Examiner Kendrick Hsu

Appears inactive Last observed office action: January 2019 (90 months ago).

Examiner Kendrick Hsu appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 60.2%, they average 2.01 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.01

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2012-2019)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 342
Granted Applications: 206
Non-Granted Applications: 136
Avg OA / Grant: 2.01
Last OA Observed: January 2019 (90 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2871
Work Groups Seen: 2870 - Optics / Photocopying

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	60.2%	2.01
Art Unit	41	63.6%	1.93
Group	348	62.2%	1.71
Tech Center	2,395	63.3%	1.69
USPTO	16,348	53.5%	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	5	0	0.0%
2013	41	13	31.7%
2014	66	37	56.1%
2015	41	31	75.6%
2016	61	42	68.9%
2017	54	39	72.2%
2018	72	42	58.3%
2019	2	2	100.0%
No observed data after 2019; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	357	0.0%	5.0%	83.5%	3.6%
2	229	0.0%	2.2%	90.4%	2.2%
3	102	0.0%	1.0%	93.1%	2.0%
4	61	0.0%	0.0%	90.2%	3.3%
5	17	0.0%	0.0%	94.1%	0.0%
6	11	0.0%	0.0%	90.9%	9.1%
7	5	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
8	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%