Examiner Tuyen Kim Vo

Grant ratio: 74.6% (66th percentile in Art Unit 2887 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.80. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 74.6%
Average office actions / grant 1.80
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
83109
Primary art unit
2887
Work group
2880
Technology center
2800
Applications
1,231
Granted applications
918
Examiner phone
(571) 270-1657
Supervisor
Steven Paik
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-2404

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 19 61.6% 1.88
Group 164 64.9% 1.71
Tech Center 2,413 62.4% 1.69
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.81 2,231 office actions across 1,231 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 1,231 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 691 56.1%
2 OAs 310 25.2%
3 OAs 115 9.3%
4 OAs 58 4.7%
5+ OAs 57 4.6%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 73.3% 2008 2009: 68.3% 2009 2010: 72.2% 2010 2011: 68.3% 2011 2012: 82.8% 2012 2013: 82.5% 2013 2014: 83.3% 2014 2015: 90.2% 2015 2016: 74.7% 2016 2017: 75.8% 2017 2018: 81.5% 2018 2019: 82.8% 2019 2020: 76.1% 2020 2021: 79.4% 2021 2022: 84.1% 2022 2023: 76.2% 2023 2024: 90.6% 2024 2025: 45.3% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008453373.3%
2009634368.3%
2010795772.2%
2011634368.3%
2012937782.8%
2013635282.5%
2014847083.3%
2015514690.2%
2016795974.7%
2017665075.8%
2018816681.5%
2019584882.8%
2020675176.1%
2021635079.4%
2022635384.1%
2023634876.2%
2024534890.6%
2025532445.3%
20264400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 1,231 1.0% 10.8% 77.7% 3.2%
Action 2 540 0.6% 11.5% 81.9% 1.3%
Action 3 230 0.0% 7.0% 88.3% 1.3%
Action 4 115 0.0% 7.8% 89.6% 0.0%
Action 5 57 0.0% 7.0% 93.0% 0.0%
Action 6 27 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 13 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 6 0.0% 0.0% 83.3% 0.0%
Action 9 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.8% 2 of 238 office actions
All years 0.7% 15 of 2,231 office actions
Change +0.2 pts Percentage points

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

By year

1.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
2014: Alice
0.0%
0.0%
0.7%
0.7%
1.4%
2019: PEG
1.7%
0.9%
0.0%
3.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
1.3%
1.9%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 10. Merits outcomes: 2 affirmed, 4 affirmed in part, and 4 reversed.

Full reversal rate
40.0% 4/10 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
80.0% 8/10 decisions
Median appeal duration
29.4 months
New grounds of rejection
1
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Apr. 30, 2025 17/109,086 Affirmed in part §103 · §120
Dec. 18, 2015 13/156,467 Affirmed N/A
Apr. 27, 2015 12/686,096 Affirmed in part §101 · §102 · §103
Feb. 27, 2015 12/559,993 Affirmed in part N/A
Sep. 24, 2014 12/494,997 Reversed N/A
Jul. 17, 2014 11/470,073 Reversed §102 · §103
Feb. 19, 2014 11/834,773 Affirmed in part N/A
Apr. 10, 2013 11/782,173 Reversed N/A
Dec. 12, 2012 11/641,556 Reversed New ground of rejection §102 · §103
Aug. 8, 2012 11/552,651 Affirmed 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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