Examiner Philip Tran

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2020 (68 months ago).

Examiner Philip Tran appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 88.9%, they average 1.56 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 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 1.56

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2008-2020)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2450 - Computer Networks

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 504
Granted Applications: 448
Non-Granted Applications: 56
Avg OA / Grant: 1.56
Last OA Observed: October 2020 (68 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2155 , 2455
Work Groups Seen: 2450 - Computer Networks

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	88.9%	1.56
Art Unit	25	51.1%	2.33
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	28	25	89.3%
2009	38	33	86.8%
2010	38	32	84.2%
2011	59	51	86.4%
2012	49	43	87.8%
2013	38	35	92.1%
2014	37	31	83.8%
2015	35	32	91.4%
2016	43	38	88.4%
2017	41	36	87.8%
2018	44	40	90.9%
2019	31	31	100.0%
2020	23	21	91.3%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	506	3.4%	28.3%	48.2%	3.0%
2	184	5.4%	19.6%	62.0%	7.6%
3	77	5.2%	11.7%	70.1%	10.4%
4	32	0.0%	12.5%	71.9%	9.4%
5	12	0.0%	0.0%	83.3%	8.3%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

1.8%

2008

3.3%

2009

2.3%

2010

1.0%

2011

4.4%

2012

8.2%

2013

2.1%

2014

5.3%

2015

6.8%

2016

5.6%

2017

2.0%

2018

5.0%

2019

0.0%

2020

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