Examiner Kevin Chung

Appears inactive Last observed office action: March 2016 (122 months ago).

Examiner Kevin Chung appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 64.4%, they average 2.04 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.04

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2012-2016)
Tech Center: 2800 - Semiconductors, Electrical and Optical Systems and Components
Group: 2880 - Optics / Photocopying

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 73
Granted Applications: 47
Non-Granted Applications: 26
Avg OA / Grant: 2.04
Last OA Observed: March 2016 (122 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2881
Work Groups Seen: 2880 - Optics / Photocopying

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	64.4%	2.04
Art Unit	30	56.9%	1.64
Group	164	65.8%	1.71
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	2	0	0.0%
2013	30	18	60.0%
2014	12	10	83.3%
2015	27	17	63.0%
2016	2	2	100.0%
No observed data after 2016; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	73	0.0%	0.0%	98.6%	1.4%
2	44	0.0%	4.5%	90.9%	2.3%
3	15	0.0%	13.3%	86.7%	0.0%
4	7	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	3	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%