Examiner Tien Minh Le

Examiner Tien Minh Le appears to be very difficult relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 42.1%, they average 2.15 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 Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.15

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 5 years (2022-2026)
Phone: (571) 272-3903
Predicted Supervisor: N/A
Supervisor Phone: N/A
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3650 - Material and Article Handling

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 114
Granted Applications: 48
Non-Granted Applications: 66
Avg OA / Grant: 2.15
Last OA Observed: July 2026 (1 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3656 , 3664
Work Groups Seen: 3650 - Material and Article Handling

3660 - VCaR - Robot Control, Vehicle Navigation and Data Processing: Vehicles and Relative Location

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	42.1%	2.15
Art Unit	30	49.9%	1.66
Group	247	58.6%	1.70
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 2022; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2022	1	1	100.0%
2023	22	11	50.0%
2024	39	27	69.2%
2025	26	9	34.6%
2026	26	0	0.0%

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	114	0.0%	2.6%	94.7%	0.9%
2	71	0.0%	2.8%	94.4%	0.0%
3	34	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
4	15	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
5	6	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%