Examiner Theodore L Xie

Examiner Theodore L Xie appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 0.0% and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU Very Hard

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC Very Hard

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant N/A

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 2 years (2025-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-7102
Predicted Supervisor: Rutao Wu
Supervisor Phone: (571) 272-6045
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 43
Granted Applications: 0
Non-Granted Applications: 43
Avg OA / Grant: N/A
Last OA Observed: June 2026 (1 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3623
Work Groups Seen: 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	0.0%	N/A
Art Unit	43	27.5%	2.96
Group	363	26.8%	2.85
Tech Center	2,366	46.9%	2.11
USPTO	16,347	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 2025; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2025	14	0	0.0%
2026	29	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	43	2.3%	4.7%	88.4%	2.3%
2	36	2.8%	5.6%	88.9%	2.8%
3	11	9.1%	0.0%	90.9%	0.0%
4	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2025: Aug. Memo

1.8%

2025

5.7%

2026

Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.