Examiner Allen J. Jung
Examiner Allen J. Jung appears to be easier than most of their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 53.5%, they average 2.09 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.
Difficulty vs AU
Very Easy
Difficulty vs Group
Very Easy
Difficulty vs TC
Very Easy
Difficulty vs USPTO
Very Hard
Average OA / Grant
2.09
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Examiner Details
- Observed Examiner Years
- 9 years (2007-2015)
- Tech Center
- 3600 - Transportation, Electronic Commerce, Construction, Agriculture, Licensing and Review
- Group
- 3620 - Business Methods: Incentive Programs, POS, Inventory, Accounting, Shipping
Metrics
- Applications Evaluated
- 185
- Granted Applications
- 99
- Non-Granted Applications
- 86
- Avg OA / Grant
- 2.09
- Last OA Observed
- December 2015 (126 months ago)
- Art Units Seen
- 3628
Context Comparison
| Scope | Examiners | Lifetime Grant Ratio | Avg OA / Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Examiner | 1 | 53.5% | 2.09 |
| Art Unit | 66 | 30.9% | 2.32 |
| Group | 362 | 27.1% | 2.85 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0.0% |
| 2008 | 7 | 2 | 28.6% |
| 2009 | 28 | 17 | 60.7% |
| 2010 | 21 | 9 | 42.9% |
| 2011 | 31 | 15 | 48.4% |
| 2012 | 23 | 19 | 82.6% |
| 2013 | 32 | 25 | 78.1% |
| 2014 | 17 | 5 | 29.4% |
| 2015 | 25 | 7 | 28.0% |
| No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work. | |||
99 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.
Rejection Timeline
| OA # | Office Actions | § 101 Percentage | § 102 Percentage | § 103 Percentage | § 112 Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 185 | 1.6% | 1.6% | 93.0% | 3.8% |
| 2 | 108 | 6.5% | 0.9% | 87.0% | 4.6% |
| 3 | 54 | 13.0% | 0.0% | 85.2% | 1.9% |
| 4 | 32 | 12.5% | 0.0% | 84.4% | 3.1% |
| 5 | 14 | 7.1% | 0.0% | 92.9% | 0.0% |
| 6 | 7 | 28.6% | 0.0% | 71.4% | 0.0% |
| 7 | 4 | 25.0% | 0.0% | 75.0% | 0.0% |
| 8 | 2 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
| 9 | 2 | 50.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% | 0.0% |
§ 101 Yearly Trend
2014: Alice
Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.