Examiner Fanghwa Wang

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2016 (118 months ago).

Examiner Fanghwa Wang appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 48.6%, they average 2.81 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.81

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2010-2016)
Tech Center: 2600 - Communications
Group: 2640 - Telecommunications

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 208
Granted Applications: 101
Non-Granted Applications: 107
Avg OA / Grant: 2.81
Last OA Observed: June 2016 (118 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2618 , 2649
Work Groups Seen: 2610 - Computer Graphic Processing and Hardware

2640 - Telecommunications

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	48.6%	2.81
Art Unit	40	63.4%	1.96
Group	215	61.6%	2.06
Tech Center	1,729	59.3%	1.88
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 2010; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2010	3	1	33.3%
2011	25	8	32.0%
2012	34	25	73.5%
2013	38	17	44.7%
2014	53	24	45.3%
2015	47	23	48.9%
2016	8	3	37.5%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	208	0.0%	3.4%	96.6%	0.0%
2	145	0.0%	0.7%	99.3%	0.0%
3	104	0.0%	3.8%	96.2%	0.0%
4	77	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	42	0.0%	2.4%	97.6%	0.0%
6	26	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
9	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
10	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%