Examiner Jessica (Jung-Mu)_ Chuang

Grant ratio: 52.0% (54th percentile in Art Unit 2179 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.69. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: August 2021
Grant ratio 52.0%
Average office actions / grant 3.69
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
87506
Primary art unit
2179
Work group
2170
Technology center
2100
Applications
344
Granted applications
179

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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 3.54 1,217 office actions across 344 applications
Applications with office actions 98.5% 339 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 5 1.5%
1 OA 68 19.8%
2 OAs 86 25.0%
3 OAs 39 11.3%
4 OAs 50 14.5%
5+ OAs 96 27.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2011: 20.0% 2011 2012: 35.0% 2012 2013: 22.2% 2013 2014: 51.7% 2014 2015: 65.4% 2015 2016: 47.8% 2016 2017: 34.8% 2017 2018: 51.4% 2018 2019: 38.2% 2019 2020: 72.5% 2020 2021: 89.5% 2021

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201115320.0%
201220735.0%
201318422.2%
2014291551.7%
2015523465.4%
2016462247.8%
201723834.8%
2018371951.4%
2019341338.2%
2020513772.5%
2021191789.5%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 339 0.0% 1.8% 97.3% 0.6%
Action 2 271 0.7% 0.7% 97.0% 0.4%
Action 3 185 0.5% 0.0% 98.9% 0.0%
Action 4 146 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 96 0.0% 0.0% 99.0% 1.0%
Action 6 73 0.0% 1.4% 98.6% 0.0%
Action 7 51 0.0% 0.0% 98.0% 0.0%
Action 8 27 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 13 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 9 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.2% 3 of 1,217 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%
0.0%
0.8%
0.8%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 10. Merits outcomes: 9 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/10 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
10.0% 1/10 decisions
Median appeal duration
21.4 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Apr. 14, 2021 13/197,552 Affirmed in part §103 · §112
Aug. 12, 2020 14/528,743 Affirmed §103
Jan. 31, 2019 13/229,554 Affirmed §103
Oct. 27, 2017 13/364,492 Affirmed §103
Apr. 20, 2017 13/558,854 Affirmed §103
Feb. 18, 2016 11/523,548 Affirmed §103
Jan. 29, 2016 12/362,033 Affirmed §103
Oct. 2, 2015 12/505,382 Affirmed N/A
Jun. 18, 2015 12/187,522 Affirmed N/A
Jul. 31, 2014 12/031,012 Affirmed N/A

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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