Examiner Changhyun Yi

Grant ratio: 83.8% (75th percentile in Art Unit 2826 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.38. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 83.8%
Average office actions / grant 1.38
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
91297
Primary art unit
2826
Work group
2820
Technology center
2800
Applications
1,131
Granted applications
948
Examiner phone
(571) 270-7799
Supervisor
Eliseo Ramos-Feliciano
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7925

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 22 81.0% 1.71
Group 207 71.2% 1.64
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.38 1,558 office actions across 1,131 applications
Applications with office actions 99.6% 1,126 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 5 0.4%
1 OA 789 69.8%
2 OAs 274 24.2%
3 OAs 41 3.6%
4 OAs 18 1.6%
5+ OAs 4 0.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2014: 85.7% 2014 2015: 86.0% 2015 2016: 87.5% 2016 2017: 83.5% 2017 2018: 89.7% 2018 2019: 91.5% 2019 2020: 96.5% 2020 2021: 97.8% 2021 2022: 98.1% 2022 2023: 100.0% 2023 2024: 98.9% 2024 2025: 67.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2014141285.7%
2015867486.0%
2016807087.5%
2017857183.5%
20181079689.7%
2019595491.5%
202011411096.5%
2021929097.8%
202210710598.1%
2023110110100.0%
2024898898.9%
20251016867.3%
20268700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,126 1.9% 19.0% 58.2% 10.5%
Action 2 337 4.7% 14.2% 72.1% 3.9%
Action 3 63 1.6% 7.9% 87.3% 1.6%
Action 4 22 0.0% 9.1% 90.9% 0.0%
Action 5 4 0.0% 0.0% 75.0% 25.0%
Action 6 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.3% 1 of 378 office actions
All years 2.4% 38 of 1,558 office actions
Change -2.2 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%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
9.8%
10.1%
2019: PEG
0.0%
1.3%
1.0%
1.6%
0.7%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.8%
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.

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