Examiner Em N Trieu

Grant ratio: 31.1% (16th percentile in Art Unit 2128 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.64. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 31.1%
Average office actions / grant 2.64
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
95227
Primary art unit
2128
Work group
2120
Technology center
2100
Applications
106
Granted applications
33
Examiner phone
(571) 272-5747

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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 3.00 324 office actions across 108 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 108 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 30 27.8%
2 OAs 24 22.2%
3 OAs 13 12.0%
4 OAs 19 17.6%
5+ OAs 22 20.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2020: 60.0% 2020 2021: 53.3% 2021 2022: 70.0% 2022 2023: 27.3% 2023 2024: 42.9% 2024 2025: 23.1% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20205360.0%
202115853.3%
202210770.0%
202311327.3%
202414642.9%
202526623.1%
20262500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 108 2.8% 2.8% 89.8% 3.7%
Action 2 78 5.1% 1.3% 91.0% 0.0%
Action 3 54 5.6% 1.9% 88.9% 1.9%
Action 4 41 7.3% 2.4% 87.8% 2.4%
Action 5 22 9.1% 0.0% 90.9% 0.0%
Action 6 14 14.3% 0.0% 85.7% 0.0%
Action 7 5 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 20.0%
Action 8 2 50.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 10.4% 17 of 164 office actions
All years 5.6% 18 of 324 office actions
Change +4.8 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%
2.5%
1.6%
2024: AI examples
6.1%
2025: August memo
10.9%
20.6%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 4. Merits outcomes: 3 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
25.0% 1/4 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
25.0% 1/4 decisions
Median appeal duration
9.7 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Feb. 3, 2026 15/618,920 Affirmed §101 · §112
Dec. 9, 2025 16/107,557 Affirmed §101
Aug. 20, 2025 16/494,842 Reversed §103
Feb. 28, 2025 16/319,040 Affirmed New ground of rejection §101 · §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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