Examiner Andrew Q. Tran

Appears inactive Last observed office action: December 2020 (65 months ago).

Examiner Andrew Q. Tran appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 86.8%, they average 1.56 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.56

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 13 years (2008-2020)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 365
Granted Applications: 317
Non-Granted Applications: 48
Avg OA / Grant: 1.56
Last OA Observed: December 2020 (65 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2812 , 2824 , 2825 , 2827
Work Groups Seen: 2810 - Semiconductors A / Memory

2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	86.8%	1.56
Art Unit	49	55.5%	1.63
Group	205	73.0%	1.64
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	25	22	88.0%
2009	44	38	86.4%
2010	33	29	87.9%
2011	20	17	85.0%
2012	31	28	90.3%
2013	25	24	96.0%
2014	27	25	92.6%
2015	20	18	90.0%
2016	51	38	74.5%
2017	30	27	90.0%
2018	22	21	95.5%
2019	21	17	81.0%
2020	16	13	81.3%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	389	2.3%	26.7%	11.8%	41.4%
2	162	0.6%	41.4%	24.1%	26.5%
3	48	2.1%	37.5%	29.2%	20.8%
4	21	0.0%	61.9%	38.1%	0.0%
5	8	0.0%	62.5%	37.5%	0.0%
6	4	0.0%	25.0%	75.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

2.1%

2008

2.5%

2009

5.0%

2010

0.0%

2011

4.3%

2012

0.0%

2013

0.0%

2014

1.9%

2015

1.2%

2016

2.0%

2017

0.0%

2018

0.0%

2019

3.6%

2020

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