Examiner Tuan Minh Nguyen

Grant ratio: 9.3% (21st percentile in Art Unit 2198 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.25. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 9.3%
Average office actions / grant 2.25
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
99222
Primary art unit
2198
Work group
2190
Technology center
2100
Applications
43
Granted applications
4
Examiner phone
(703) 756-1599
Supervisor
Pierre Vital
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-4215

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 12 38.1% 1.90
Group 238 52.6% 2.03
Tech Center 1,781 52.8% 2.19
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.35 101 office actions across 43 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 43 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 15 34.9%
2 OAs 12 27.9%
3 OAs 6 14.0%
4 OAs 8 18.6%
5+ OAs 2 4.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 0.0% 2024 2025: 23.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2024100.0%
202517423.5%
20262500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 43 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 2 28 10.7% 0.0% 82.1% 3.6%
Action 3 16 12.5% 0.0% 75.0% 0.0%
Action 4 10 20.0% 0.0% 70.0% 10.0%
Action 5 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 6.9% 7 of 101 office actions
All years 6.9% 7 of 101 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

2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
11.9%
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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