Examiner Chung-Tien Yang

Grant ratio: 71.4% (38th percentile in Art Unit 2648 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.69. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: March 2013
Grant ratio 71.4%
Average office actions / grant 1.69
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
88123
Primary art unit
2648
Work group
2640
Technology center
2600
Applications
49
Granted applications
35

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 26 61.1% 1.74
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 1.61 79 office actions across 49 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 49 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 22 44.9%
2 OAs 25 51.0%
3 OAs 1 2.0%
4 OAs 1 2.0%
5+ OAs 0 0.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2011: 68.8% 2011 2012: 70.0% 2012 2013: 100.0% 2013

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2011161168.8%
2012302170.0%
201333100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 49 0.0% 2.0% 93.9% 2.0%
Action 2 27 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 3 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 4 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 79 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

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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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