Examiner Kim-Lynn Dam

Grant ratio: 50.0% (50th percentile in Art Unit 2179 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.36. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: October 2009
Grant ratio 50.0%
Average office actions / grant 1.36
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
78759
Primary art unit
2179
Work group
2170
Technology center
2100
Applications
22
Granted applications
11

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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 1.64 36 office actions across 22 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 22 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 11 50.0%
2 OAs 8 36.4%
3 OAs 3 13.6%
4 OAs 0 0.0%
5+ OAs 0 0.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 55.6% 2008 2009: 46.2% 2009

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20089555.6%
200913646.2%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 22 0.0% 22.7% 72.7% 0.0%
Action 2 11 0.0% 18.2% 81.8% 0.0%
Action 3 3 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 36 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

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0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

No PTAB decisions could be matched to this examiner.

Older and transferred applications may not have a reliable examiner match. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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