Examiner Kee Young Lee

Grant ratio: 10.9% (8th percentile in Art Unit 2658 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.67. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: September 2026
Grant ratio 10.9%
Average office actions / grant 1.67
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
71898
Primary art unit
2658
Work group
2650
Technology center
2600
Applications
55
Granted applications
6
Examiner phone
(571) 270-3885
Supervisor
Richemond Dorvil
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7602

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 22 60.2% 1.95
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 2.45 135 office actions across 55 applications
Applications with office actions 85.5% 47 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 8 14.5%
1 OA 10 18.2%
2 OAs 17 30.9%
3 OAs 8 14.5%
4 OAs 5 9.1%
5+ OAs 7 12.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2010: 0.0% 2010 2011: 0.0% 2011 2012: 0.0% 2012 2013: 18.2% 2013 2014: 0.0% 2014 2015: 0.0% 2015 2016: 50.0% 2016 2017: 0.0% 2017 2021: 0.0% 2021 2024: 100.0% 2024 2025: 25.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2010200.0%
2011100.0%
2012100.0%
201311218.2%
2014500.0%
2015600.0%
20162150.0%
2017700.0%
2021200.0%
202411100.0%
20258225.0%
2026900.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 47 2.1% 6.4% 85.1% 0.0%
Action 2 37 8.1% 2.7% 86.5% 0.0%
Action 3 20 10.0% 0.0% 80.0% 5.0%
Action 4 12 0.0% 0.0% 91.7% 8.3%
Action 5 7 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 20.0% 5 of 25 office actions
All years 4.4% 6 of 135 office actions
Change +15.6 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%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
5.3%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
21.4%
22.2%

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
28.0 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 29, 2015 13/187,178 Affirmed N/A

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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