Examiner Andrew Suh

Grant ratio: 54.8% (28th percentile in Art Unit 2493 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.05. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 54.8%
Average office actions / grant 2.05
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
94923
Primary art unit
2493
Work group
2490
Technology center
2400
Applications
197
Granted applications
108
Examiner phone
(571) 270-5524
Supervisor
Carl Colin
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-3862

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 28 62.5% 1.93
Group 198 61.4% 2.06
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.93 381 office actions across 197 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 197 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 96 48.7%
2 OAs 53 26.9%
3 OAs 26 13.2%
4 OAs 15 7.6%
5+ OAs 7 3.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2019: 0.0% 2019 2020: 52.6% 2020 2021: 87.5% 2021 2022: 76.0% 2022 2023: 87.5% 2023 2024: 77.8% 2024 2025: 5.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2019300.0%
2020191052.6%
2021242187.5%
2022251976.0%
2023322887.5%
2024362877.8%
20253825.3%
20262000.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 197 2.0% 3.6% 85.3% 8.1%
Action 2 101 3.0% 0.0% 85.1% 6.9%
Action 3 48 6.3% 0.0% 87.5% 4.2%
Action 4 22 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 7 0.0% 0.0% 71.4% 28.6%
Action 6 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 4.9% 8 of 164 office actions
All years 2.6% 10 of 381 office actions
Change +2.3 pts Percentage points

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

By year

2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.2%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
7.3%
17.4%

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

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
12.9 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 29, 2022 16/074,742 Affirmed §102 · §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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