Examiner Mark L. Berch
Examiner Mark L. Berch appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 54.2%, they average 1.83 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile is dominated by §112, with occasional §101 rejections and elevated §112 usage.
Difficulty vs AU
Very Hard
Difficulty vs Group
About Average
Difficulty vs TC
Very Easy
Difficulty vs USPTO
About Average
Average OA / Grant
1.83
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Examiner Details
- Observed Examiner Years
- 6 years (2007-2012)
- Tech Center
- 1600 - Biotechnology and Organic
- Group
- 1620 - Biomedicinal Chemistry
Metrics
- Applications Evaluated
- 524
- Granted Applications
- 284
- Non-Granted Applications
- 240
- Avg OA / Grant
- 1.83
- Last OA Observed
- December 2012 (160 months ago)
- Work Groups Seen
Context Comparison
| Scope | Examiners | Lifetime Grant Ratio | Avg OA / Grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| This Examiner | 1 | 54.2% | 1.83 |
| Art Unit | 32 | 55.8% | 1.59 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 10 | 7 | 70.0% |
| 2008 | 103 | 69 | 67.0% |
| 2009 | 96 | 48 | 50.0% |
| 2010 | 138 | 63 | 45.7% |
| 2011 | 102 | 52 | 51.0% |
| 2012 | 75 | 45 | 60.0% |
| No observed data after 2012; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work. | |||
284 family-cache-validated grants; 0 OA-only grant signals.
Rejection Timeline
| OA # | Office Actions | § 101 Percentage | § 102 Percentage | § 103 Percentage | § 112 Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 524 | 7.3% | 2.7% | 9.0% | 60.5% |
| 2 | 243 | 1.6% | 2.9% | 11.1% | 63.0% |
| 3 | 82 | 2.4% | 3.7% | 6.1% | 68.3% |
| 4 | 26 | 0.0% | 3.8% | 7.7% | 73.1% |
| 5 | 7 | 0.0% | 14.3% | 0.0% | 71.4% |
| 6 | 3 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 66.7% |
| 7 | 1 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% |
§ 101 Yearly Trend
Each bar shows the share of this examiner's observed office actions in that year that included a § 101 rejection.