Examiner Bryce Aisaka

Grant ratio: 81.8% (27th percentile in Art Unit 2851 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 81.8%
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
87388
Primary art unit
2851
Work group
2850
Technology center
2800
Applications
757
Granted applications
619
Examiner phone
(571) 270-5808
Supervisor
Jack Chiang
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-7483

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 26 75.8% 1.52
Group 380 61.0% 1.65
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.54 1,167 office actions across 757 applications
Applications with office actions 99.3% 752 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 5 0.7%
1 OA 525 69.4%
2 OAs 126 16.6%
3 OAs 54 7.1%
4 OAs 28 3.7%
5+ OAs 19 2.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2011: 71.4% 2011 2012: 65.5% 2012 2013: 83.9% 2013 2014: 59.5% 2014 2015: 56.3% 2015 2016: 76.5% 2016 2017: 89.7% 2017 2018: 95.5% 2018 2019: 96.1% 2019 2020: 93.5% 2020 2021: 94.2% 2021 2022: 98.3% 2022 2023: 95.1% 2023 2024: 94.7% 2024 2025: 60.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2011282071.4%
2012291965.5%
2013312683.9%
2014422559.5%
2015321856.3%
2016513976.5%
2017585289.7%
2018676495.5%
2019514996.1%
2020625893.5%
2021696594.2%
2022595898.3%
2023413995.1%
2024575494.7%
2025553360.0%
20262500.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 752 15.2% 13.6% 35.2% 28.3%
Action 2 227 26.9% 16.7% 34.8% 17.2%
Action 3 101 17.8% 13.9% 42.6% 19.8%
Action 4 47 19.1% 6.4% 55.3% 12.8%
Action 5 19 15.8% 0.0% 52.6% 15.8%
Action 6 7 28.6% 0.0% 14.3% 28.6%
Action 7 5 20.0% 0.0% 20.0% 20.0%
Action 8 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Action 9 2 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0%
Action 10 2 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 4.9% 8 of 163 office actions
All years 18.3% 213 of 1,167 office actions
Change -13.3 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%
66.7%
28.2%
10.0%
14.9%
2014: Alice
11.2%
30.9%
29.8%
44.0%
65.9%
2019: PEG
5.0%
1.4%
0.0%
0.0%
2.0%
2024: AI examples
4.8%
2025: August memo
6.6%
3.8%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 9. Merits outcomes: 4 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 5 reversed.

Full reversal rate
55.6% 5/9 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
55.6% 5/9 decisions
Median appeal duration
25.1 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Aug. 5, 2024 16/852,640 Reversed §102 · §103
Nov. 15, 2017 13/460,346 Affirmed §103
Feb. 9, 2017 13/451,879 Reversed §103 · §112
Apr. 28, 2016 13/344,851 Reversed §103
Mar. 30, 2016 12/236,646 Reversed §103
Feb. 29, 2016 12/333,288 Affirmed §103
Feb. 29, 2016 12/198,030 Affirmed §103
Sep. 28, 2015 13/043,761 Affirmed N/A
Aug. 29, 2014 12/352,538 Reversed New ground of rejection N/A

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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