Examiner Steve Lin

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2022 (47 months ago).

Examiner Steve Lin appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 81.9%, they average 1.99 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 1.99

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2013-2022)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2440 - Computer Networks

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 188
Granted Applications: 154
Non-Granted Applications: 34
Avg OA / Grant: 1.99
Last OA Observed: August 2022 (47 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2446
Work Groups Seen: 2440 - Computer Networks

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	81.9%	1.99
Art Unit	22	59.7%	2.04
Group	209	56.3%	2.42
Tech Center	1,748	59.1%	2.14
USPTO	16,347	53.5%	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 2013; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2013	2	1	50.0%
2014	21	15	71.4%
2015	28	22	78.6%
2016	20	16	80.0%
2017	25	19	76.0%
2018	27	22	81.5%
2019	14	11	78.6%
2020	15	15	100.0%
2021	21	19	90.5%
2022	15	14	93.3%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	192	0.0%	1.0%	94.8%	0.0%
2	116	0.0%	1.7%	97.4%	0.0%
3	42	0.0%	2.4%	92.9%	0.0%
4	19	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	6	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%