Examiner Minh-Loan T. Tran

Appears inactive Last observed office action: April 2020 (74 months ago).

Examiner Minh-Loan T. Tran appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 90.0%, they average 1.25 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 1.25

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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: 420
Granted Applications: 378
Non-Granted Applications: 42
Avg OA / Grant: 1.25
Last OA Observed: April 2020 (74 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2826
Work Groups Seen: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	90.0%	1.25
Art Unit	22	82.0%	1.71
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	23	20	87.0%
2009	62	49	79.0%
2010	42	39	92.9%
2011	30	28	93.3%
2012	42	36	85.7%
2013	29	25	86.2%
2014	33	30	90.9%
2015	32	28	87.5%
2016	25	24	96.0%
2017	32	31	96.9%
2018	32	31	96.9%
2019	31	31	100.0%
2020	7	6	85.7%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	421	0.0%	18.1%	56.5%	3.6%
2	87	0.0%	19.5%	66.7%	3.4%
3	14	0.0%	0.0%	64.3%	7.1%
4	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%