899 office actions
Change -1.1 pts Percentage points

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

By year

2019: PEG
0.0%
0.9%
2.4%
3.8%
0.8%
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: 5. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
40.0% 2/5 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
60.0% 3/5 decisions
Median appeal duration
15.1 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Apr. 27, 2026 17/751,377 Affirmed New ground of rejection §103 · §112
Mar. 12, 2025 16/526,691 Affirmed in part §103
Feb. 28, 2025 16/464,773 Reversed §103
Jun. 27, 2024 16/302,988 Reversed §101
Sep. 18, 2023 14/734,786 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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