Examiner Cathy N. Lam

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2015 (132 months ago).

Examiner Cathy N. Lam appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 64.5%, they average 2.29 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.29

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2008-2015)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2810 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 313
Granted Applications: 202
Non-Granted Applications: 111
Avg OA / Grant: 2.29
Last OA Observed: June 2015 (132 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2811
Work Groups Seen: 2810 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	64.5%	2.29
Art Unit	32	58.0%	2.10
Group	290	58.7%	1.79
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	18	6	33.3%
2009	64	35	54.7%
2010	39	22	56.4%
2011	43	28	65.1%
2012	54	37	68.5%
2013	48	36	75.0%
2014	38	31	81.6%
2015	9	7	77.8%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	313	0.0%	18.5%	77.0%	1.0%
2	206	0.0%	8.7%	88.3%	2.4%
3	111	0.0%	9.0%	91.0%	0.0%
4	68	0.0%	5.9%	86.8%	7.4%
5	29	0.0%	10.3%	89.7%	0.0%
6	14	0.0%	14.3%	78.6%	7.1%
7	6	0.0%	16.7%	83.3%	0.0%
8	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%