Examiner Thao Tran

Appears inactive Last observed office action: November 2020 (67 months ago).

Examiner Thao Tran appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 53.7%, they average 1.77 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103 and occasional §101 rejections.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO About Average

Average OA / Grant 1.77

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 2 years (2019-2020)
Tech Center: 3700 - Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing and Products
Group: 3780 - Body Treatment, Kinesitherapy, and Exercising

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 41
Granted Applications: 22
Non-Granted Applications: 19
Avg OA / Grant: 1.77
Last OA Observed: November 2020 (67 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3782 , 3785
Work Groups Seen: 3780 - Body Treatment, Kinesitherapy, and Exercising

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	53.7%	1.77
Art Unit	77	36.2%	1.74
Group	288	43.4%	1.90
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 2019; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2019	12	7	58.3%
2020	29	15	51.7%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	53	0.0%	1.9%	88.7%	7.5%
2	29	6.9%	0.0%	86.2%	6.9%
3	4	25.0%	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%
4	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2019: PEG

0.0%

2019

6.7%

2020

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