Examiner Gene Auduong

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2021 (60 months ago).

Examiner Gene Auduong appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 95.4%, they average 1.16 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §102 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.16

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 14 years (2008-2021)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 614
Granted Applications: 586
Non-Granted Applications: 28
Avg OA / Grant: 1.16
Last OA Observed: June 2021 (60 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2825 , 2827
Work Groups Seen: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	95.4%	1.16
Art Unit	19	68.6%	1.48
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	49	46	93.9%
2009	57	53	93.0%
2010	46	44	95.7%
2011	55	52	94.5%
2012	44	42	95.5%
2013	51	50	98.0%
2014	48	47	97.9%
2015	44	40	90.9%
2016	38	38	100.0%
2017	40	38	95.0%
2018	44	41	93.2%
2019	51	48	94.1%
2020	35	35	100.0%
2021	12	12	100.0%
No observed data after 2021; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	610	3.1%	50.8%	10.3%	0.0%
2	68	11.8%	36.8%	25.0%	0.0%
3	22	18.2%	31.8%	40.9%	0.0%
4	4	75.0%	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2014: Alice

2019: PEG

0.0%

2008

1.6%

2009

0.0%

2010

1.7%

2011

2.2%

2012

1.8%

2013

2.0%

2014

8.2%

2015

2.3%

2016

8.3%

2017

17.7%

2018

13.0%

2019

2.6%

2020

0.0%

2021

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