Examiner Phillip Nguyen

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2013 (160 months ago).

Examiner Phillip Nguyen appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 80.6%, they average 1.59 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 1.59

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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: 216
Granted Applications: 174
Non-Granted Applications: 42
Avg OA / Grant: 1.59
Last OA Observed: February 2013 (160 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2828
Work Groups Seen: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	80.6%	1.59
Art Unit	27	61.1%	1.77
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	42	30	71.4%
2009	50	36	72.0%
2010	61	54	88.5%
2011	33	30	90.9%
2012	29	23	79.3%
2013	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2013; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	216	0.0%	21.3%	72.2%	4.6%
2	85	0.0%	17.6%	77.6%	2.4%
3	23	0.0%	8.7%	87.0%	0.0%
4	6	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%