Examiner Edward Park

Grant ratio: 75.4% (69th percentile in Art Unit 2666 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.66. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 75.4%
Average office actions / grant 1.66
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
83074
Primary art unit
2666
Work group
2660
Technology center
2600
Applications
752
Granted applications
567
Examiner phone
(571) 270-1576

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 38 64.4% 1.71
Group 289 63.2% 1.66
Tech Center 1,754 57.4% 1.88
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.70 1,280 office actions across 753 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 753 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 439 58.3%
2 OAs 201 26.7%
3 OAs 58 7.7%
4 OAs 32 4.2%
5+ OAs 23 3.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 70.0% 2008 2009: 62.9% 2009 2010: 61.9% 2010 2011: 80.0% 2011 2012: 78.9% 2012 2013: 75.0% 2013 2014: 84.8% 2014 2015: 78.4% 2015 2016: 80.0% 2016 2017: 93.3% 2017 2018: 89.7% 2018 2019: 77.1% 2019 2020: 90.6% 2020 2021: 90.6% 2021 2022: 91.1% 2022 2023: 91.7% 2023 2024: 82.5% 2024 2025: 50.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008201470.0%
2009352262.9%
2010422661.9%
2011302480.0%
2012383078.9%
2013362775.0%
2014463984.8%
2015372978.4%
2016352880.0%
2017454293.3%
2018292689.7%
2019483777.1%
2020534890.6%
2021534890.6%
2022454191.1%
2023363391.7%
2024403382.5%
2025402050.0%
20264400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 753 3.3% 5.7% 80.6% 1.2%
Action 2 314 1.6% 2.5% 94.3% 0.3%
Action 3 113 1.8% 1.8% 94.7% 0.0%
Action 4 55 0.0% 1.8% 98.2% 0.0%
Action 5 23 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 9 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 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 1.6% 3 of 184 office actions
All years 2.5% 32 of 1,280 office actions
Change -0.9 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%
0.0%
0.0%
4.1%
2014: Alice
3.7%
3.0%
1.8%
2.7%
6.1%
2019: PEG
6.3%
5.7%
3.0%
8.3%
1.9%
2024: AI examples
5.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 4. Merits outcomes: 3 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/4 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
25.0% 1/4 decisions
Median appeal duration
32.3 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Apr. 17, 2015 10/512,087 Affirmed N/A
Jan. 16, 2015 11/586,158 Affirmed N/A
May. 21, 2014 11/552,968 Affirmed N/A
Feb. 27, 2013 10/518,845 Affirmed in part §101 · §102 · §103 · §112

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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