Examiner Jinney Kil

Grant ratio: 29.8% (18th percentile in Art Unit 3646 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.25. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 29.8%
Average office actions / grant 2.25
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
95540
Primary art unit
3646
Work group
3640
Technology center
3600
Applications
242
Granted applications
72
Examiner phone
(571) 272-3191
Supervisor
Jack Keith
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-6878

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 29 57.9% 1.86
Group 281 52.9% 1.75
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.70 654 office actions across 242 applications
Applications with office actions 97.1% 235 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 7 2.9%
1 OA 69 28.5%
2 OAs 61 25.2%
3 OAs 40 16.5%
4 OAs 30 12.4%
5+ OAs 35 14.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2020: 60.0% 2020 2021: 53.3% 2021 2022: 57.7% 2022 2023: 35.1% 2023 2024: 35.1% 2024 2025: 10.5% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20205360.0%
2021452453.3%
2022261557.7%
2023371335.1%
2024371335.1%
202538410.5%
20265400.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 235 0.4% 11.9% 76.2% 6.8%
Action 2 166 3.0% 9.0% 78.3% 6.6%
Action 3 105 2.9% 3.8% 82.9% 8.6%
Action 4 65 0.0% 3.1% 93.8% 3.1%
Action 5 35 5.7% 2.9% 91.4% 0.0%
Action 6 24 0.0% 0.0% 95.8% 0.0%
Action 7 10 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 8 12.5% 0.0% 87.5% 12.5%
Action 9 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 2 50.0% 0.0% 100.0% 50.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 3.5% 12 of 343 office actions
All years 2.0% 13 of 654 office actions
Change +1.5 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%
1.6%
2024: AI examples
1.5%
2025: August memo
3.0%
8.7%

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
13.7 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jun. 29, 2026 17/815,756 Affirmed §103
Feb. 18, 2025 16/634,365 Reversed §101 · §103 · §112

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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