Examiner Tung Q. Tran

Grant ratio: 79.2% (58th percentile in Art Unit 2473 among examiners with at least 20 applications). Average office actions per grant: 2.31. Most common rejection type: §103.

Appears inactive Last office action in data: May 2014
Grant ratio 79.2%
Average office actions / grant 2.31
Compared with Art unit About average
Compared with Work group About average
Compared with Technology center About average
Compared with USPTO About average

Examiner record

Examiner ID
82847
Primary art unit
2473
Work group
2470
Technology center
2400
Applications
154
Granted applications
122

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Peer comparisons

GroupExaminersAverage grant ratioAverage office actions / grant
Art Unit 27 65.9% 1.96
Group 202 63.7% 1.93
Tech Center 1,754 58.4% 2.14
USPTO 16,475 52.7% 1.98

Office actions per application

Average office actions per application 2.32 358 office actions across 154 applications
Applications with office actions 100.0% 154 applications
Office actionsApplicationsShare of applications
No OA observed 0 0.0%
1 OA 58 37.7%
2 OAs 46 29.9%
3 OAs 23 14.9%
4 OAs 13 8.4%
5+ OAs 14 9.1%

Each application is counted once. “5+” includes all higher counts.

Grant history

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008: 70.4% 2008 2009: 77.8% 2009 2010: 75.0% 2010 2011: 93.1% 2011 2012: 78.9% 2012 2013: 81.3% 2013 2014: 66.7% 2014

Recent ratios may be lower while applications remain pending.

Yearly counts
YearApplicationsGrantsGrant rate
2008271970.4%
2009362877.8%
2010241875.0%
2011292793.1%
2012191578.9%
2013161381.3%
20143266.7%

Rejections by office-action stage

Office-action stageActions observed§101§102§103§112
Action 1 154 0.6% 8.4% 82.5% 5.2%
Action 2 96 3.1% 6.3% 82.3% 7.3%
Action 3 50 0.0% 4.0% 88.0% 6.0%
Action 4 27 0.0% 7.4% 85.2% 7.4%
Action 5 14 7.1% 0.0% 85.7% 7.1%
Action 6 7 0.0% 0.0% 85.7% 14.3%
Action 7 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 8 3 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 9 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
Action 10 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

Section 101 rejections

Last 3 years N/A 0 of 0 office actions
All years 1.4% 5 of 358 office actions
Change N/A Percentage points

Last 3 years: 2023-08-28–2026-08-28. All years includes every dated office action in the data.

By year

0.0%
0.0%
1.3%
3.9%
0.0%
0.0%
4.2%
2014: Alice
0.0%

Each bar is the percentage of office actions with a §101 rejection.

PTAB appeals

No PTAB decisions could be matched to this examiner.

Older and transferred applications may not have a reliable examiner match. Data through Aug. 27, 2026.

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