Examiner Quynh H. Nguyen

Grant ratio: 82.4% (75th percentile in Art Unit 2652 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.73. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: September 2026
Grant ratio 82.4%
Average office actions / grant 1.73
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
79205
Primary art unit
2652
Work group
2650
Technology center
2600
Applications
1,136
Granted applications
936
Examiner phone
(571) 272-7489

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 15 68.7% 2.03
Group 210 59.0% 1.87
Tech Center 1,759 56.9% 1.88
USPTO 16,572 52.1% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.74 1,977 office actions across 1,136 applications
Applications with office actions 99.8% 1,134 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 0.2%
1 OA 671 59.1%
2 OAs 258 22.7%
3 OAs 98 8.6%
4 OAs 70 6.2%
5+ OAs 37 3.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 68.4% 2008 2009: 76.2% 2009 2010: 82.6% 2010 2011: 82.1% 2011 2012: 91.2% 2012 2013: 92.1% 2013 2014: 88.7% 2014 2015: 92.2% 2015 2016: 97.0% 2016 2017: 98.5% 2017 2018: 96.6% 2018 2019: 93.2% 2019 2020: 95.3% 2020 2021: 94.2% 2021 2022: 86.7% 2022 2023: 87.3% 2023 2024: 79.6% 2024 2025: 53.2% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008573968.4%
2009634876.2%
2010695782.6%
2011675582.1%
2012575291.2%
2013635892.1%
2014625588.7%
2015514792.2%
2016666497.0%
2017656498.5%
2018585696.6%
2019595593.2%
2020646195.3%
2021524994.2%
2022605286.7%
2023554887.3%
2024544379.6%
2025623353.2%
20265200.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,134 7.5% 1.9% 48.2% 1.7%
Action 2 463 10.8% 1.3% 57.5% 2.2%
Action 3 205 9.8% 1.5% 61.0% 3.9%
Action 4 107 12.1% 0.9% 57.0% 0.9%
Action 5 37 8.1% 0.0% 56.8% 0.0%
Action 6 17 5.9% 0.0% 70.6% 0.0%
Action 7 8 12.5% 0.0% 75.0% 0.0%
Action 8 5 20.0% 0.0% 60.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 22.5% 60 of 267 office actions
All years 8.8% 174 of 1,977 office actions
Change +13.7 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-02–2026-10-02. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
2.6%
1.9%
3.2%
1.9%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
2.2%
1.1%
6.9%
11.9%
7.3%
2019: PEG
7.0%
6.7%
8.1%
24.5%
28.1%
2024: AI examples
19.6%
2025: August memo
30.3%
13.8%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 5. Merits outcomes: 4 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
20.0% 1/5 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
20.0% 1/5 decisions
Median appeal duration
24.2 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Nov. 14, 2025 18/312,064 Reversed §103
Feb. 21, 2025 17/559,866 Affirmed §103 · §112
Feb. 26, 2016 13/252,595 Affirmed N/A
May. 7, 2015 11/583,313 Affirmed N/A
Oct. 16, 2013 11/446,105 Affirmed §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. 9, 2026.

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