Examiner Tammy Pham

Grant ratio: 29.1% (18th percentile in Art Unit 2629 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.79. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: July 2026
Grant ratio 29.1%
Average office actions / grant 2.79
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
80500
Primary art unit
2629
Work group
2620
Technology center
2600
Applications
134
Granted applications
39
Examiner phone
(571) 272-7773

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 43 42.6% 2.03
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 2.37 317 office actions across 134 applications
Applications with office actions 96.3% 129 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 5 3.7%
1 OA 48 35.8%
2 OAs 36 26.9%
3 OAs 15 11.2%
4 OAs 17 12.7%
5+ OAs 13 9.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 45.8% 2008 2009: 8.1% 2009 2010: 35.1% 2010 2011: 50.0% 2011 2013: 0.0% 2013 2015: 0.0% 2015 2016: 0.0% 2016 2018: 50.0% 2018 2019: 100.0% 2019 2025: 100.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008241145.8%
20093738.1%
2010371335.1%
201116850.0%
2013400.0%
2015400.0%
2016200.0%
20182150.0%
201911100.0%
202522100.0%
2026500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 129 0.0% 13.2% 86.0% 0.0%
Action 2 81 0.0% 9.9% 88.9% 0.0%
Action 3 45 0.0% 8.9% 88.9% 0.0%
Action 4 30 0.0% 3.3% 93.3% 3.3%
Action 5 13 0.0% 7.7% 92.3% 0.0%
Action 6 9 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 3 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 7 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 317 office actions
Change 0.0 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
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: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 2 reversed.

Full reversal rate
66.7% 2/3 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
66.7% 2/3 decisions
Median appeal duration
25.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Oct. 31, 2011 10/976,806 Affirmed §103
Apr. 28, 2011 10/312,959 Reversed §103 · §112
Apr. 18, 2011 10/287,337 Reversed N/A

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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