Examiner Eugene Yun

Grant ratio: 79.3% (79th percentile in Art Unit 2648 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.78. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 79.3%
Average office actions / grant 1.78
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
78941
Primary art unit
2648
Work group
2640
Technology center
2600
Applications
1,053
Granted applications
835
Examiner phone
(571) 272-7860
Supervisor
Wesley Kim
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7867

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 26 60.7% 1.74
Group 228 57.1% 2.06
Tech Center 1,763 56.6% 1.88
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.82 1,915 office actions across 1,053 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 1,053 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 577 54.8%
2 OAs 266 25.3%
3 OAs 104 9.9%
4 OAs 67 6.4%
5+ OAs 39 3.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 61.2% 2008 2009: 73.6% 2009 2010: 83.3% 2010 2011: 92.2% 2011 2012: 94.1% 2012 2013: 87.9% 2013 2014: 89.5% 2014 2015: 93.0% 2015 2016: 83.9% 2016 2017: 83.3% 2017 2018: 84.4% 2018 2019: 89.1% 2019 2020: 88.4% 2020 2021: 82.1% 2021 2022: 86.9% 2022 2023: 88.9% 2023 2024: 93.9% 2024 2025: 59.6% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008493061.2%
2009533973.6%
2010605083.3%
2011645992.2%
2012514894.1%
2013585187.9%
2014575189.5%
2015434093.0%
2016625283.9%
2017544583.3%
2018645484.4%
2019645789.1%
2020433888.4%
2021564682.1%
2022615386.9%
2023544888.9%
2024494693.9%
2025472859.6%
20266400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,053 3.4% 16.0% 51.3% 1.0%
Action 2 476 1.7% 10.7% 71.8% 1.1%
Action 3 210 1.0% 2.9% 86.7% 2.4%
Action 4 106 0.9% 2.8% 85.8% 2.8%
Action 5 39 0.0% 5.1% 84.6% 2.6%
Action 6 18 5.6% 0.0% 83.3% 5.6%
Action 7 5 20.0% 0.0% 60.0% 0.0%
Action 8 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.8% 2 of 251 office actions
All years 2.6% 49 of 1,915 office actions
Change -1.8 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

1.8%
0.0%
0.9%
6.7%
4.5%
2.1%
2014: Alice
8.7%
5.3%
2.5%
2.8%
0.9%
2019: PEG
1.8%
0.0%
5.4%
1.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
2.7%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 7. Merits outcomes: 4 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 3 reversed.

Full reversal rate
42.9% 3/7 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
42.9% 3/7 decisions
Median appeal duration
10.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 26, 2026 16/738,312 Affirmed §103 · §112
Oct. 31, 2023 16/958,491 Reversed §103
Aug. 21, 2018 15/145,294 Reversed §103
Jul. 25, 2018 15/146,576 Affirmed §102 · §103
Aug. 27, 2014 12/410,870 Reversed N/A
Feb. 7, 2014 10/888,002 Affirmed N/A
Jun. 25, 2013 10/606,284 Affirmed §102 · §103

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 Oct. 30, 2026.

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