Examiner Ben Michelson

Appears inactive Last observed office action: June 2017 (106 months ago).

Examiner Ben Michelson appears to be about average relative to their peer examiners. Their lifetime grant ratio is 63.8%, they average 1.80 office actions per granted patent, and their rejection profile leans toward §103 and elevated §112 usage.

Difficulty vs AU About Average

Difficulty vs Group About Average

Difficulty vs TC Very Easy

Difficulty vs USPTO Very Easy

Average OA / Grant 1.80

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Examiner Details

Observed Examiner Years: 7 years (2011-2017)
Tech Center: 1600 - Biotechnology and Organic
Group: 1620 - Biomedicinal Chemistry

Metrics

Applications Evaluated: 246
Granted Applications: 157
Non-Granted Applications: 89
Avg OA / Grant: 1.80
Last OA Observed: June 2017 (106 months ago)
Art Units Seen: 1625
Work Groups Seen: 1620 - Biomedicinal Chemistry

Context Comparison

Scope	Examiners	Lifetime Grant Ratio	Avg OA / Grant
This Examiner	1	63.8%	1.80
Art Unit	30	57.0%	1.54
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 2011; examiner may not yet have been active in the available dataset.
2011	19	9	47.4%
2012	25	10	40.0%
2013	49	25	51.0%
2014	43	30	69.8%
2015	46	34	73.9%
2016	50	35	70.0%
2017	14	14	100.0%
No observed data after 2017; examiner may have gone inactive or moved out of examining work.

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

Rejection Timeline

OA #	Office Actions	§ 101 Percentage	§ 102 Percentage	§ 103 Percentage	§ 112 Percentage
1	246	0.0%	4.9%	40.7%	18.3%
2	125	0.0%	4.0%	36.8%	24.8%
3	28	0.0%	0.0%	46.4%	14.3%
4	10	0.0%	0.0%	30.0%	30.0%
5	5	0.0%	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%
6	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%