Examiner Jian Yu

Grant ratio: 29.8% (34th percentile in Art Unit 2142 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.20. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: November 2019
Grant ratio 29.8%
Average office actions / grant 3.20
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
90896
Primary art unit
2142
Work group
2140
Technology center
2100
Applications
84
Granted applications
25

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 28 33.3% 2.55
Group 177 32.8% 2.41
Tech Center 1,781 52.8% 2.19
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 3.35 365 office actions across 109 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 109 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 26 23.9%
2 OAs 25 22.9%
3 OAs 11 10.1%
4 OAs 22 20.2%
5+ OAs 25 22.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2014: 40.0% 2014 2015: 21.1% 2015 2016: 34.8% 2016 2017: 18.2% 2017 2018: 11.1% 2018 2019: 47.1% 2019

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20145240.0%
201519421.1%
201623834.8%
201711218.2%
20189111.1%
201917847.1%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 109 0.0% 10.1% 89.9% 0.0%
Action 2 83 0.0% 6.0% 92.8% 1.2%
Action 3 58 0.0% 1.7% 98.3% 0.0%
Action 4 47 0.0% 4.3% 95.7% 0.0%
Action 5 25 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 21 0.0% 4.8% 95.2% 0.0%
Action 7 11 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 365 office actions
Change N/A 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%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 3. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
33.3% 1/3 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
33.3% 1/3 decisions
Median appeal duration
17.4 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 28, 2022 15/615,642 Reversed §103
Jan. 6, 2021 13/742,406 Affirmed §103
Dec. 21, 2016 13/783,507 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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