Examiner Bin Shen

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2023 (31 months ago).

Examiner Bin Shen appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 73.4%, they average 1.86 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.86

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 16 years (2008-2023)
Tech Center: 1600 - Biotechnology and Organic
Group: 1650 - Enzymology, Microbiology, and Fermentation

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 865
Granted Applications: 635
Non-Granted Applications: 230
Avg OA / Grant: 1.86
Last OA Observed: August 2023 (31 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1653 , 1657
Work Groups Seen: 1650 - Enzymology, Microbiology, and Fermentation

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	73.4%	1.86
Art Unit	30	29.3%	2.39
Group	207	41.1%	2.01
Tech Center	1,349	39.5%	2.02
USPTO	16,116	54.8%	1.98

Grant Timeline

Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.

Year	Applications	Granted	Grant Rate
No observed data before 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	34	20	58.8%
2009	42	23	54.8%
2010	54	41	75.9%
2011	54	26	48.1%
2012	67	50	74.6%
2013	59	46	78.0%
2014	58	49	84.5%
2015	59	44	74.6%
2016	69	56	81.2%
2017	58	44	75.9%
2018	72	59	81.9%
2019	62	49	79.0%
2020	65	55	84.6%
2021	54	45	83.3%
2022	32	19	59.4%
2023	26	9	34.6%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

635 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	919	2.1%	16.1%	39.0%	2.7%
2	486	2.3%	12.6%	53.1%	7.2%
3	205	4.4%	10.7%	59.5%	3.4%
4	84	3.6%	10.7%	60.7%	8.3%
5	35	5.7%	17.1%	54.3%	0.0%
6	18	0.0%	16.7%	50.0%	0.0%
7	9	0.0%	11.1%	66.7%	0.0%
8	6	0.0%	16.7%	66.7%	0.0%
9	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%
10	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2008

1.0%

2009

0.8%

2010

0.0%

2011

0.9%

2012

1.1%

2013

7.3%

2014

3.5%

2015

6.6%

2016

2.7%

2017

3.4%

2018

1.7%

2019

5.8%

2020

0.9%

2021

1.6%

2022

1.9%

2023

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.