Examiner Kezhen Shen

Grant ratio: 12.1% (2nd percentile in Art Unit 2627 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.13. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: March 2011
Grant ratio 12.1%
Average office actions / grant 2.13
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
83614
Primary art unit
2627
Work group
2620
Technology center
2600
Applications
66
Granted applications
8

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 39 60.2% 1.74
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 1.77 117 office actions across 66 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 66 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 36 54.5%
2 OAs 15 22.7%
3 OAs 11 16.7%
4 OAs 2 3.0%
5+ OAs 2 3.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 3.8% 2008 2009: 13.6% 2009 2010: 18.8% 2010 2011: 50.0% 2011

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20082613.8%
200922313.6%
201016318.8%
20112150.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 66 0.0% 15.2% 83.3% 0.0%
Action 2 30 0.0% 13.3% 86.7% 0.0%
Action 3 15 0.0% 6.7% 80.0% 0.0%
Action 4 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 2 0.0% 50.0% 50.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 117 office actions
Change N/A 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

No PTAB decisions could be matched to this examiner.

Older and transferred applications may not have a reliable examiner match. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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