Examiner Uyen T Le

Grant ratio: 79.2% (84th percentile in Art Unit 2157 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.67. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 79.2%
Average office actions / grant 1.67
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
74606
Primary art unit
2157
Work group
2150
Technology center
2100
Applications
827
Granted applications
655
Examiner phone
(571) 272-4021
Supervisor
Pierre Vital
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-4215

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 17 63.5% 2.71
Group 119 59.3% 2.64
Tech Center 1,781 52.8% 2.19
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.75 1,444 office actions across 827 applications
Applications with office actions 99.9% 826 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 1 0.1%
1 OA 488 59.0%
2 OAs 187 22.6%
3 OAs 83 10.0%
4 OAs 40 4.8%
5+ OAs 28 3.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 89.2% 2008 2009: 77.5% 2009 2010: 81.0% 2010 2011: 91.5% 2011 2012: 85.7% 2012 2013: 90.7% 2013 2014: 87.8% 2014 2015: 84.6% 2015 2016: 73.3% 2016 2017: 82.4% 2017 2018: 87.2% 2018 2019: 71.4% 2019 2020: 82.2% 2020 2021: 87.8% 2021 2022: 92.3% 2022 2023: 87.5% 2023 2024: 77.1% 2024 2025: 30.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008373389.2%
2009715577.5%
2010584781.0%
2011595491.5%
2012564885.7%
2013544990.7%
2014413687.8%
2015524484.6%
2016302273.3%
2017342882.4%
2018393487.2%
2019352571.4%
2020453782.2%
2021413687.8%
2022393692.3%
2023403587.5%
2024352777.1%
202530930.0%
20263100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 826 5.1% 9.1% 42.1% 12.8%
Action 2 338 3.6% 7.1% 58.3% 8.9%
Action 3 151 3.3% 4.6% 70.9% 4.6%
Action 4 68 1.5% 5.9% 82.4% 0.0%
Action 5 28 0.0% 3.6% 85.7% 0.0%
Action 6 17 0.0% 0.0% 88.2% 0.0%
Action 7 9 0.0% 0.0% 77.8% 0.0%
Action 8 4 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 25.0%
Action 9 3 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 4.1% 8 of 195 office actions
All years 4.2% 60 of 1,444 office actions
Change -0.1 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

5.7%
7.4%
10.3%
11.3%
5.0%
3.7%
2014: Alice
5.3%
2.6%
0.0%
0.0%
3.3%
2019: PEG
0.0%
1.2%
0.0%
1.4%
3.2%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
6.9%
7.7%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 9. Merits outcomes: 6 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
22.2% 2/9 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
33.3% 3/9 decisions
Median appeal duration
26.2 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Aug. 28, 2023 16/834,969 Affirmed in part §103 · §112
May. 12, 2023 15/957,556 Affirmed §103
Aug. 13, 2021 14/953,838 Affirmed §102 · §103 · §112
Mar. 11, 2021 14/258,308 Reversed §103
Feb. 21, 2017 12/888,626 Affirmed §103
Jan. 4, 2016 12/797,032 Affirmed N/A
Nov. 24, 2015 12/693,670 Affirmed N/A
Mar. 17, 2015 12/432,807 Reversed N/A
Nov. 21, 2014 12/103,165 Affirmed §102

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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