Examiner Woo Rhim
Grant ratio: 53.2% (47th percentile in Art Unit 2676 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.69. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 97268
- Primary art unit
- 2676
- Work group
- 2660
- Technology center
- 2600
- Applications
- 186
- Granted applications
- 99
- Examiner phone
- (571) 272-6560
- Supervisor
- Henok Shiferaw
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-4637
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 20 | 52.0% | 1.76 |
| 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
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 2 | 1.1% |
| 1 OA | 96 | 51.6% |
| 2 OAs | 62 | 33.3% |
| 3 OAs | 13 | 7.0% |
| 4 OAs | 10 | 5.4% |
| 5+ OAs | 3 | 1.6% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | 4 | 100.0% |
| 2023 | 51 | 41 | 80.4% |
| 2024 | 47 | 31 | 66.0% |
| 2025 | 44 | 23 | 52.3% |
| 2026 | 40 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 184 | 2.7% | 4.9% | 75.0% | 13.6% |
| Action 2 | 88 | 0.0% | 2.3% | 89.8% | 4.5% |
| Action 3 | 26 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 88.5% | 3.8% |
| Action 4 | 13 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 92.3% | 0.0% |
| Action 5 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 66.7% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
3.2%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
2.5%
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.