Examiner Hung Q. Pham

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2023 (34 months ago).

Examiner Hung Q. Pham appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 83.8%, they average 2.24 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 About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.24

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 16 years (2008-2023)
Tech Center: 2100 - Computer Architecture Software and Information Security
Group: 2150 - Databases and File Management

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 727
Granted Applications: 609
Non-Granted Applications: 118
Avg OA / Grant: 2.24
Last OA Observed: May 2023 (34 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2159 , 2168 , 2169
Work Groups Seen: 2150 - Databases and File Management

2160 - Databases and File Management

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	83.8%	2.24
Art Unit	18	63.0%	2.72
Group	120	60.4%	2.66
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	21	15	71.4%
2009	43	34	79.1%
2010	38	27	71.1%
2011	43	38	88.4%
2012	53	41	77.4%
2013	48	44	91.7%
2014	62	46	74.2%
2015	55	50	90.9%
2016	55	46	83.6%
2017	48	41	85.4%
2018	54	49	90.7%
2019	47	37	78.7%
2020	55	49	89.1%
2021	46	42	91.3%
2022	45	40	88.9%
2023	14	10	71.4%
No observed data after 2023; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	724	1.7%	15.7%	66.0%	12.2%
2	445	2.7%	12.1%	71.0%	11.0%
3	233	2.6%	10.7%	72.1%	10.7%
4	120	1.7%	5.8%	84.2%	7.5%
5	60	5.0%	8.3%	75.0%	10.0%
6	28	3.6%	3.6%	85.7%	7.1%
7	16	6.3%	6.3%	68.8%	12.5%
8	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
9	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%
10	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

2.5%

2008

2.2%

2009

0.0%

2010

0.0%

2011

2.9%

2012

0.7%

2013

0.8%

2014

1.9%

2015

2.2%

2016

4.3%

2017

8.7%

2018

1.1%

2019

4.0%

2020

0.0%

2021

1.4%

2022

4.0%

2023

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