Examiner Wuji Chen

Grant ratio: 59.6% (28th percentile in Art Unit 2456 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.64. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 59.6%
Average office actions / grant 2.64
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
91798
Primary art unit
2456
Work group
2450
Technology center
2400
Applications
272
Granted applications
162
Examiner phone
(571) 270-0365

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 19 53.0% 2.80
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 2.84 772 office actions across 272 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 272 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 73 26.8%
2 OAs 66 24.3%
3 OAs 50 18.4%
4 OAs 41 15.1%
5+ OAs 42 15.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2014: 100.0% 2014 2015: 81.8% 2015 2016: 40.0% 2016 2017: 70.8% 2017 2018: 71.9% 2018 2019: 76.9% 2019 2020: 72.7% 2020 2021: 80.0% 2021 2022: 73.3% 2022 2023: 94.1% 2023 2024: 66.7% 2024 2025: 23.1% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
201411100.0%
2015221881.8%
2016251040.0%
2017241770.8%
2018322371.9%
2019262076.9%
2020221672.7%
202110880.0%
2022151173.3%
2023171694.1%
2024241666.7%
202526623.1%
20262800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 272 0.7% 1.5% 96.7% 0.0%
Action 2 199 0.5% 0.5% 96.5% 0.5%
Action 3 133 0.8% 0.0% 98.5% 0.0%
Action 4 83 1.2% 0.0% 97.6% 0.0%
Action 5 42 2.4% 0.0% 97.6% 0.0%
Action 6 26 3.8% 0.0% 96.2% 0.0%
Action 7 11 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 194 office actions
All years 0.9% 7 of 772 office actions
Change -0.9 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%
1.3%
2.8%
2.4%
2019: PEG
1.8%
0.0%
0.0%
1.4%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/3 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/3 decisions
Median appeal duration
17.3 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 2, 2022 15/368,776 Affirmed §103
Apr. 13, 2021 14/132,565 Affirmed §102 · §103
Apr. 15, 2020 15/391,662 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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