Examiner Jennifer A. Leung

Grant ratio: 57.9% (39th percentile in Art Unit 1774 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.08. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 57.9%
Average office actions / grant 2.08
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
79381
Primary art unit
1774
Work group
1770
Technology center
1700
Applications
883
Granted applications
511
Examiner phone
(571) 272-1449
Supervisor
Claire X Wang
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-1051

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 23 56.3% 1.86
Group 178 50.9% 1.94
Tech Center 1,792 44.3% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.15 1,895 office actions across 883 applications
Applications with office actions 99.3% 877 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 6 0.7%
1 OA 353 40.0%
2 OAs 289 32.7%
3 OAs 92 10.4%
4 OAs 82 9.3%
5+ OAs 61 6.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 37.5% 2008 2009: 53.2% 2009 2010: 56.1% 2010 2011: 72.1% 2011 2012: 67.9% 2012 2013: 62.9% 2013 2014: 60.5% 2014 2015: 61.7% 2015 2016: 52.9% 2016 2017: 61.5% 2017 2018: 54.5% 2018 2019: 64.0% 2019 2020: 79.1% 2020 2021: 70.7% 2021 2022: 65.8% 2022 2023: 72.5% 2023 2024: 76.9% 2024 2025: 36.4% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008562137.5%
2009472553.2%
2010663756.1%
2011614472.1%
2012563867.9%
2013352262.9%
2014432660.5%
2015472961.7%
2016341852.9%
2017392461.5%
2018442454.5%
2019503264.0%
2020433479.1%
2021412970.7%
2022382565.8%
2023513772.5%
2024393076.9%
2025441636.4%
20264900.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 877 0.7% 5.5% 61.6% 20.6%
Action 2 524 0.4% 12.6% 63.5% 16.6%
Action 3 235 0.0% 10.6% 70.2% 12.3%
Action 4 143 0.0% 8.4% 79.0% 8.4%
Action 5 61 0.0% 6.6% 73.8% 11.5%
Action 6 31 0.0% 3.2% 80.6% 9.7%
Action 7 10 0.0% 10.0% 70.0% 10.0%
Action 8 5 0.0% 0.0% 60.0% 40.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 267 office actions
All years 0.4% 8 of 1,895 office actions
Change -0.4 pts Percentage points

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

By year

0.7%
0.0%
2.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
2.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
1.2%
0.0%
1.0%
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

Matched decisions: 16. Merits outcomes: 13 affirmed, 2 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
6.3% 1/16 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
18.8% 3/16 decisions
Median appeal duration
19.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 16, 2020 14/889,347 Reversed §103
Dec. 29, 2017 14/052,559 Affirmed §103
Mar. 8, 2016 13/193,052 Affirmed in part §103
Jan. 28, 2016 13/102,255 Affirmed §102 · §103
Aug. 12, 2015 13/036,671 Affirmed N/A
Jan. 30, 2014 10/181,086 Affirmed N/A
May. 30, 2012 10/480,093 Affirmed N/A
Apr. 25, 2012 12/279,733 Affirmed N/A
Mar. 22, 2012 10/559,309 Affirmed §103
Oct. 31, 2011 11/760,330 Affirmed N/A
Aug. 3, 2011 10/558,993 Affirmed §103 · §112
Jul. 20, 2011 10/361,116 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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