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Examiner Dang Nguyen, Who Can Be Reached By Telephone At (571) 272-1955. Normal Contact Times Are M-F, 8:00 Am - 4:30 Pm. Upon An Unsuccessful Attempt To Contact The Examiner, The Examiner’S Supervisor, Richard Elms, May Be Reached At (571) 272-1869. Any Inquiry Of A General Nature Or Relating To The Status Of This Application Or Proceeding Should Be Directed To The Receptionist

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2013 (156 months ago).

Examiner Dang Nguyen, Who Can Be Reached By Telephone At (571) 272-1955. Normal Contact Times Are M-F, 8:00 Am - 4:30 Pm. Upon An Unsuccessful Attempt To Contact The Examiner, The Examiner’S Supervisor, Richard Elms, May Be Reached At (571) 272-1869. Any Inquiry Of A General Nature Or Relating To The Status Of This Application Or Proceeding Should Be Directed To The Receptionist appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 94.2%, they average 1.40 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy
Difficulty vs Group Very Easy
Difficulty vs TC Very Easy
Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy
Average OA / Grant 1.40
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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years
6 years (2008-2013)
Tech Center
2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group
2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Metrics

Applications Evaluated
292
Granted Applications
275
Non-Granted Applications
17
Avg OA / Grant
1.40
Last OA Observed
June 2013 (156 months ago)
Art Units Seen
2824
Work Groups Seen

Context Comparison

Scope Examiners Lifetime Grant Ratio Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner 1 94.2% 1.40
Art Unit 28 78.0% 1.45
Group 205 73.0% 1.64
Tech Center 2,370 64.7% 1.69
USPTO 16,116 54.8% 1.98

Grant Timeline

0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 75.0% 100.0% 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
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 42 39 92.9%
2009 61 56 91.8%
2010 56 52 92.9%
2011 66 64 97.0%
2012 56 54 96.4%
2013 11 10 90.9%
No observed data after 2013; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA # Office Actions § 101 Percentage § 102 Percentage § 103 Percentage § 112 Percentage
1 292 0.3% 30.8% 60.6% 0.3%
2 85 0.0% 21.2% 70.6% 0.0%
3 24 0.0% 29.2% 70.8% 0.0%
4 7 0.0% 14.3% 85.7% 0.0%
5 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
6 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%
7 1 0.0% 0.0% 100.0% 0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

0.0%
2008
0.0%
2009
0.0%
2010
0.0%
2011
1.5%
2012
0.0%
2013

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