Examiner Dong-Chang Shiue

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2021 (61 months ago).

Examiner Dong-Chang Shiue appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 70.2%, they average 2.69 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 2.69

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2013-2021)
Tech Center: 2600 - Communications
Group: 2640 - Telecommunications

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 258
Granted Applications: 181
Non-Granted Applications: 77
Avg OA / Grant: 2.69
Last OA Observed: May 2021 (61 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2648
Work Groups Seen: 2640 - Telecommunications

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	70.2%	2.69
Art Unit	22	66.1%	1.73
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 2013; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2013	2	1	50.0%
2014	17	9	52.9%
2015	27	16	59.3%
2016	29	19	65.5%
2017	41	22	53.7%
2018	44	33	75.0%
2019	45	35	77.8%
2020	37	31	83.8%
2021	16	15	93.8%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

181 family-cache-validated grants; 1 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	261	0.0%	6.5%	87.4%	0.0%
2	191	0.0%	2.1%	95.3%	0.5%
3	114	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	72	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	34	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	21	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	8	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	7	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%