Examiner Jean Chang

Grant ratio: 64.8% (25th percentile in Art Unit 2643 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.09. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: January 2016
Grant ratio 64.8%
Average office actions / grant 2.09
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
86542
Primary art unit
2643
Work group
2640
Technology center
2600
Applications
219
Granted applications
142

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 20 65.0% 2.10
Group 226 57.7% 2.06
Tech Center 1,754 57.4% 1.88
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.05 448 office actions across 219 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 219 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 93 42.5%
2 OAs 67 30.6%
3 OAs 24 11.0%
4 OAs 28 12.8%
5+ OAs 7 3.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2009: 14.3% 2009 2010: 5.0% 2010 2011: 64.5% 2011 2012: 75.0% 2012 2013: 78.7% 2013 2014: 73.7% 2014 2015: 82.1% 2015 2016: 100.0% 2016

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200914214.3%
20102015.0%
2011312064.5%
2012403075.0%
2013473778.7%
2014382873.7%
2015282382.1%
201611100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 219 1.8% 3.2% 87.2% 0.0%
Action 2 126 0.0% 0.8% 92.1% 0.0%
Action 3 59 0.0% 0.0% 86.4% 0.0%
Action 4 35 0.0% 0.0% 77.1% 0.0%
Action 5 7 0.0% 0.0% 71.4% 14.3%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.9% 4 of 448 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%
2.2%
0.0%
2014: Alice
3.0%
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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