Examiner Sam Huang

Appears inactive Last observed office action: September 2021 (57 months ago).

Examiner Sam Huang appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 5.3%, they average 1.00 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 1.00

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2009-2021)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2420 - Cable and Television

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 19
Granted Applications: 1
Non-Granted Applications: 18
Avg OA / Grant: 1.00
Last OA Observed: September 2021 (57 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2422 , 2424 , 2468
Work Groups Seen: 2420 - Cable and Television

2460 - Multiplex and VoIP

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	5.3%	1.00
Art Unit	19	60.4%	1.88
Group	129	53.5%	2.61
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 2009; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2009	2	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2010.
2011	3	1	33.3%
2012	6	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2013-2014.
2015	7	0	0.0%
No observed data for 2016-2020.
2021	1	0	0.0%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	18	0.0%	11.1%	83.3%	5.6%
2	10	0.0%	10.0%	80.0%	10.0%
3	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	50.0%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%