Examiner Timothy E. Betton

Appears inactive Last observed office action: October 2013 (149 months ago).

Examiner Timothy E. Betton appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 45.5%, they average 2.26 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §103.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group Very Hard

Difficulty vs TC About Average

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Hard

Average OA / Grant 2.26

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 6 years (2008-2013)
Tech Center: 1600 - Biotechnology and Organic
Group: 1620 - Biomedicinal Chemistry

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 235
Granted Applications: 107
Non-Granted Applications: 128
Avg OA / Grant: 2.26
Last OA Observed: October 2013 (149 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1617 , 1621 , 1627 , 1629
Work Groups Seen: 1610 - Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Compositions

1620 - Biomedicinal Chemistry

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	45.5%	2.26
Art Unit	28	38.5%	1.93
Group	248	48.3%	1.76
Tech Center	1,349	39.5%	2.02
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	28	9	32.1%
2009	52	18	34.6%
2010	59	29	49.2%
2011	62	42	67.7%
2012	21	6	28.6%
2013	13	3	23.1%
No observed data after 2013; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	235	0.0%	8.1%	81.7%	5.5%
2	133	0.0%	6.0%	84.2%	6.0%
3	56	0.0%	5.4%	83.9%	7.1%
4	27	0.0%	0.0%	77.8%	14.8%
5	9	0.0%	0.0%	88.9%	0.0%
6	6	0.0%	16.7%	83.3%	0.0%
7	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%