Examiner Amy Tran

Grant ratio: 6.1% (34th percentile in Art Unit 2126 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.75. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 6.1%
Average office actions / grant 3.75
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
98140
Primary art unit
2126
Work group
2120
Technology center
2100
Applications
66
Granted applications
4
Examiner phone
(571) 270-0693
Supervisor
David Yi
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-7519

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 31 32.6% 2.14
Group 333 45.2% 1.98
Tech Center 1,781 52.8% 2.19
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.82 186 office actions across 66 applications
Applications with office actions 86.4% 57 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 9 13.6%
1 OA 15 22.7%
2 OAs 5 7.6%
3 OAs 10 15.2%
4 OAs 15 22.7%
5+ OAs 12 18.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2023: 0.0% 2023 2024: 10.0% 2024 2025: 15.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2023100.0%
202410110.0%
202520315.0%
20263500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 57 0.0% 0.0% 94.7% 1.8%
Action 2 42 2.4% 0.0% 95.2% 0.0%
Action 3 37 2.7% 2.7% 91.9% 5.4%
Action 4 27 3.7% 0.0% 92.6% 0.0%
Action 5 12 16.7% 0.0% 83.3% 0.0%
Action 6 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%
Action 11 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 2.7% 5 of 185 office actions
All years 2.7% 5 of 186 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%
2024: AI examples
1.5%
2025: August memo
0.0%
8.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 1. Merits outcomes: 0 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 1/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
8.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Dec. 8, 2025 17/073,341 Affirmed in part §101 · §103 · §112

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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