Examiner Ngoc-Yen Vuu

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2020 (71 months ago).

Examiner Ngoc-Yen Vuu appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 83.1%, they average 1.78 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.78

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2008-2020)
Tech Center: 2600 - Communications
Group: 2660 - Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 591
Granted Applications: 491
Non-Granted Applications: 100
Avg OA / Grant: 1.78
Last OA Observed: April 2020 (71 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2622 , 2663 , 2698
Work Groups Seen: 2620 - Selective Visual Display Systems

2660 - Image Analysis and Pattern Recognition

2690 - Videophones and Telephonic Communications / Digital Audio

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	83.1%	1.78
Art Unit	24	60.8%	1.84
Group	289	65.3%	1.66
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 2008; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2008	14	11	78.6%
2009	48	38	79.2%
2010	64	47	73.4%
2011	58	43	74.1%
2012	43	32	74.4%
2013	52	41	78.8%
2014	44	37	84.1%
2015	43	36	83.7%
2016	52	41	78.8%
2017	51	48	94.1%
2018	52	51	98.1%
2019	51	48	94.1%
2020	19	18	94.7%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	599	3.7%	10.0%	80.1%	0.8%
2	275	1.8%	8.7%	85.8%	0.7%
3	109	0.9%	6.4%	85.3%	0.9%
4	50	0.0%	6.0%	84.0%	4.0%
5	22	9.1%	0.0%	72.7%	9.1%
6	8	0.0%	0.0%	87.5%	12.5%
7	3	0.0%	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

2.1%

2008

1.0%

2009

0.9%

2010

1.1%

2011

3.3%

2012

1.0%

2013

1.1%

2014

2.2%

2015

6.5%

2016

9.0%

2017

3.9%

2018

2.6%

2019

4.3%

2020

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