Examiner Samina Vieth

Grant ratio: 98.2% (67th percentile in Art Unit 2912 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.15. Most common rejection type: §112.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: April 2025
Grant ratio 98.2%
Average office actions / grant 1.15
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
96693
Primary art unit
2912
Work group
2900-WG
Technology center
2900
Applications
163
Granted applications
160

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 34 96.3% 1.20
Group 461 94.9% 1.19
Tech Center 486 94.6% 1.20
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.15 187 office actions across 163 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 163 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 139 85.3%
2 OAs 24 14.7%
3 OAs 0 0.0%
4 OAs 0 0.0%
5+ OAs 0 0.0%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2021: 100.0% 2021 2022: 100.0% 2022 2023: 96.6% 2023 2024: 100.0% 2024 2025: 85.7% 2025

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
202122100.0%
20224141100.0%
2023585696.6%
20245555100.0%
20257685.7%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 163 0.0% 8.0% 1.2% 79.1%
Action 2 24 0.0% 4.2% 0.0% 83.3%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.0% 0 of 92 office actions
All years 0.0% 0 of 187 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

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

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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