Examiner Thomas Duong

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2011 (181 months ago).

Examiner Thomas Duong appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 68.3%, they average 1.63 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 Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.63

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2007-2011)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2440 - Computer Networks

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 60
Granted Applications: 41
Non-Granted Applications: 19
Avg OA / Grant: 1.63
Last OA Observed: March 2011 (181 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2145 , 2445 , 2454
Work Groups Seen: 2440 - Computer Networks

2450 - Computer Networks

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	68.3%	1.63
Art Unit	25	54.1%	2.46
Group	207	56.7%	2.42
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
2007	1	1	100.0%
2008	25	20	80.0%
2009	24	15	62.5%
2010	8	5	62.5%
2011	2	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2011; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	60	1.7%	8.3%	86.7%	1.7%
2	27	0.0%	7.4%	92.6%	0.0%
3	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%

2007

0.0%

2008

2.7%

2009

0.0%

2010

0.0%

2011

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