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by KellDann

Examiner Examiner Tuan Dao, Whose Telephone/Fax Numbers Are (571) 270 3387 And (571) 270 4387, Respectively. The Examiner Can Normally Be Reached On Every Monday-Thursday, And The Second Friday Of The Bi-Week From 7:30Am To 5:00Pm. If Attempts To Reach The Examiner By Telephone Are Unsuccessful, The Examiner’S Supervisor, Chat Do, Can Be Reached At (571) 272 3721. The Fax Phone Number For The Organization Where This Application Or Proceeding Is Assigned Is (571) 273 8300. Any Inquiry Of A General Nature Of Relating To The Status Of This Application Or Proceeding Should Be Directed To The Tc 2100 Group Receptionist

Examiner Examiner Tuan Dao, Whose Telephone/Fax Numbers Are (571) 270 3387 And (571) 270 4387, Respectively. The Examiner Can Normally Be Reached On Every Monday-Thursday, And The Second Friday Of The Bi-Week From 7:30Am To 5:00Pm. If Attempts To Reach The Examiner By Telephone Are Unsuccessful, The Examiner’S Supervisor, Chat Do, Can Be Reached At (571) 272 3721. The Fax Phone Number For The Organization Where This Application Or Proceeding Is Assigned Is (571) 273 8300. Any Inquiry Of A General Nature Of Relating To The Status Of This Application Or Proceeding Should Be Directed To The Tc 2100 Group Receptionist appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 77.4%, they average 2.01 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average
Difficulty vs Group Very Easy
Difficulty vs TC Very Easy
Difficulty vs USPTO About Average
Average OA / Grant 2.01
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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years
18 years (2009-2026)
Phone
(571) 272-2100
Predicted Supervisor
N/A
Supervisor Phone
N/A
Tech Center
2100 - Computer Architecture Software and Information Security
Group
2190 - Inter-process Communications and Software Development

Metrics

Applications Evaluated
819
Granted Applications
634
Non-Granted Applications
185
Avg OA / Grant
2.01
Last OA Observed
March 2026 (0 months ago)
Art Units Seen
2193 , 2194 , 2198
Work Groups Seen

Context Comparison

Scope Examiners Lifetime Grant Ratio Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner 1 77.4% 2.01
Art Unit 35 57.8% 1.86
Group 221 57.3% 2.03
Tech Center 1,706 55.9% 2.19
USPTO 16,116 54.8% 1.98

Grant Timeline

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
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 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009 17 10 58.8%
2010 38 24 63.2%
2011 43 31 72.1%
2012 46 38 82.6%
2013 61 46 75.4%
2014 55 44 80.0%
2015 54 45 83.3%
2016 52 43 82.7%
2017 63 53 84.1%
2018 52 40 76.9%
2019 51 47 92.2%
2020 41 39 95.1%
2021 42 40 95.2%
2022 42 41 97.6%
2023 44 41 93.2%
2024 40 32 80.0%
2025 58 20 34.5%
2026 20 0 0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA # Office Actions § 101 Percentage § 102 Percentage § 103 Percentage § 112 Percentage
1 818 5.5% 4.6% 86.9% 0.2%
2 445 4.0% 3.6% 89.9% 0.4%
3 208 2.9% 2.9% 89.9% 1.4%
4 109 4.6% 3.7% 88.1% 0.9%
5 41 4.9% 4.9% 85.4% 4.9%
6 17 0.0% 0.0% 94.1% 5.9%
7 9 0.0% 0.0% 88.9% 11.1%
8 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice
2019: PEG
2024: AI Examples
2025: Aug. Memo
3.1%
2009
1.8%
2010
1.6%
2011
2.3%
2012
0.0%
2013
0.8%
2014
1.0%
2015
1.8%
2016
7.0%
2017
9.8%
2018
1.3%
2019
1.5%
2020
14.8%
2021
9.0%
2022
6.5%
2023
10.3%
2024
13.1%
2025
15.0%
2026

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