Examiner Jeffrey Keith Wong

Grant ratio: 51.9% (70th percentile in Art Unit 3715 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.78. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 51.9%
Average office actions / grant 2.78
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO Very hard

Examiner record

Examiner ID
83482
Primary art unit
3715
Work group
3710
Technology center
3700
Applications
603
Granted applications
313
Examiner phone
(571) 270-3003
Supervisor
Kang Hu
Supervisor phone
(571) 270-1344

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 79 33.7% 2.29
Group 173 39.0% 2.15
Tech Center 2,671 48.4% 2.01
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.60 1,568 office actions across 603 applications
Applications with office actions 99.7% 601 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 2 0.3%
1 OA 181 30.0%
2 OAs 177 29.4%
3 OAs 96 15.9%
4 OAs 73 12.1%
5+ OAs 74 12.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 18.8% 2008 2009: 48.0% 2009 2010: 52.9% 2010 2011: 61.3% 2011 2012: 61.1% 2012 2013: 56.0% 2013 2014: 76.2% 2014 2015: 35.0% 2015 2016: 53.1% 2016 2017: 71.4% 2017 2018: 68.8% 2018 2019: 61.5% 2019 2020: 66.7% 2020 2021: 50.0% 2021 2022: 75.7% 2022 2023: 88.9% 2023 2024: 77.8% 2024 2025: 33.7% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
200816318.8%
2009251248.0%
2010341852.9%
2011311961.3%
2012181161.1%
2013251456.0%
2014211676.2%
201520735.0%
2016321753.1%
2017352571.4%
2018322268.8%
2019392461.5%
2020302066.7%
2021221150.0%
2022372875.7%
2023272488.9%
2024181477.8%
2025832833.7%
20265800.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 601 15.6% 17.8% 57.4% 2.7%
Action 2 420 23.8% 11.0% 59.0% 4.0%
Action 3 243 26.3% 7.4% 57.6% 6.2%
Action 4 147 29.3% 4.1% 58.5% 8.2%
Action 5 74 24.3% 0.0% 64.9% 9.5%
Action 6 37 21.6% 0.0% 70.3% 5.4%
Action 7 19 15.8% 5.3% 68.4% 5.3%
Action 8 12 25.0% 0.0% 66.7% 8.3%
Action 9 7 57.1% 0.0% 42.9% 0.0%
Action 10 4 50.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 60.2% 224 of 372 office actions
All years 21.8% 342 of 1,568 office actions
Change +38.4 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%
1.2%
0.0%
6.1%
2.3%
1.4%
2014: Alice
5.0%
6.5%
12.3%
10.6%
9.3%
2019: PEG
15.9%
13.4%
8.7%
32.0%
33.3%
2024: AI examples
48.7%
2025: August memo
72.6%
52.3%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 8. Merits outcomes: 7 affirmed, 0 affirmed in part, and 1 reversed.

Full reversal rate
12.5% 1/8 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
12.5% 1/8 decisions
Median appeal duration
25.5 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Sep. 19, 2025 16/944,438 Affirmed §103
Jul. 15, 2025 16/780,732 Affirmed §101 · §103
Mar. 31, 2025 16/166,489 Affirmed §101
Apr. 13, 2020 13/418,847 Affirmed §101 · §102 · §103
Jul. 2, 2015 11/888,990 Affirmed N/A
May. 30, 2014 11/208,100 Affirmed N/A
Mar. 25, 2013 10/898,584 Reversed §103
Jul. 17, 2012 11/209,027 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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