Examiner Han Doan

Grant ratio: 72.9% (56th percentile in Art Unit 2136 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.30. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: September 2026
Grant ratio 72.9%
Average office actions / grant 2.30
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
89477
Primary art unit
2136
Work group
2130
Technology center
2100
Applications
203
Granted applications
148
Examiner phone
(571) 270-7250
Supervisor
Kenneth Lo
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-9774

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 17 69.9% 2.38
Group 138 68.4% 2.08
Tech Center 1,807 51.8% 2.19
USPTO 16,572 52.1% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.36 480 office actions across 203 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 203 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 69 34.0%
2 OAs 68 33.5%
3 OAs 25 12.3%
4 OAs 28 13.8%
5+ OAs 13 6.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2013: 54.5% 2013 2014: 78.9% 2014 2015: 71.4% 2015 2016: 91.3% 2016 2017: 78.3% 2017 2018: 80.0% 2018 2019: 93.3% 2019 2020: 63.6% 2020 2021: 100.0% 2021 2022: 72.7% 2022 2023: 92.9% 2023 2024: 83.3% 2024 2025: 27.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201311654.5%
2014191578.9%
2015211571.4%
2016232191.3%
2017231878.3%
2018201680.0%
2019151493.3%
202011763.6%
202177100.0%
202211872.7%
2023141392.9%
20246583.3%
202511327.3%
20261100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 203 1.0% 2.5% 96.1% 0.5%
Action 2 134 2.2% 2.2% 94.8% 0.7%
Action 3 66 1.5% 1.5% 92.4% 4.5%
Action 4 41 0.0% 0.0% 95.1% 4.9%
Action 5 13 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 8 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 3 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 0.0% 0 of 53 office actions
All years 1.3% 6 of 480 office actions
Change -1.3 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-02–2026-10-02. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
2.0%
1.9%
0.0%
13.3%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
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

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

Full reversal rate
100.0% 3/3 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 3/3 decisions
Median appeal duration
8.3 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 31, 2023 16/397,947 Reversed N/A
Dec. 21, 2017 13/470,643 Reversed §103 · §112
Jul. 31, 2017 14/169,886 Reversed §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 Oct. 9, 2026.

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