Examiner David Le

Appears inactive Last observed office action: January 2020 (74 months ago).

Examiner David Le appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 81.2%, they average 2.15 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 2.15

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 12 years (2009-2020)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2430 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 388
Granted Applications: 315
Non-Granted Applications: 73
Avg OA / Grant: 2.15
Last OA Observed: January 2020 (74 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2407 , 2432 , 2498
Work Groups Seen: 2400 - 2400

2430 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

2490 - Cryptography and Cybersecurity

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	81.2%	2.15
Art Unit	23	62.3%	1.74
Group	225	65.1%	1.99
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	17	7	41.2%
2010	30	19	63.3%
2011	36	28	77.8%
2012	48	39	81.3%
2013	43	34	79.1%
2014	43	37	86.0%
2015	50	46	92.0%
2016	21	18	85.7%
2017	32	27	84.4%
2018	48	42	87.5%
2019	19	17	89.5%
2020	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	396	2.5%	4.3%	80.3%	1.3%
2	221	1.8%	2.7%	87.8%	3.6%
3	106	0.9%	0.9%	90.6%	2.8%
4	49	2.0%	0.0%	83.7%	10.2%
5	30	3.3%	0.0%	90.0%	6.7%
6	11	0.0%	0.0%	90.9%	9.1%
7	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2009

1.1%

2010

0.9%

2011

2.2%

2012

2.1%

2013

0.0%

2014

1.2%

2015

12.0%

2016

1.2%

2017

4.3%

2018

0.0%

2019

0.0%

2020

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