Examiner Nhon Diep

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2018 (88 months ago).

Examiner Nhon Diep appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 78.2%, they average 1.83 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 1.83

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 11 years (2008-2018)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2480 - Recording and Compression

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 651
Granted Applications: 509
Non-Granted Applications: 142
Avg OA / Grant: 1.83
Last OA Observed: December 2018 (88 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2483 , 2486 , 2487 , 2621
Work Groups Seen: 2480 - Recording and Compression

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	78.2%	1.83
Art Unit	17	70.2%	2.12
Group	169	62.9%	2.01
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	46	30	65.2%
2009	78	63	80.8%
2010	91	59	64.8%
2011	71	50	70.4%
2012	47	43	91.5%
2013	58	49	84.5%
2014	59	46	78.0%
2015	46	40	87.0%
2016	61	49	80.3%
2017	50	40	80.0%
2018	44	40	90.9%
No observed data after 2018; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	659	6.4%	14.0%	58.0%	3.3%
2	334	7.8%	8.4%	64.4%	2.4%
3	126	11.1%	7.9%	64.3%	5.6%
4	58	5.2%	3.4%	81.0%	0.0%
5	22	0.0%	4.5%	95.5%	0.0%
6	14	0.0%	0.0%	85.7%	0.0%
7	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

9.3%

2008

19.7%

2009

4.9%

2010

5.1%

2011

9.5%

2012

5.1%

2013

3.4%

2014

3.5%

2015

1.0%

2016

0.0%

2017

1.4%

2018

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