Examiner Bryan Bui

Grant ratio: 90.8% (95th percentile in Art Unit 2865 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.34. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: May 2023
Grant ratio 90.8%
Average office actions / grant 1.34
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
73990
Primary art unit
2865
Work group
2860
Technology center
2800
Applications
1,244
Granted applications
1,130

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 11 57.7% 2.44
Group 130 67.0% 1.82
Tech Center 2,428 61.6% 1.69
USPTO 16,572 52.1% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.34 1,680 office actions across 1,257 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 1,257 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 947 75.3%
2 OAs 234 18.6%
3 OAs 49 3.9%
4 OAs 18 1.4%
5+ OAs 9 0.7%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 84.8% 2008 2009: 95.8% 2009 2010: 97.0% 2010 2011: 92.7% 2011 2012: 89.3% 2012 2013: 89.5% 2013 2014: 94.4% 2014 2015: 84.6% 2015 2016: 86.5% 2016 2017: 91.1% 2017 2018: 86.8% 2018 2019: 89.2% 2019 2020: 87.5% 2020 2021: 93.4% 2021 2022: 97.6% 2022 2023: 84.0% 2023

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008665684.8%
2009959195.8%
20101009797.0%
2011968992.7%
2012847589.3%
2013867789.5%
2014726894.4%
2015786684.6%
2016897786.5%
2017797291.1%
2018766686.8%
2019746689.2%
2020645687.5%
2021767193.4%
2022848297.6%
2023252184.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,257 11.7% 8.3% 43.8% 27.0%
Action 2 310 17.7% 3.9% 37.4% 29.4%
Action 3 76 9.2% 6.6% 46.1% 30.3%
Action 4 27 14.8% 3.7% 51.9% 22.2%
Action 5 9 22.2% 0.0% 77.8% 0.0%
Action 6 1 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 12.9% 216 of 1,680 office actions
Change N/A Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-02–2026-10-02. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
6.7%
9.1%
19.8%
7.1%
10.4%
7.8%
2014: Alice
9.2%
13.5%
15.7%
20.0%
16.1%
2019: PEG
12.2%
16.1%
11.5%
16.3%
12.2%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
18.1 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Apr. 11, 2019 15/390,254 Affirmed §101
May. 28, 2014 11/965,852 Reversed §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 Oct. 9, 2026.

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