Examiner Eric T. Wong

Grant ratio: 45.2% (79th percentile in Art Unit 3692 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 3.00. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 45.2%
Average office actions / grant 3.00
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center Very hard
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
84147
Primary art unit
3692
Work group
3690
Technology center
3600
Applications
577
Granted applications
261
Examiner phone
(571) 270-3405
Supervisor
Michael W Anderson
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-0508

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 23 30.7% 2.88
Group 163 34.3% 2.69
Tech Center 2,381 46.2% 2.12
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 3.07 1,772 office actions across 577 applications
Applications with office actions 99.0% 571 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 6 1.0%
1 OA 174 30.2%
2 OAs 150 26.0%
3 OAs 68 11.8%
4 OAs 55 9.5%
5+ OAs 124 21.5%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2007: 50.0% 2007 2008: 13.3% 2008 2009: 52.9% 2009 2010: 51.6% 2010 2011: 63.3% 2011 2012: 68.6% 2012 2013: 78.6% 2013 2014: 25.9% 2014 2015: 15.6% 2015 2016: 44.4% 2016 2017: 39.4% 2017 2018: 69.0% 2018 2019: 67.6% 2019 2020: 54.5% 2020 2021: 50.0% 2021 2022: 66.7% 2022 2023: 60.9% 2023 2024: 41.2% 2024 2025: 23.1% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
20072150.0%
200830413.3%
2009341852.9%
2010311651.6%
2011301963.3%
2012352468.6%
2013282278.6%
201427725.9%
201532515.6%
2016452044.4%
2017331339.4%
2018292069.0%
2019342367.6%
2020221254.5%
202116850.0%
2022332266.7%
2023231460.9%
202417741.2%
202526623.1%
20265000.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 571 7.9% 15.9% 67.1% 1.9%
Action 2 397 20.9% 15.9% 58.7% 2.5%
Action 3 247 27.5% 13.0% 55.5% 2.4%
Action 4 179 33.5% 8.9% 53.6% 2.8%
Action 5 124 39.5% 4.0% 52.4% 2.4%
Action 6 89 37.1% 5.6% 50.6% 3.4%
Action 7 49 36.7% 12.2% 46.9% 4.1%
Action 8 31 45.2% 3.2% 51.6% 0.0%
Action 9 19 42.1% 0.0% 57.9% 0.0%
Action 10 17 35.3% 11.8% 47.1% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 33.1% 80 of 242 office actions
All years 23.1% 409 of 1,772 office actions
Change +10.0 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%
1.8%
0.0%
6.2%
1.9%
5.4%
7.5%
2014: Alice
24.6%
54.8%
51.2%
56.6%
36.8%
2019: PEG
30.1%
16.4%
9.5%
17.5%
29.6%
2024: AI examples
30.6%
2025: August memo
28.9%
37.9%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 24. Merits outcomes: 21 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 3 reversed.

Full reversal rate
12.5% 3/24 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
12.5% 3/24 decisions
Median appeal duration
16.8 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Jul. 11, 2024 16/511,263 Affirmed §101 · §102 · §103
May. 28, 2024 15/251,492 Affirmed §101 · §102 · §103 · §112
Mar. 13, 2023 12/053,487 Affirmed §101
Feb. 6, 2023 10/825,991 Affirmed §101 · §112
Oct. 22, 2021 15/625,139 Affirmed §101
Mar. 11, 2021 14/043,339 Affirmed §102
Jun. 11, 2020 13/632,491 Affirmed §101
Mar. 30, 2020 13/584,455 Affirmed §101
Nov. 19, 2019 14/635,956 Affirmed §101
Jun. 24, 2019 14/279,653 Reversed §101
Mar. 27, 2019 13/224,763 Affirmed §101
Dec. 20, 2018 14/517,566 Affirmed §101

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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