Examiner Jin-Cheng Wang

Grant ratio: 53.9% (31st percentile in Art Unit 2618 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.61. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 53.9%
Average office actions / grant 2.61
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
79733
Primary art unit
2618
Work group
2610
Technology center
2600
Applications
883
Granted applications
476
Examiner phone
(571) 272-7665
Supervisor
King Poon
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-0728

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 29 56.5% 1.87
Group 291 49.1% 1.92
Tech Center 1,754 57.4% 1.88
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.81 2,483 office actions across 885 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 885 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 246 27.8%
2 OAs 245 27.7%
3 OAs 129 14.6%
4 OAs 127 14.4%
5+ OAs 138 15.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 0.0% 2008 2009: 47.1% 2009 2010: 41.0% 2010 2011: 51.9% 2011 2012: 50.0% 2012 2013: 67.6% 2013 2014: 66.1% 2014 2015: 52.0% 2015 2016: 56.1% 2016 2017: 69.6% 2017 2018: 61.0% 2018 2019: 71.4% 2019 2020: 62.0% 2020 2021: 60.4% 2021 2022: 58.1% 2022 2023: 53.8% 2023 2024: 53.6% 2024 2025: 28.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008300.0%
200917847.1%
2010391641.0%
2011522751.9%
2012582950.0%
2013684667.6%
2014593966.1%
2015502652.0%
2016573256.1%
2017563969.6%
2018412561.0%
2019493571.4%
2020503162.0%
2021533260.4%
2022311858.1%
2023522853.8%
2024563053.6%
2025531528.3%
20263900.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 885 0.8% 11.0% 86.7% 0.0%
Action 2 639 0.5% 9.4% 89.7% 0.0%
Action 3 394 1.0% 7.9% 91.1% 0.0%
Action 4 265 0.4% 7.5% 91.3% 0.4%
Action 5 138 0.7% 3.6% 94.2% 0.7%
Action 6 81 0.0% 2.5% 97.5% 0.0%
Action 7 33 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 20 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 6 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 1.0% 3 of 315 office actions
All years 0.6% 16 of 2,483 office actions
Change +0.3 pts Percentage points

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

By year

0.0%
3.6%
0.6%
1.8%
2.2%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.4%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
1.5%
2025: August memo
0.0%
1.8%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 41. Merits outcomes: 18 affirmed, 6 affirmed in part, and 17 reversed.

Full reversal rate
41.5% 17/41 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
56.1% 23/41 decisions
Median appeal duration
16.7 months
New grounds of rejection
2
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Aug. 19, 2026 16/889,233 Reversed §103
Aug. 10, 2026 17/152,319 Reversed N/A
Jun. 22, 2026 17/310,140 Affirmed in part §103
May. 21, 2026 18/302,508 Reversed N/A
Nov. 4, 2025 17/198,235 Reversed §103
Oct. 30, 2025 17/540,593 Affirmed §103
Oct. 27, 2025 17/655,739 Reversed §102 · §103 · §112
Oct. 21, 2025 16/270,926 Reversed §103
Aug. 27, 2025 17/009,855 Reversed §103
Jul. 21, 2025 16/906,088 Affirmed §103
Apr. 14, 2025 16/775,399 Affirmed §103 · §112 · §120
Dec. 27, 2024 16/862,757 Affirmed §103 · §112

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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