Examiner Hein Jeong

Grant ratio: 5.6% (23rd percentile in Art Unit 2186 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.67. Most common rejection type: §103.

Potentially inactive Last office action in data: June 2026
Grant ratio 5.6%
Average office actions / grant 2.67
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
98859
Primary art unit
2186
Work group
2180
Technology center
2100
Applications
54
Granted applications
3

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 15 42.2% 2.03
Group 178 52.5% 1.89
Tech Center 1,781 52.8% 2.19
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.43 136 office actions across 56 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 56 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 19 33.9%
2 OAs 13 23.2%
3 OAs 10 17.9%
4 OAs 10 17.9%
5+ OAs 4 7.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 13.3% 2024 2025: 4.2% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202415213.3%
20252414.2%
20261500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 56 3.6% 7.1% 87.5% 0.0%
Action 2 37 5.4% 10.8% 83.8% 0.0%
Action 3 24 8.3% 0.0% 87.5% 0.0%
Action 4 14 14.3% 7.1% 78.6% 0.0%
Action 5 4 25.0% 0.0% 75.0% 0.0%
Action 6 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 6.6% 9 of 136 office actions
All years 6.6% 9 of 136 office actions
Change 0.0 pts 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%
2024: AI examples
6.9%
2025: August memo
5.1%
11.8%

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

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
100.0% 1/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 1/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
9.0 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 17, 2026 17/213,062 Reversed §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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