Examiner Allen H. Nguyen

Grant ratio: 79.9% (92nd percentile in Art Unit 2675 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.61. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 79.9%
Average office actions / grant 1.61
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
82508
Primary art unit
2675
Work group
2670
Technology center
2600
Applications
571
Granted applications
456
Examiner phone
(571) 270-1229
Supervisor
Benny Tieu
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7490

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 20 56.8% 1.82
Group 138 53.2% 1.79
Tech Center 1,754 57.4% 1.88
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.70 969 office actions across 571 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 571 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 361 63.2%
2 OAs 124 21.7%
3 OAs 37 6.5%
4 OAs 22 3.9%
5+ OAs 27 4.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 58.6% 2008 2009: 36.0% 2009 2010: 50.0% 2010 2011: 74.4% 2011 2012: 67.5% 2012 2013: 87.5% 2013 2014: 92.5% 2014 2015: 90.3% 2015 2016: 90.9% 2016 2017: 97.3% 2017 2018: 93.2% 2018 2019: 96.7% 2019 2020: 97.0% 2020 2021: 100.0% 2021 2022: 100.0% 2022 2023: 100.0% 2023 2024: 100.0% 2024 2025: 38.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008291758.6%
200925936.0%
2010281450.0%
2011392974.4%
2012402767.5%
2013484287.5%
2014403792.5%
2015312890.3%
2016444090.9%
2017373697.3%
2018444193.2%
2019302996.7%
2020333297.0%
20212020100.0%
20222222100.0%
20231515100.0%
20241313100.0%
202513538.5%
20262000.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 571 4.2% 22.9% 67.1% 2.3%
Action 2 210 0.0% 11.9% 86.2% 0.5%
Action 3 86 1.2% 7.0% 91.9% 0.0%
Action 4 49 0.0% 4.1% 93.9% 2.0%
Action 5 27 0.0% 11.1% 85.2% 0.0%
Action 6 18 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 8 0.0% 0.0% 87.5% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 17.2% 10 of 58 office actions
All years 2.6% 25 of 969 office actions
Change +14.7 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%
1.0%
0.9%
0.0%
1.4%
2014: Alice
5.4%
0.0%
3.6%
0.0%
8.7%
2019: PEG
0.0%
2.9%
0.0%
0.0%
17.6%
2024: AI examples
38.5%
2025: August memo
13.3%
8.7%

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

PTAB appeals

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

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/3 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/3 decisions
Median appeal duration
29.0 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Nov. 5, 2015 11/551,954 Affirmed N/A
Sep. 29, 2015 12/578,197 Remanded N/A
Nov. 27, 2013 11/165,452 Affirmed §103
Nov. 26, 2012 10/624,305 Affirmed §102

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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