Examiner Tyler James Wiegand

Grant ratio: 37.2% (37th percentile in Art Unit 2812 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.92. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 37.2%
Average office actions / grant 1.92
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
98248
Primary art unit
2812
Work group
2810
Technology center
2800
Applications
137
Granted applications
51
Examiner phone
(571) 270-0096
Supervisor
Christine Kim
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-8458

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 53 49.3% 1.63
Group 305 54.6% 1.79
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.07 283 office actions across 137 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 137 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 56 40.9%
2 OAs 45 32.8%
3 OAs 16 11.7%
4 OAs 14 10.2%
5+ OAs 6 4.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2023: 100.0% 2023 2024: 64.9% 2024 2025: 47.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202388100.0%
2024372464.9%
2025401947.5%
20265200.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 137 0.0% 17.5% 73.0% 7.3%
Action 2 81 0.0% 22.2% 71.6% 6.2%
Action 3 36 2.8% 16.7% 80.6% 2.8%
Action 4 20 5.0% 10.0% 85.0% 0.0%
Action 5 6 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0%
Action 6 3 0.0% 33.3% 66.7% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.7% 2 of 280 office actions
All years 0.7% 2 of 283 office actions
Change +0.0 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%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
1.2%
1.4%

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
3.8 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Apr. 14, 2026 17/664,482 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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