Examiner Jonathan Han

Grant ratio: 77.1% (66th percentile in Art Unit 2818 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.50. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 77.1%
Average office actions / grant 1.50
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
86121
Primary art unit
2818
Work group
2810
Technology center
2800
Applications
1,295
Granted applications
998
Examiner phone
(571) 270-7546
Supervisor
Steven Loke
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-1657

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 48 48.7% 1.60
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 1.58 2,045 office actions across 1,295 applications
Applications with office actions 99.3% 1,286 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 9 0.7%
1 OA 860 66.4%
2 OAs 262 20.2%
3 OAs 77 5.9%
4 OAs 46 3.6%
5+ OAs 41 3.2%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2009: 28.1% 2009 2010: 32.4% 2010 2011: 44.7% 2011 2012: 58.3% 2012 2013: 67.6% 2013 2014: 84.9% 2014 2015: 90.6% 2015 2016: 79.5% 2016 2017: 88.2% 2017 2018: 92.5% 2018 2019: 81.0% 2019 2020: 96.8% 2020 2021: 93.4% 2021 2022: 96.6% 2022 2023: 94.9% 2023 2024: 93.1% 2024 2025: 53.8% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200932928.1%
2010341132.4%
2011472144.7%
2012482858.3%
2013684667.6%
2014867384.9%
2015645890.6%
2016836679.5%
2017938288.2%
2018807492.5%
2019635181.0%
2020959296.8%
2021918593.4%
2022878496.6%
2023999494.9%
2024878193.1%
2025804353.8%
20265800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,286 0.6% 15.8% 78.7% 0.7%
Action 2 426 0.2% 14.8% 83.3% 0.9%
Action 3 164 0.0% 6.1% 91.5% 1.2%
Action 4 87 0.0% 3.4% 94.3% 2.3%
Action 5 41 0.0% 2.4% 95.1% 2.4%
Action 6 21 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 5 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% 50.0% 50.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 1.0% 3 of 288 office actions
All years 0.4% 9 of 2,045 office actions
Change +0.6 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%
0.0%
2014: Alice
0.0%
2.1%
0.7%
0.0%
2.5%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2024: AI examples
2.1%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 18. Merits outcomes: 6 affirmed, 2 affirmed in part, and 10 reversed.

Full reversal rate
55.6% 10/18 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
66.7% 12/18 decisions
Median appeal duration
29.4 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Nov. 27, 2018 14/068,451 Reversed §103
Oct. 3, 2016 13/764,406 Reversed §102 · §103
Sep. 9, 2016 11/549,375 Affirmed §103
Feb. 16, 2016 11/745,098 Reversed §103
Oct. 30, 2015 12/033,280 Reversed N/A
Jul. 28, 2015 12/072,389 Affirmed in part N/A
Apr. 28, 2015 11/789,045 Reversed N/A
Nov. 13, 2014 12/201,976 Affirmed N/A
Oct. 28, 2014 11/957,576 Affirmed in part §102 · §103
Jun. 10, 2014 11/948,060 Affirmed N/A
Mar. 27, 2014 12/033,780 Reversed N/A
Mar. 12, 2014 11/301,713 Affirmed §102 · §103

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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