Examiner Tran Nguyen
Grant ratio: 71.6% (83rd percentile in Art Unit 2834 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.53. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: December 2025
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 56 | 56.4% | 1.54 |
| Group | 354 | 67.0% | 1.58 |
| Tech Center | 2,413 | 62.4% | 1.69 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 3 | 0.2% |
| 1 OA | 774 | 61.8% |
| 2 OAs | 316 | 25.2% |
| 3 OAs | 113 | 9.0% |
| 4 OAs | 31 | 2.5% |
| 5+ OAs | 16 | 1.3% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 64 | 40 | 62.5% |
| 2009 | 101 | 69 | 68.3% |
| 2010 | 84 | 65 | 77.4% |
| 2011 | 73 | 58 | 79.5% |
| 2012 | 92 | 61 | 66.3% |
| 2013 | 62 | 50 | 80.6% |
| 2014 | 81 | 46 | 56.8% |
| 2015 | 74 | 49 | 66.2% |
| 2016 | 74 | 57 | 77.0% |
| 2017 | 69 | 58 | 84.1% |
| 2018 | 77 | 61 | 79.2% |
| 2019 | 71 | 51 | 71.8% |
| 2020 | 65 | 49 | 75.4% |
| 2021 | 50 | 43 | 86.0% |
| 2022 | 62 | 44 | 71.0% |
| 2023 | 52 | 37 | 71.2% |
| 2024 | 53 | 33 | 62.3% |
| 2025 | 49 | 26 | 53.1% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 1,250 | 0.6% | 3.8% | 74.4% | 8.2% |
| Action 2 | 476 | 0.4% | 3.2% | 85.5% | 2.9% |
| Action 3 | 160 | 0.0% | 1.3% | 90.0% | 5.0% |
| Action 4 | 47 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 89.4% | 4.3% |
| Action 5 | 16 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 6 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| Action 7 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 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%
0.0%
0.8%
1.0%
0.6%
0.0%
2014: Alice
1.3%
0.0%
1.9%
0.9%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
1.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
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.