Examiner Ba Huynh

Grant ratio: 71.2% (89th percentile in Art Unit 2179 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.76. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: July 2012
Grant ratio 71.2%
Average office actions / grant 2.76
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
70728
Primary art unit
2179
Work group
2170
Technology center
2100
Applications
125
Granted applications
89

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 25 48.0% 3.02
Group 190 48.6% 2.73
Tech Center 1,781 52.8% 2.19
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.71 339 office actions across 125 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 125 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 37 29.6%
2 OAs 33 26.4%
3 OAs 22 17.6%
4 OAs 12 9.6%
5+ OAs 21 16.8%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 48.0% 2008 2009: 75.0% 2009 2010: 87.5% 2010 2011: 82.6% 2011 2012: 61.9% 2012

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008251248.0%
2009322475.0%
2010242187.5%
2011231982.6%
2012211361.9%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 125 1.6% 20.8% 74.4% 1.6%
Action 2 88 2.3% 11.4% 85.2% 0.0%
Action 3 55 0.0% 14.5% 83.6% 1.8%
Action 4 33 0.0% 21.2% 78.8% 0.0%
Action 5 21 0.0% 14.3% 85.7% 0.0%
Action 6 9 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0%
Action 7 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 1.2% 4 of 339 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%
1.0%
1.1%
0.0%
4.7%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/4 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/4 decisions
Median appeal duration
28.0 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Sep. 24, 2012 10/200,776 Affirmed §103
Aug. 28, 2012 10/233,551 Affirmed N/A
Mar. 8, 2012 10/058,097 Affirmed N/A
Nov. 22, 2011 10/854,132 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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