Examiner Wei-Po Kao

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2017 (105 months ago).

Examiner Wei-Po Kao appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 77.4%, they average 2.58 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.58

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2008-2017)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2460 - Multiplex and VoIP

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 301
Granted Applications: 233
Non-Granted Applications: 68
Avg OA / Grant: 2.58
Last OA Observed: August 2017 (105 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2416 , 2464 , 2616
Work Groups Seen: 2410 - Multiplex and VoIP

2460 - Multiplex and VoIP

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	77.4%	2.58
Art Unit	23	71.5%	1.93
Group	224	61.6%	2.07
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	18	10	55.6%
2009	31	23	74.2%
2010	32	23	71.9%
2011	45	34	75.6%
2012	22	20	90.9%
2013	33	28	84.8%
2014	22	18	81.8%
2015	37	26	70.3%
2016	46	39	84.8%
2017	15	12	80.0%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	301	1.3%	2.0%	93.4%	1.0%
2	209	1.0%	0.5%	95.2%	0.5%
3	114	0.0%	0.9%	98.2%	0.0%
4	79	0.0%	0.0%	98.7%	1.3%
5	38	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	29	3.4%	0.0%	93.1%	0.0%
7	15	0.0%	6.7%	93.3%	0.0%
8	6	16.7%	0.0%	83.3%	0.0%
9	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

1.2%

2008

0.0%

2009

0.0%

2010

1.1%

2011

1.4%

2012

2.6%

2013

1.3%

2014

2.4%

2015

0.0%

2016

0.0%

2017

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