Examiner Cynthia M Chin

Potentially inactive Last observed office action: October 2025 (5 months ago).

Examiner Cynthia M Chin appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 96.5%, they average 1.21 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.21

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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: 1,212
Granted Applications: 1,169
Non-Granted Applications: 43
Avg OA / Grant: 1.21
Last OA Observed: October 2025 (5 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 2915 , 2917
Work Groups Seen: 2900-WG - 2900-WG

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	96.5%	1.21
Art Unit	25	95.7%	1.22
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	30	29	96.7%
2009	39	38	97.4%
2010	12	12	100.0%
2011	46	46	100.0%
2012	58	54	93.1%
2013	72	71	98.6%
2014	63	62	98.4%
2015	80	79	98.8%
2016	55	51	92.7%
2017	78	75	96.2%
2018	88	87	98.9%
2019	91	89	97.8%
2020	129	127	98.4%
2021	99	96	97.0%
2022	98	95	96.9%
2023	77	73	94.8%
2024	80	74	92.5%
2025	17	11	64.7%
No observed data after 2025; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

1,169 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	1,209	0.0%	2.9%	2.5%	87.7%
2	245	0.0%	5.7%	2.4%	86.1%
3	26	0.0%	11.5%	3.8%	69.2%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%