Examiner Aye M. Aung

Grant ratio: 63.3% (53rd percentile in Art Unit 2452 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.51. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: December 2023
Grant ratio 63.3%
Average office actions / grant 2.51
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
91692
Primary art unit
2452
Work group
2450
Technology center
2400
Applications
150
Granted applications
95

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 20 64.1% 2.20
Group 210 57.4% 2.41
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.46 406 office actions across 165 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 165 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 44 26.7%
2 OAs 54 32.7%
3 OAs 31 18.8%
4 OAs 24 14.5%
5+ OAs 12 7.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2014: 0.0% 2014 2015: 62.5% 2015 2016: 21.4% 2016 2017: 44.0% 2017 2018: 68.8% 2018 2019: 72.0% 2019 2020: 70.0% 2020 2021: 83.3% 2021 2022: 83.3% 2022 2023: 80.0% 2023

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2014200.0%
20158562.5%
201614321.4%
2017251144.0%
2018161168.8%
2019251872.0%
2020201470.0%
2021121083.3%
2022181583.3%
202310880.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 165 0.0% 1.8% 94.5% 2.4%
Action 2 121 0.8% 0.0% 95.9% 2.5%
Action 3 67 1.5% 0.0% 97.0% 1.5%
Action 4 36 2.8% 0.0% 97.2% 0.0%
Action 5 12 8.3% 8.3% 83.3% 0.0%
Action 6 5 20.0% 20.0% 60.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 9 office actions
All years 1.2% 5 of 406 office actions
Change -1.2 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
1.9%
4.1%
4.2%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 3. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
66.7% 2/3 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
66.7% 2/3 decisions
Median appeal duration
17.9 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Dec. 23, 2021 15/155,565 Reversed §102 · §103
Jul. 24, 2020 14/882,783 Reversed §103
Jun. 26, 2020 14/006,765 Affirmed §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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