Examiner Stephanie Chang
Examiner Stephanie Chang appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 63.6%, they average 2.10 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by ยง103.
Difficulty vs AU
About Average
Difficulty vs Group
Very Hard
Difficulty vs TC
Very Hard
Difficulty vs USPTO
About Average
Average OA / Grant
2.10
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Examiner Details
- Observed Examiner Years
- 3 years (2012-2014)
- Tech Center
- 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
- Group
- 2860 - Printing / Measuring and Testing
Metrics
- Applications Evaluated
- 33
- Granted Applications
- 21
- Non-Granted Applications
- 12
- Avg OA / Grant
- 2.10
- Last OA Observed
- October 2014 (138 months ago)
Context Comparison
| Scope | Examiners | Lifetime Grant Ratio | Avg OA / Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Examiner | 1 | 63.6% | 2.10 |
| Art Unit | 44 | 58.3% | 1.73 |
| Group | 133 | 67.4% | 1.82 |
| 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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset. | |||
| 2012 | 7 | 5 | 71.4% |
| 2013 | 23 | 14 | 60.9% |
| 2014 | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
| No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work. | |||
21 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.
Rejection Timeline
| OA # | Office Actions | § 101 Percentage | § 102 Percentage | § 103 Percentage | § 112 Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | 6.1% | 6.1% | 84.8% | 3.0% |
| 2 | 24 | 0.0% | 12.5% | 75.0% | 12.5% |
| 3 | 7 | 0.0% | 14.3% | 57.1% | 14.3% |
| 4 | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% |
| 5 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
§ 101 Yearly Trend
Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.