Examiner Wen-Tai Lin

Appears inactive Last observed office action: November 2015 (124 months ago).

Examiner Wen-Tai Lin appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 77.4%, they average 2.10 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.10

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2008-2015)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2450 - Computer Networks

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 438
Granted Applications: 339
Non-Granted Applications: 99
Avg OA / Grant: 2.10
Last OA Observed: November 2015 (124 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2154 , 2454
Work Groups Seen: 2450 - Computer Networks

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	77.4%	2.10
Art Unit	42	64.3%	2.14
Group	208	59.3%	2.41
Tech Center	1,727	60.4%	2.14
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	45	32	71.1%
2009	65	50	76.9%
2010	49	40	81.6%
2011	64	50	78.1%
2012	58	42	72.4%
2013	71	54	76.1%
2014	49	41	83.7%
2015	37	30	81.1%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	438	3.0%	8.7%	86.8%	1.1%
2	244	1.2%	7.0%	89.8%	0.8%
3	115	0.9%	0.9%	95.7%	0.9%
4	61	0.0%	4.9%	95.1%	0.0%
5	32	0.0%	6.3%	93.8%	0.0%
6	15	0.0%	6.7%	86.7%	0.0%
7	9	0.0%	11.1%	66.7%	11.1%
8	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

1.9%

2008

2.6%

2009

5.4%

2010

2.3%

2011

0.7%

2012

0.7%

2013

0.0%

2014

0.0%

2015

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