Examiner Thai T. Vuong

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2019 (84 months ago).

Examiner Thai T. Vuong appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 76.1%, they average 1.91 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 About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.91

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2012-2019)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 176
Granted Applications: 134
Non-Granted Applications: 42
Avg OA / Grant: 1.91
Last OA Observed: June 2019 (84 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2829
Work Groups Seen: 2820 - Semiconductors A / Memory

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	76.1%	1.91
Art Unit	23	69.7%	1.82
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 2012; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2012	3	3	100.0%
2013	38	32	84.2%
2014	25	18	72.0%
2015	27	17	63.0%
2016	39	31	79.5%
2017	26	20	76.9%
2018	14	11	78.6%
2019	4	2	50.0%
No observed data after 2019; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	185	0.0%	8.1%	84.9%	0.0%
2	115	0.0%	18.3%	80.0%	0.0%
3	45	0.0%	8.9%	88.9%	2.2%
4	27	0.0%	7.4%	92.6%	0.0%
5	4	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%