Examiner Alexander Vu

Appears inactive Last observed office action: May 2014 (144 months ago).

Examiner Alexander Vu appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 57.6%, they average 2.46 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 About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 2.46

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 3 years (2012-2014)
Tech Center: 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
Group: 3650 - Material and Article Handling

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 99
Granted Applications: 57
Non-Granted Applications: 42
Avg OA / Grant: 2.46
Last OA Observed: May 2014 (144 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3658
Work Groups Seen: 3650 - Material and Article Handling

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	57.6%	2.46
Art Unit	33	57.3%	1.67
Group	239	60.7%	1.70
Tech Center	2,337	48.0%	2.11
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	15	5	33.3%
2013	71	42	59.2%
2014	13	10	76.9%
No observed data after 2014; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	99	0.0%	12.1%	82.8%	4.0%
2	78	0.0%	6.4%	89.7%	3.8%
3	38	0.0%	5.3%	89.5%	2.6%
4	14	0.0%	7.1%	92.9%	0.0%
5	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%
6	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%