Examiner Tri T Nguyen

Grant ratio: 54.6% (41st percentile in Art Unit 2128 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.45. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 54.6%
Average office actions / grant 2.45
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
92946
Primary art unit
2128
Work group
2120
Technology center
2100
Applications
216
Granted applications
118
Examiner phone
(571) 272-0103
Supervisor
Omar Fernandez
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-2589

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 39 44.9% 2.19
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 2.88 621 office actions across 216 applications
Applications with office actions 95.4% 206 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 10 4.6%
1 OA 52 24.1%
2 OAs 44 20.4%
3 OAs 40 18.5%
4 OAs 35 16.2%
5+ OAs 35 16.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2016: 66.7% 2016 2017: 79.5% 2017 2018: 100.0% 2018 2019: 55.6% 2019 2020: 44.4% 2020 2021: 55.6% 2021 2022: 72.2% 2022 2023: 60.0% 2023 2024: 53.3% 2024 2025: 28.6% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20169666.7%
2017393179.5%
20181515100.0%
20199555.6%
2020271244.4%
2021181055.6%
2022181372.2%
2023201260.0%
202415853.3%
202521628.6%
20262500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 206 0.5% 1.5% 94.7% 1.0%
Action 2 154 1.9% 2.6% 92.9% 0.6%
Action 3 110 4.5% 0.0% 95.5% 0.0%
Action 4 70 8.6% 2.9% 84.3% 2.9%
Action 5 35 8.6% 2.9% 88.6% 0.0%
Action 6 18 11.1% 0.0% 83.3% 5.6%
Action 7 8 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 8 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 12.5% 20 of 160 office actions
All years 3.7% 23 of 621 office actions
Change +8.8 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%
1.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
3.1%
0.0%
1.9%
2024: AI examples
15.0%
2025: August memo
12.0%
14.3%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 5. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 2 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
40.0% 2/5 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
80.0% 4/5 decisions
Median appeal duration
7.9 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 14, 2026 17/159,961 Reversed §102 · §103
Apr. 27, 2026 16/686,732 Affirmed in part §102 · §103
Mar. 25, 2026 15/204,009 Reversed §101
Feb. 8, 2024 15/202,747 Affirmed §103
Dec. 23, 2022 15/231,294 Affirmed in part §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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