Examiner Phutthiwat Wongwian

Grant ratio: 84.6% (94th percentile in Art Unit 3741 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.33. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: July 2026
Grant ratio 84.6%
Average office actions / grant 1.33
Compared with Art unit Very easy
Compared with Work group Very easy
Compared with Technology center Very easy
Compared with USPTO Very easy

Examiner record

Examiner ID
85099
Primary art unit
3741
Work group
3740
Technology center
3700
Applications
487
Granted applications
412
Examiner phone
(571) 270-5426
Supervisor
Alex Beck
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-3750

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 54 64.4% 1.81
Group 444 57.6% 1.86
Tech Center 2,671 48.4% 2.01
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.37 671 office actions across 490 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 490 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 330 67.3%
2 OAs 146 29.8%
3 OAs 10 2.0%
4 OAs 2 0.4%
5+ OAs 2 0.4%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 86.7% 2008 2009: 87.9% 2009 2011: 89.1% 2011 2012: 88.0% 2012 2013: 89.8% 2013 2014: 78.6% 2014 2015: 25.0% 2015 2016: 0.0% 2016 2024: 0.0% 2024 2025: 66.7% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008453986.7%
2009918087.9%
2011645789.1%
201211710388.0%
20131089789.8%
2014423378.6%
20154125.0%
2016900.0%
2024100.0%
20253266.7%
2026300.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 490 1.4% 24.9% 55.3% 9.4%
Action 2 160 0.0% 22.5% 58.8% 11.3%
Action 3 14 0.0% 35.7% 57.1% 7.1%
Action 4 4 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Action 5 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 14.3% 1 of 7 office actions
All years 1.0% 7 of 671 office actions
Change +13.2 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%
0.9%
1.3%
0.7%
2014: Alice
3.6%
0.0%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
0.0%
2025: August memo
33.3%
0.0%

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

PTAB appeals

Matched decisions: 2. Merits outcomes: 1 affirmed, 1 affirmed in part, and 0 reversed.

Full reversal rate
0.0% 0/2 decisions
Full or partial reversal rate
50.0% 1/2 decisions
Median appeal duration
33.6 months
New grounds of rejection
0
Recent decisions
DecisionApplicationOutcomeIssues
Mar. 20, 2014 11/500,087 Affirmed §102 · §103
Dec. 12, 2012 11/718,525 Affirmed in part 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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