Examiner Vincent Day Hoang

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2020 (73 months ago).

Examiner Vincent Day Hoang appears to be very easy relative to their art unit, group, tech center, and USPTO peers. Their lifetime grant ratio is 60.0%, they average 1.67 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103, with occasional §101 rejections and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU Very Easy

Difficulty vs Group Very Easy

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.67

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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: 35
Granted Applications: 21
Non-Granted Applications: 14
Avg OA / Grant: 1.67
Last OA Observed: June 2020 (73 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 3785
Work Groups Seen: 3780 - Body Treatment, Kinesitherapy, and Exercising

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	60.0%	1.67
Art Unit	82	33.9%	1.75
Group	295	42.1%	1.90
Tech Center	2,662	48.9%	2.01
USPTO	16,348	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 2019; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2019	17	7	41.2%
2020	18	14	77.8%
No observed data after 2020; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	43	4.7%	2.3%	69.8%	20.9%
2	19	0.0%	15.8%	36.8%	47.4%
3	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%

§ 101 Yearly Trend

2019: PEG

5.0%

2019

0.0%

2020

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