Examiner Dung T Ulsh

Grant ratio: 64.1% (69th percentile in Art Unit 3783 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 1.90. Most common rejection type: §103.

Recently active Last office action in data: August 2026
Grant ratio 64.1%
Average office actions / grant 1.90
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
93629
Primary art unit
3783
Work group
3780
Technology center
3700
Applications
393
Granted applications
252
Examiner phone
(571) 272-9894
Supervisor
Bhisma Mehta
Supervisor phone
(571) 272-3383

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 81 45.9% 1.98
Group 297 41.7% 1.90
Tech Center 2,671 48.4% 2.01
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 1.80 706 office actions across 393 applications
Applications with office actions 98.2% 386 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 7 1.8%
1 OA 194 49.4%
2 OAs 107 27.2%
3 OAs 56 14.2%
4 OAs 20 5.1%
5+ OAs 9 2.3%

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

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2017: 66.7% 2017 2018: 59.6% 2018 2019: 79.5% 2019 2020: 71.8% 2020 2021: 72.4% 2021 2022: 77.8% 2022 2023: 86.5% 2023 2024: 93.9% 2024 2025: 32.4% 2025 2026: 0.0% 2026

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2017151066.7%
2018472859.6%
2019443579.5%
2020392871.8%
2021292172.4%
2022544277.8%
2023524586.5%
2024333193.9%
2025371232.4%
20264300.0%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 386 1.0% 15.0% 64.5% 3.9%
Action 2 192 0.0% 10.9% 78.6% 3.6%
Action 3 85 0.0% 8.2% 83.5% 5.9%
Action 4 29 0.0% 0.0% 93.1% 3.4%
Action 5 9 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 7 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years 0.6% 1 of 173 office actions
All years 0.6% 4 of 706 office actions
Change +0.0 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%
0.0%
2019: PEG
0.0%
1.2%
0.0%
2.5%
0.0%
2024: AI examples
2.0%
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.

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