Examiner Fan Ng

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

Examiner Fan Ng appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 86.3%, they average 2.05 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.05

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 10 years (2008-2017)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2470 - Multiplex and VoIP

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 534
Granted Applications: 461
Non-Granted Applications: 73
Avg OA / Grant: 2.05
Last OA Observed: June 2017 (105 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2416 , 2471
Work Groups Seen: 2410 - Multiplex and VoIP

2470 - Multiplex and VoIP

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	86.3%	2.05
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	13	6	46.2%
2009	53	42	79.2%
2010	66	55	83.3%
2011	66	60	90.9%
2012	68	60	88.2%
2013	73	66	90.4%
2014	63	54	85.7%
2015	48	44	91.7%
2016	61	52	85.2%
2017	23	22	95.7%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	534	2.8%	18.0%	74.0%	3.4%
2	306	18.0%	12.7%	46.7%	19.3%
3	130	5.4%	11.5%	73.8%	9.2%
4	68	7.4%	8.8%	70.6%	11.8%
5	28	3.6%	10.7%	78.6%	7.1%
6	15	20.0%	13.3%	66.7%	0.0%
7	6	50.0%	16.7%	33.3%	0.0%
8	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2008

5.5%

2009

17.6%

2010

17.7%

2011

12.6%

2012

3.3%

2013

1.8%

2014

6.3%

2015

1.9%

2016

4.0%

2017

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