Examiner Dinh Q. Nguyen

Appears inactive Last observed office action: February 2015 (136 months ago).

Examiner Dinh Q. Nguyen appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 71.6%, they average 1.83 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.83

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 8 years (2008-2015)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3750 - Fluid Handling and Dispensing

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 450
Granted Applications: 322
Non-Granted Applications: 128
Avg OA / Grant: 1.83
Last OA Observed: February 2015 (136 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3752
Work Groups Seen: 3750 - Fluid Handling and Dispensing

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	71.6%	1.83
Art Unit	35	47.7%	1.98
Group	158	55.5%	1.75
Tech Center	2,632	49.9%	2.01
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	63	29	46.0%
2009	101	74	73.3%
2010	71	54	76.1%
2011	62	46	74.2%
2012	43	34	79.1%
2013	61	46	75.4%
2014	48	38	79.2%
2015	1	1	100.0%
No observed data after 2015; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	450	0.0%	14.9%	78.4%	1.8%
2	217	0.0%	8.3%	80.6%	2.3%
3	81	0.0%	3.7%	86.4%	1.2%
4	27	0.0%	3.7%	55.6%	3.7%
5	8	0.0%	0.0%	62.5%	0.0%
6	5	0.0%	20.0%	60.0%	0.0%
7	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%