Examiner Jimmy H. Nguyen

Grant ratio: 52.8% (20th percentile in Art Unit 2626 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.56. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 52.8%
Average office actions / grant 2.56
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
76604
Primary art unit
2626
Work group
2620
Technology center
2600
Applications
703
Granted applications
371
Examiner phone
(571) 272-7675
Supervisor
Bipin Shalwala
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7681

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 26 59.6% 2.20
Group 279 55.5% 2.00
Tech Center 1,754 57.4% 1.88
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.73 1,916 office actions across 703 applications
Applications with office actions 99.9% 702 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 1 0.1%
1 OA 216 30.7%
2 OAs 213 30.3%
3 OAs 100 14.2%
4 OAs 72 10.2%
5+ OAs 101 14.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 48.4% 2008 2009: 53.8% 2009 2010: 40.0% 2010 2011: 61.9% 2011 2012: 41.9% 2012 2013: 46.3% 2013 2014: 61.1% 2014 2015: 51.4% 2015 2016: 43.9% 2016 2017: 28.2% 2017 2018: 22.6% 2018 2019: 54.3% 2019 2020: 56.8% 2020 2021: 77.5% 2021 2022: 78.8% 2022 2023: 81.0% 2023 2024: 95.1% 2024 2025: 39.4% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008311548.4%
2009392153.8%
2010351440.0%
2011422661.9%
2012311341.9%
2013411946.3%
2014362261.1%
2015351851.4%
2016411843.9%
2017391128.2%
201831722.6%
2019351954.3%
2020442556.8%
2021403177.5%
2022332678.8%
2023423481.0%
2024413995.1%
2025331339.4%
20263400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 702 2.1% 12.7% 58.8% 8.3%
Action 2 486 1.9% 15.6% 57.4% 13.4%
Action 3 273 0.0% 8.4% 69.2% 9.2%
Action 4 173 0.0% 8.1% 72.8% 8.7%
Action 5 101 1.0% 8.9% 68.3% 11.9%
Action 6 67 0.0% 6.0% 77.6% 4.5%
Action 7 40 0.0% 5.0% 75.0% 7.5%
Action 8 29 0.0% 0.0% 82.8% 3.4%
Action 9 18 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 16.7%
Action 10 12 0.0% 0.0% 66.7% 16.7%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 1.3% 3 of 240 office actions
All years 1.3% 25 of 1,916 office actions
Change -0.1 pts Percentage points

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

By year

8.1%
0.0%
2.3%
3.6%
3.9%
1.8%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
2.0%
0.0%
1.0%
2024: AI examples
1.1%
2025: August memo
2.7%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 28. Merits outcomes: 10 affirmed, 2 affirmed in part, and 16 reversed.

Full reversal rate
57.1% 16/28 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
64.3% 18/28 decisions
Median appeal duration
23.6 months
New grounds of rejection
3
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Feb. 27, 2023 16/715,261 Reversed §102 · §103
Sep. 21, 2022 13/163,639 Reversed New ground of rejection §103
Mar. 30, 2022 15/406,927 Affirmed in part §103 · §112
Dec. 16, 2021 15/659,790 Reversed §102 · §103 · §112
Dec. 14, 2021 15/713,544 Reversed §103
Dec. 7, 2021 15/289,082 Reversed §103 · §112
Nov. 1, 2021 15/289,102 Affirmed §103 · §112 · §120
Oct. 6, 2021 15/289,091 Reversed §103 · §112
Nov. 25, 2020 14/743,115 Reversed §103 · §112
Dec. 2, 2019 13/163,070 Reversed §103
Nov. 25, 2019 14/570,814 Affirmed §103 · §112
Mar. 23, 2018 14/207,201 Affirmed §112 · §120

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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