Examiner Kent N Shum
Grant ratio: 8.4% (10th percentile in Art Unit 3723 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.73. Most common rejection type: §103.
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Last office action in data: August 2026
Examiner record
- Examiner ID
- 98726
- Primary art unit
- 3723
- Work group
- 3720
- Technology center
- 3700
- Applications
- 179
- Granted applications
- 15
- Examiner phone
- (703) 756-1435
- Supervisor
- Monica S Carter
- Supervisor phone
- (571) 272-4475
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| Group | Examiners | Average grant ratio | Average office actions / grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art Unit | 87 | 44.4% | 1.69 |
| Group | 314 | 51.5% | 1.76 |
| Tech Center | 2,671 | 48.4% | 2.01 |
| USPTO | 16,475 | 52.7% | 1.98 |
Office actions per application
| Office actions | Applications | Share of applications |
|---|---|---|
| No OA observed | 4 | 2.2% |
| 1 OA | 56 | 31.3% |
| 2 OAs | 57 | 31.8% |
| 3 OAs | 18 | 10.1% |
| 4 OAs | 36 | 20.1% |
| 5+ OAs | 8 | 4.5% |
Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.
Grant history
Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.
Yearly counts
| Year | Applications | Grants | Grant rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | 2 | 33.3% |
| 2024 | 39 | 6 | 15.4% |
| 2025 | 60 | 7 | 11.7% |
| 2026 | 74 | 0 | 0.0% |
Rejections by office-action stage
| Office-action stage | Actions observed | §101 | §102 | §103 | §112 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Action 1 | 175 | 0.0% | 8.0% | 80.0% | 10.9% |
| Action 2 | 119 | 0.0% | 7.6% | 85.7% | 9.2% |
| Action 3 | 62 | 0.0% | 1.6% | 82.3% | 14.5% |
| Action 4 | 44 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 81.8% | 11.4% |
| Action 5 | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 12.5% |
| Action 6 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
Section 101 rejections
Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.
By year
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
0.0%
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.