Examiner Andrew E Lee

Grant ratio: 12.0% (16th percentile in Art Unit 3626 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.64. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: October 2026
Grant ratio 12.0%
Average office actions / grant 3.64
Compared with Art unit Very hard
Compared with Work group Very hard
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
94252
Primary art unit
3626
Work group
3620
Technology center
3600
Applications
184
Granted applications
22
Examiner phone
(571) 272-8323

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 61 21.8% 2.85
Group 364 26.3% 2.84
Tech Center 2,394 45.5% 2.12
USPTO 16,620 51.8% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.84 522 office actions across 184 applications
Applications with office actions 99.5% 183 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 1 0.5%
1 OA 52 28.3%
2 OAs 47 25.5%
3 OAs 15 8.2%
4 OAs 43 23.4%
5+ OAs 26 14.1%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2018: 0.0% 2018 2019: 0.0% 2019 2020: 31.6% 2020 2021: 26.7% 2021 2022: 29.2% 2022 2023: 25.0% 2023 2024: 0.0% 2024 2025: 4.0% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2018400.0%
20191300.0%
202019631.6%
202115426.7%
202224729.2%
202316425.0%
20242100.0%
20252514.0%
20264700.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 183 0.0% 1.1% 97.8% 0.5%
Action 2 131 3.8% 35.1% 58.8% 0.8%
Action 3 84 4.8% 31.0% 63.1% 0.0%
Action 4 69 7.2% 26.1% 65.2% 0.0%
Action 5 26 11.5% 23.1% 65.4% 0.0%
Action 6 17 11.8% 29.4% 52.9% 0.0%
Action 7 7 57.1% 0.0% 42.9% 0.0%
Action 8 4 75.0% 0.0% 25.0% 0.0%
Action 9 1 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 10.0% 22 of 219 office actions
All years 5.2% 27 of 522 office actions
Change +4.9 pts Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-10-23–2026-10-23. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
2019: PEG
5.3%
0.0%
0.0%
1.8%
4.8%
2024: AI examples
9.6%
2025: August memo
8.7%
11.5%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 10. Merits outcomes: 7 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 3 reversed.

Full reversal rate
30.0% 3/10 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
30.0% 3/10 decisions
Median appeal duration
14.1 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Aug. 21, 2026 17/151,382 Affirmed §101 · §103 · §112
Aug. 25, 2025 16/629,447 Affirmed §101
Mar. 19, 2025 15/884,462 Affirmed §101 · §102
Jul. 17, 2024 15/621,906 Affirmed §101 · §103 · §112
May. 20, 2024 15/590,721 Affirmed §101 · §103 · §112
Mar. 27, 2024 15/621,324 Reversed N/A
Dec. 27, 2023 15/436,180 Reversed §103
Oct. 24, 2023 15/256,491 Affirmed §101 · §103 · §112
Dec. 13, 2021 15/443,672 Affirmed §101
Nov. 16, 2021 15/415,758 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. 30, 2026.

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