Examiner Tri H. Phan

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2022 (49 months ago).

Examiner Tri H. Phan appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 93.4%, they average 1.27 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 1.27

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 15 years (2008-2022)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2470 - Multiplex and VoIP

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 747
Granted Applications: 698
Non-Granted Applications: 49
Avg OA / Grant: 1.27
Last OA Observed: February 2022 (49 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2416 , 2471 , 2616
Work Groups Seen: 2410 - Multiplex and VoIP

2470 - Multiplex and VoIP

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	93.4%	1.27
Art Unit	23	77.6%	1.65
Group	203	65.0%	1.93
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	30	27	90.0%
2009	65	61	93.8%
2010	49	49	100.0%
2011	52	49	94.2%
2012	53	49	92.5%
2013	41	38	92.7%
2014	46	44	95.7%
2015	42	41	97.6%
2016	61	57	93.4%
2017	65	60	92.3%
2018	73	66	90.4%
2019	59	55	93.2%
2020	57	51	89.5%
2021	47	44	93.6%
2022	7	7	100.0%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	748	6.3%	16.2%	55.2%	4.1%
2	175	4.6%	25.1%	45.7%	5.1%
3	25	4.0%	20.0%	56.0%	20.0%
4	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	33.3%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

7.6%

2008

10.5%

2009

16.9%

2010

6.3%

2011

12.7%

2012

13.3%

2013

3.8%

2014

4.1%

2015

5.7%

2016

0.0%

2017

2.2%

2018

2.6%

2019

0.0%

2020

1.7%

2021

0.0%

2022

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