Examiner George Eng

Grant ratio: 15.4% (2nd percentile in Art Unit 2645 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.75. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 15.4%
Average office actions / grant 1.75
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
74626
Primary art unit
2645
Work group
2640
Technology center
2600
Applications
52
Granted applications
8
Examiner phone
(571) 272-7495
Supervisor
Alford Kindred
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-4037

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 34 62.4% 2.16
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 1.85 96 office actions across 52 applications
Applications with office actions 80.8% 42 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 10 19.2%
1 OA 7 13.5%
2 OAs 20 38.5%
3 OAs 12 23.1%
4 OAs 2 3.8%
5+ OAs 1 1.9%

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: 20.0% 2009 2010: 0.0% 2010 2011: 0.0% 2011 2012: 100.0% 2012 2013: 11.1% 2013 2014: 0.0% 2014 2017: 100.0% 2017 2025: 27.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008100.0%
20095120.0%
2010100.0%
2011200.0%
201222100.0%
20139111.1%
20141100.0%
201711100.0%
202511327.3%
2026900.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 42 2.4% 21.4% 76.2% 0.0%
Action 2 35 0.0% 11.4% 85.7% 0.0%
Action 3 15 0.0% 20.0% 73.3% 6.7%
Action 4 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 5 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 28 office actions
All years 1.0% 1 of 96 office actions
Change -1.0 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%
8.3%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
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: 1. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/1 decisions
Median appeal duration
28.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 26, 2012 11/156,097 Affirmed §102

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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