Examiner Thai Phan

Appears inactive Last observed office action: July 2022 (44 months ago).

Examiner Thai Phan appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 88.4%, they average 1.28 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §102 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.28

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 15 years (2008-2022)
Tech Center: 2100 - Computer Architecture Software and Information Security
Group: 2120 - Artificial Intelligence

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 670
Granted Applications: 592
Non-Granted Applications: 78
Avg OA / Grant: 1.28
Last OA Observed: July 2022 (44 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2128 , 2147
Work Groups Seen: 2120 - Artificial Intelligence

2140 - Artificial Intelligence

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	88.4%	1.28
Art Unit	37	48.0%	2.19
Group	316	48.6%	1.98
Tech Center	1,706	55.9%	2.19
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	54	43	79.6%
2009	61	54	88.5%
2010	60	55	91.7%
2011	59	52	88.1%
2012	48	44	91.7%
2013	43	41	95.3%
2014	35	32	91.4%
2015	24	21	87.5%
2016	33	28	84.8%
2017	24	22	91.7%
2018	70	63	90.0%
2019	41	37	90.2%
2020	47	38	80.9%
2021	54	50	92.6%
2022	17	12	70.6%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	694	14.6%	48.1%	15.7%	4.6%
2	144	19.4%	42.4%	26.4%	3.5%
3	37	32.4%	27.0%	32.4%	2.7%
4	18	16.7%	33.3%	44.4%	0.0%
5	5	40.0%	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

3.9%

2008

1.2%

2009

3.6%

2010

3.0%

2011

5.9%

2012

2.1%

2013

2.6%

2014

3.0%

2015

5.3%

2016

3.0%

2017

46.6%

2018

19.7%

2019

37.3%

2020

39.5%

2021

35.7%

2022

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