Examiner Huihong Qiao

Grant ratio: 41.6% (24th percentile in Art Unit 1763 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.87. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 41.6%
Average office actions / grant 1.87
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
97339
Primary art unit
1763
Work group
1760
Technology center
1700
Applications
166
Granted applications
69
Examiner phone
(571) 272-8315
Supervisor
Joseph Del Sole
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-1130

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 19 52.6% 2.12
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 1.95 324 office actions across 166 applications
Applications with office actions 99.4% 165 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 1 0.6%
1 OA 70 42.2%
2 OAs 57 34.3%
3 OAs 20 12.0%
4 OAs 12 7.2%
5+ OAs 6 3.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2022: 100.0% 2022 2023: 66.7% 2023 2024: 62.2% 2024 2025: 35.1% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202288100.0%
2023302066.7%
2024452862.2%
2025371335.1%
20264600.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 165 0.0% 8.5% 69.7% 1.2%
Action 2 95 0.0% 7.4% 88.4% 1.1%
Action 3 38 0.0% 2.6% 97.4% 2.6%
Action 4 18 0.0% 0.0% 88.9% 0.0%
Action 5 6 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 255 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 324 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%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

No PTAB decisions could be matched to this examiner.

Older and transferred applications may not have a reliable examiner match. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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