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Examiner Tran Thien S

3761-TRAN-THIEN-S

Employment Information

Art Unit:3761 — Electric heating
Group:3760 — Refrigeration, Vaporization, Ventilation, and Combustion
Classes: 219 — Electric heating
392 — Electric resistance heating devices
426 — Food or edible material: processes, compositions, and products
131 — Tobacco
222 — Dispensing
428 — Stock material or miscellaneous articles
264 — Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
373 — Industrial electric heating furnaces
126 — Stoves and furnaces
372 — Coherent light generators
Phone:(571) 270-7745
Email:thien.tran@uspto.gov
Location:VA 22314
Title:Pat Examnr Gen Engrg
Service:17 years
Grade:GS-14

Grant Rate and Difficulty Ranking

51
3-Year Grant rate: 77% over 483 cases
Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty Percentile: 51st

With Examiner Tran, you have a 77% chance of getting an issued patent by 3 years after the first office action. Examiner Tran is a medium examiner and in the 51st percentile across all examiners (with 100th percentile most difficult).

Grant Rate

Grant Rate Timeline

Below is the grant rate timeline for Examiner Tran, where the timeline is relative to the date of the first office action. The three-year grant rate is the percentage of applications granted at three years after the first office action.

Comparison with Art Unit 3761

Examiner Tran's grant rate is higher than that of Art Unit 3761 and lower than that of the USPTO.

Average Office Actions Per Grant
Examiner Tran 1.7
Art Unit 3761 1.7

Interview Benefit

Grant Rate without Interview

Examiner Tran has granted 243 of 338 cases without any applicant-requested interviews for a grant rate of 72%.

Grant Rate with Interview

Examiner Tran has granted 128 of 145 cases with at least one applicant-requested interview for a grant rate of 88%.

Interview Benefit

With Examiner Tran, conducting an interview increases your chance of getting a patent granted by 22%.

Recent Dispositions

Recent Dispositions

Number Title OA Rejections Status IFW
18000767 Voltaic Arc Processing Apparatus And Method Rejection information available with a Premium Stats subscription. See our pricing. Abandoned View
18086930 Control Method For An Oven Patented View
18074795 Coffee Grinder Apparatus Patented View
17790421 Flexible Heater And Electronics Patented View
17747103 Cutting Device For Cutting Composite Material Abandoned View
17842218 Method And Apparatus For Marking Objects Patented View
17856341 Automated Injera Baking Device Abandoned View
17729463 Apparatus For Manufacturing Display Processing Mask And Method Of Manufacturing Display Processing Mask Using The Same Patented View
17635454 Cartridge System And Method For Producing A Cartridge System Abandoned View
17568240 Integrated Ice Protection System Patented View
17894442 Oven Appliances And Methods Of Monitoring Cooking Utensils Therein Patented View
17714523 Heated Grips Patented View
17680361 Laser Processing Device, Laser Processing System, And Laser Processing Method Patented View
18054550 Method For Monitoring An Attachment Area During The Laser Welding Of Bent Bar-Type Conductors Containing Copper Patented View
17801189 Control For Intelligent Cooking Device Patented View
18259248 Facility For Producing An Aqueous Food Product And Its Use And Method For Producing Aqueous Food Products Patented View
17797823 A Method For Controlling A Cooking Device Abandoned View
17427457 Apparatus And Method For A Heating Mat Abandoned View
17597253 Process For Manufacturing A Distribution Partition Patented View
18510173 Highly Positioned Laser Processing Nozzle Patented View
17914912 Induction Heating Cooktop Patented View
18055952 Tokamak Outer Antenna Patented View
17868625 Scanning Laser Apparatus Addressing Two Workstations Patented View
18049359 Method Of Manufacturing Magnetoresistance Element Using Laser Pinning Process Patented View
18589378 Vertical Grill With External Drip Tray Module Abandoned View
17851756 Superheated Air Cooktop Assembly Abandoned View
18016567 Inspection Device For Manufacturing A Part With Addition Of Material Patented View
18839419 Laser Cutting Method And Machine Patented View
17790631 Kitchen Appliance, Method, And System For Sous Vide Abandoned View
17529961 Systems And Methods For Facilitating Heating Of An Item Patented View
18022679 System And Method For Individual Heating Element Control Patented View
16556826 Latent Heat Toaster Control Patented View
17781618 Evaporation Apparatus, Sublimation Purification Apparatus, Organic Electronic Device Production Method, And Sublimation Purification Method Abandoned View
17818416 Wafer Producing Method Patented View
17881392 Atomizing Device Patented View
18417804 Method Of Marking A Solid-State Material, Markings Formed From Such Methods And Solid-State Materials Marked According To Such A Method Abandoned View
18545100 Cooking Adjustment System Patented View
17840073 Combination Oven With Independent Steam Generation Element Patented View
17826772 Electric Range Patented View
17695032 Torch Support And Guide Apparatus, Method Of Using Same, And Kit For Constructing Same Patented View
17657453 Simulated Electronic Fireplace Abandoned View
17826554 Electric Range Patented View
17797136 Pef Cooking Appliance And Removable Container For Products To Be Cooked Therefor Abandoned View
18235052 Automatic Oven Patented View
17706427 Solid State Relay Module Heating System And Methods Patented View
17738081 Oven Having An Imaging System For Food Preparation Patented View
17676108 Electrical Adapter Patented View
17573097 Oven And Method Of Controlling The Same Patented View
17580836 Substrate Support Device Patented View
17988543 Electric Pressure Cooker Patented View

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