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Examiner Van Kim T. Nguyen

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2016 (112 months ago).

Examiner Van Kim T. Nguyen appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 60.6%, they average 3.33 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by ยง103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average
Difficulty vs Group About Average
Difficulty vs TC About Average
Difficulty vs USPTO About Average
Average OA / Grant 3.33
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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years
9 years (2008-2016)
Tech Center
2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group
2450 - Computer Networks

Metrics

Applications Evaluated
213
Granted Applications
129
Non-Granted Applications
84
Avg OA / Grant
3.33
Last OA Observed
December 2016 (112 months ago)
Art Units Seen
2152 , 2456
Work Groups Seen
2450 - Computer Networks

Context Comparison

Scope Examiners Lifetime Grant Ratio Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner 1 60.6% 3.33
Art Unit 19 53.6% 2.80
Group 208 59.3% 2.41
Tech Center 1,727 60.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,116 54.8% 1.98

Grant Timeline

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
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 13 5 38.5%
2009 18 9 50.0%
2010 32 21 65.6%
2011 26 15 57.7%
2012 22 9 40.9%
2013 29 17 58.6%
2014 34 23 67.6%
2015 24 16 66.7%
2016 15 14 93.3%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA # Office Actions § 101 Percentage § 102 Percentage § 103 Percentage § 112 Percentage
1 213 0.5% 13.1% 83.1% 0.9%
2 160 0.6% 5.0% 93.8% 0.6%
3 111 0.0% 4.5% 95.5% 0.0%
4 83 0.0% 4.8% 95.2% 0.0%
5 46 0.0% 4.3% 95.7% 0.0%
6 32 0.0% 6.3% 93.8% 0.0%
7 8 0.0% 12.5% 75.0% 12.5%
8 5 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
9 4 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
10 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice
1.3%
2008
1.3%
2009
0.0%
2010
0.0%
2011
0.0%
2012
0.0%
2013
0.0%
2014
0.0%
2015
0.0%
2016

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