Examiner Phuc Pham

Grant ratio: 67.0% (31st percentile in Art Unit 2434 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.73. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 67.0%
Average office actions / grant 1.73
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
95514
Primary art unit
2434
Work group
2430
Technology center
2400
Applications
206
Granted applications
138
Examiner phone
(571) 272-8893
Supervisor
Linglan Edwards
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-5440

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 33 64.4% 1.70
Group 234 61.1% 1.99
Tech Center 1,771 57.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.81 373 office actions across 206 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 206 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 117 56.8%
2 OAs 41 19.9%
3 OAs 26 12.6%
4 OAs 16 7.8%
5+ OAs 6 2.9%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2020: 100.0% 2020 2021: 90.0% 2021 2022: 88.2% 2022 2023: 92.3% 2023 2024: 87.5% 2024 2025: 30.8% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202099100.0%
2021302790.0%
2022343088.2%
2023393692.3%
2024322887.5%
202526830.8%
20263600.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 206 1.5% 0.5% 96.1% 1.9%
Action 2 89 0.0% 0.0% 98.9% 0.0%
Action 3 48 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 4 22 0.0% 0.0% 95.5% 0.0%
Action 5 6 0.0% 0.0% 83.3% 16.7%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 1.2% 2 of 173 office actions
All years 0.8% 3 of 373 office actions
Change +0.4 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
0.0%
1.4%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
4.5%

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

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
100.0% 1/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
12.7 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Nov. 29, 2024 17/122,956 Affirmed in part New ground of rejection §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 Oct. 30, 2026.

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