Examiner David Nhu

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

Examiner David Nhu appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 96.4%, they average 1.10 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §102.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.10

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 9 years (2008-2016)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2890 - Semiconductors B

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 331
Granted Applications: 319
Non-Granted Applications: 12
Avg OA / Grant: 1.10
Last OA Observed: August 2016 (118 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2817 , 2895
Work Groups Seen: 2810 - Semiconductors A / Memory

2890 - Semiconductors B

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	96.4%	1.10
Art Unit	27	72.9%	1.56
Group	272	57.8%	1.76
Tech Center	2,370	64.7%	1.69
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	10	10	100.0%
2009	3	3	100.0%
2010	2	2	100.0%
2011	38	36	94.7%
2012	58	54	93.1%
2013	48	47	97.9%
2014	52	50	96.2%
2015	68	67	98.5%
2016	52	50	96.2%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	331	0.0%	59.2%	11.5%	0.3%
2	28	0.0%	46.4%	42.9%	3.6%
3	5	0.0%	20.0%	60.0%	0.0%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%