Examiner Ryu-Sung Peter Weinmann

Grant ratio: 14.5% (22nd percentile in Art Unit 2859 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.10. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: July 2026
Grant ratio 14.5%
Average office actions / grant 1.10
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
99538
Primary art unit
2859
Work group
2850
Technology center
2800
Applications
69
Granted applications
10
Examiner phone
(703) 756-5964
Supervisor
Julian Huffman
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-2147

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 56 45.9% 1.72
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 2.28 157 office actions across 69 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 69 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 25 36.2%
2 OAs 18 26.1%
3 OAs 12 17.4%
4 OAs 11 15.9%
5+ OAs 3 4.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2024: 100.0% 2024 2025: 29.6% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202422100.0%
202527829.6%
20264000.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 69 1.4% 17.4% 71.0% 4.3%
Action 2 44 4.5% 15.9% 77.3% 0.0%
Action 3 26 0.0% 15.4% 80.8% 3.8%
Action 4 14 0.0% 28.6% 71.4% 14.3%
Action 5 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 1.9% 3 of 157 office actions
All years 1.9% 3 of 157 office actions
Change 0.0 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
1.1%
3.8%

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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