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Examiner Douglas Q. Tran

Appears inactive Last observed office action: November 2022 (42 months ago).

Examiner Douglas Q. Tran appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 92.2%, they average 1.33 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §103, with occasional §101 rejections and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy
Difficulty vs Group Very Easy
Difficulty vs TC Very Easy
Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy
Average OA / Grant 1.33
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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years
16 years (2007-2022)
Tech Center
2600 - Communications
Group
2670 - Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition

Metrics

Applications Evaluated
693
Granted Applications
639
Non-Granted Applications
54
Avg OA / Grant
1.33
Last OA Observed
November 2022 (42 months ago)
Art Units Seen
2625 , 2672 , 2673
Work Groups Seen
2620 - Selective Visual Display Systems
2670 - Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition

Context Comparison

Scope Examiners Lifetime Grant Ratio Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner 1 92.2% 1.33
Art Unit 24 54.7% 1.76
Group 136 54.5% 1.79
Tech Center 1,729 59.3% 1.88
USPTO 16,116 54.8% 1.98

Grant Timeline

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Shaded region marks the last two observed years, where grant outcomes may lag due to recency.
Year Applications Granted Grant Rate
2007 1 1 100.0%
2008 65 50 76.9%
2009 71 60 84.5%
2010 45 42 93.3%
2011 46 42 91.3%
2012 64 61 95.3%
2013 52 51 98.1%
2014 46 45 97.8%
2015 43 43 100.0%
2016 40 38 95.0%
2017 41 40 97.6%
2018 34 30 88.2%
2019 40 38 95.0%
2020 45 42 93.3%
2021 29 28 96.6%
2022 31 28 90.3%
No observed data after 2022; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA # Office Actions § 101 Percentage § 102 Percentage § 103 Percentage § 112 Percentage
1 698 17.8% 11.9% 30.1% 27.5%
2 153 5.2% 13.7% 46.4% 23.5%
3 57 5.3% 7.0% 57.9% 19.3%
4 19 5.3% 15.8% 57.9% 10.5%
5 5 0.0% 0.0% 80.0% 0.0%
6 2 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice
2019: PEG
0.0%
2007
2.1%
2008
7.7%
2009
14.5%
2010
24.6%
2011
43.1%
2012
32.8%
2013
3.6%
2014
17.4%
2015
8.2%
2016
11.5%
2017
29.7%
2018
33.3%
2019
2.2%
2020
2.9%
2021
2.7%
2022

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