Examiner Huan Tran

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2021 (59 months ago).

Examiner Huan Tran appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 90.8%, they average 1.17 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §103, with occasional §101 rejections 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 1.17

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 14 years (2008-2021)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 769
Granted Applications: 698
Non-Granted Applications: 71
Avg OA / Grant: 1.17
Last OA Observed: June 2021 (59 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2853 , 2861
Work Groups Seen: 2850 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

2860 - Printing / Measuring and Testing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	90.8%	1.17
Art Unit	52	64.4%	1.63
Group	372	63.2%	1.66
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	60	53	88.3%
2009	67	61	91.0%
2010	82	76	92.7%
2011	68	58	85.3%
2012	63	55	87.3%
2013	64	50	78.1%
2014	46	44	95.7%
2015	53	51	96.2%
2016	47	43	91.5%
2017	49	44	89.8%
2018	61	59	96.7%
2019	52	50	96.2%
2020	40	38	95.0%
2021	17	16	94.1%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	768	7.3%	25.9%	33.9%	19.9%
2	108	4.6%	26.9%	27.8%	25.0%
3	18	5.6%	16.7%	38.9%	16.7%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

2.8%

2008

3.5%

2009

4.0%

2010

3.7%

2011

4.3%

2012

9.3%

2013

1.7%

2014

6.7%

2015

20.4%

2016

21.2%

2017

9.1%

2018

4.9%

2019

9.3%

2020

0.0%

2021

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