Examiner Yong Zhou

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2015 (134 months ago).

Examiner Yong Zhou appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 76.7%, they average 2.61 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 2.61

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2007-2015)
Tech Center: 2400 - Computer Networks, Multiplex, Cable and Cryptography/Security
Group: 2470 - Multiplex and VoIP

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 331
Granted Applications: 254
Non-Granted Applications: 77
Avg OA / Grant: 2.61
Last OA Observed: April 2015 (134 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2419 , 2477 , 2619
Work Groups Seen: 2410 - Multiplex and VoIP

2470 - Multiplex and VoIP

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	76.7%	2.61
Art Unit	21	67.8%	2.23
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
2007	1	0	0.0%
2008	42	20	47.6%
2009	38	22	57.9%
2010	47	33	70.2%
2011	51	40	78.4%
2012	50	44	88.0%
2013	42	40	95.2%
2014	48	43	89.6%
2015	12	12	100.0%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	331	1.2%	9.1%	84.6%	3.0%
2	222	0.5%	4.5%	90.5%	2.3%
3	117	0.0%	5.1%	85.5%	7.7%
4	76	1.3%	6.6%	90.8%	1.3%
5	50	0.0%	4.0%	94.0%	0.0%
6	27	0.0%	0.0%	96.3%	0.0%
7	11	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
9	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

0.0%

2007

0.0%

2008

0.0%

2009

0.6%

2010

0.0%

2011

1.0%

2012

3.7%

2013

0.0%

2014

7.7%

2015

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