Examiner Hai Tran

Grant ratio: 77.3% (63rd percentile in Art Unit 2845 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.51. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 77.3%
Average office actions / grant 1.51
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
89833
Primary art unit
2845
Work group
2840
Technology center
2800
Applications
754
Granted applications
583
Examiner phone
(571) 270-7650

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 50 67.0% 1.67
Group 231 68.9% 1.60
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.51 1,138 office actions across 754 applications
Applications with office actions 99.5% 750 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 4 0.5%
1 OA 509 67.5%
2 OAs 147 19.5%
3 OAs 53 7.0%
4 OAs 31 4.1%
5+ OAs 10 1.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2013: 60.6% 2013 2014: 64.8% 2014 2015: 76.7% 2015 2016: 74.6% 2016 2017: 90.6% 2017 2018: 89.2% 2018 2019: 98.3% 2019 2020: 91.9% 2020 2021: 88.3% 2021 2022: 96.6% 2022 2023: 90.2% 2023 2024: 84.4% 2024 2025: 49.2% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2013332060.6%
2014543564.8%
2015433376.7%
2016675074.6%
2017645890.6%
2018655889.2%
2019585798.3%
2020625791.9%
2021605388.3%
2022595796.6%
2023514690.2%
2024322784.4%
2025653249.2%
20264100.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 750 1.1% 4.8% 85.3% 1.5%
Action 2 241 0.0% 7.1% 84.6% 4.6%
Action 3 94 0.0% 6.4% 91.5% 0.0%
Action 4 41 0.0% 7.3% 92.7% 0.0%
Action 5 10 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 1.2% 2 of 171 office actions
All years 0.7% 8 of 1,138 office actions
Change +0.5 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
0.8%
0.0%
2.8%
0.0%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.1%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
5.1%
2025: August memo
0.0%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 3. Merits outcomes: 3 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/3 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
0.0% 0/3 decisions
Median appeal duration
21.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
May. 7, 2018 13/277,497 Affirmed N/A
Nov. 10, 2016 13/184,692 Affirmed §103
Jul. 15, 2016 13/250,561 Affirmed §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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