Examiner Sam Huang
Grant ratio: 5.3%. Average office actions per grant: 1.00. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: September 2021
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 19 | 59.7% | 1.88 |
| Group | 130 | 52.7% | 2.61 |
| Tech Center | 1,754 | 58.4% | 2.14 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 1 | 5.3% |
| 1 OA | 8 | 42.1% |
| 2 OAs | 8 | 42.1% |
| 3 OAs | 1 | 5.3% |
| 4 OAs | 0 | 0.0% |
| 5+ OAs | 1 | 5.3% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| 2012 | 6 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2015 | 7 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 18 | 0.0% | 11.1% | 83.3% | 5.6% |
| Action 2 | 10 | 0.0% | 10.0% | 80.0% | 10.0% |
| Action 3 | 2 | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% |
| Action 4 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
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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2014: Alice
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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.