Examiner Ricky Pham

Appears inactive Last observed office action: August 2025 (7 months ago).

Examiner Ricky Pham appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 97.5%, they average 1.09 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.09

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 18 years (2008-2025)
Tech Center: 2900 - Designs
Group: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 398
Granted Applications: 388
Non-Granted Applications: 10
Avg OA / Grant: 1.09
Last OA Observed: August 2025 (7 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2913
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	97.5%	1.09
Art Unit	29	92.7%	1.24
Group	461	95.1%	1.19
Tech Center	486	94.9%	1.20
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	3	3	100.0%
2009	2	2	100.0%
2010	8	6	75.0%
2011	24	23	95.8%
2012	8	8	100.0%
2013	15	15	100.0%
2014	28	28	100.0%
2015	31	30	96.8%
2016	37	37	100.0%
2017	25	25	100.0%
2018	36	35	97.2%
2019	14	14	100.0%
2020	31	31	100.0%
2021	32	32	100.0%
2022	38	36	94.7%
2023	39	38	97.4%
2024	23	22	95.7%
2025	4	3	75.0%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	398	0.0%	20.1%	4.0%	50.0%
2	32	0.0%	6.3%	6.3%	28.1%
3	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%